BRUSH SQUARE MUSEUMS FOUNDATION INC
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Mission Statement
We are the primary citizen group advocating for the restoration and preservation of the O. Henry Museum and Susanna Dickinson Museum. The Foundation sponsors programs highlighting their legacies in literature and Texas history.
About This Cause
We registered with the IRS as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization in 1988 and became a Texas nonprofit corporation in 2000. We make grants for restoration repairs and to purchase needed items recommended by the museum Senior Curator. For 2020 - 2021, we granted $7,000 to restore a 155-year-old piano and purchase from a private collection original drawings made by O. Henry as a young man so they might be seen again. During the restoration of the Susanna Dickinson-Hannig House, 2005 - 2010, we served as fiscal agent and construction liaison with the City of Austin. As partners with the City of Austin’s Parks and Recreation Department, Foundation board members are dedicated to fundraising for both the O. Henry and Susanna Dickinson museums. The Annual O. Henry Museum Pun-Off World Championships has been held every May since 1977. The Pun-Off is Austin's best free entertainment helping to “Keep Austin Weird.” Every year for more than 43 years, the Pun-Off has attracted several thousand pun-loving people and press attention from the Washington Post and CBS Sunday Morning on TV, among others. During 2020 it was held as a virtual, online event. The Foundation regularly sponsors programs highlighting O. Henry and Susanna Dickinson's legacies in literature and Texas history. We often host receptions for new museum exhibits in addition to an annual program meeting in February with guest speaker. We have celebrated O. Henry's September 11 birthday with cake as part of Austin Museum Day. Our members also volunteered time to develop lesson plans for teachers and student activities which may be downloaded for free on our website.