Mr. Tom Finke Pearl
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
31 Chambers Street
New York, New York 10007
Dear Mr. Pearl,

Community word project is a New York City based nonprofit organization that helps underprivileged children through the power of arts. We help children to read, write, understand and appreciate the world around them. We strive to assist disadvantaged children so they could have a better chance in life.

Poverty is a constraint on achievement. We believe we can help the children in the most need. We inspire them through the power of arts and craft. We are making better writers, readers and ultimately better persons. On average the essay scores of our students improved by 6.6%. Many studies have already proven that improvement in art skills leads to improvement in math skills, increases academic achievements and reduces dropout rate.

Immigrants and minorities are the most disadvantaged in society, our projects helps these children. We are helping almost 2000 students already. We want to expand our goals and inspire even more children. With a bigger staff and more resources, we can change even more lives.

Our project requires funding to help those in need. We want to expand our staff. $30,000 a year of funding would be used to achieve our new goals. With this money, we will be able to support a larger staff, more facilities and more children to inspire.

I appreciate your consideration and look forward to hearing from you as we have more to discuss.
Sincerely,
Shehryar Dehllu