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The Book Industry Charitable Foundation, or BINC, has been receiving dozens of calls for help from bookstores and comic shops in the path of destruction from Hurricane Helene, which travelled more than 500 miles across six states Macmillan Publishers has now announced it will donate up to $10,000 as a matching gift against private donations[...]

And Phoenix Books of Essex Junction and Burlington were also affected. The Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation and Macmillan Publishers have announced a $5,000 matching gift to help booksellers and comic retailers affected by recent flooding At least nine stores have already been impacted by severe flooding in Vermont and other communities throughout the Northeast and[...]

The Book Industry Charitable Foundation (BINC) announced they will be offering two $750 scholarships to comic book store owners and their employees to attend the Diamond Summit in Dallas, Texas, on June 7th and 9th The funds may be used for travel, replacement wages, lodging, and meals. On the scholarship, Kathy Govier, Chief Marketing and Communications[...]

Cebulski will be there to pass it on to David Gabriel. Flickr: /Jiuguang Wang  Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic Companies planning to attend will include 2000 AD/Rebellion Publising, A Wave Blue World, Anomaly Productions, Bad Idea Comics, Battle Quest Comics, BCW Supplies, BINC, Book County Clearance House, Boom Studios, CEX Publishing, Comic Shop Assistant, Comic Hub, DC,[...]

The Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation announced they will be offering two $750 scholarships to comic book store owners and their employees to attend the ComicsPRO Industry Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA on the 23rd through to the 25th of February The funds may be used for travel, replacement wages, lodging, and meals. "We really appreciate Binc[...]

The Book Industry Charitable (BINC) Foundation, which pivited to helping comic book stores during the pandemic, has now announced a new Mental Health Wellness program to provide short term support to any employee or owner of U.S bookstores and comic shops BINC launched a Mental Health Wellness Pilot Program in February this year in response[...]

The Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation announced today that they will be offering two $750 scholarships to comic book store owners and their employees to attend the Diamond Summit in Baltimore, Maryland on October 26th and 27th, 2022 The funds may be used for travel, replacement wages, lodging, and meals. The Diamond Summit, being held before[...]

The Hard Agree podcast team announce their latest annual Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol charity podcast, this year in support of the Binc Foundation's Comic Book United Fund. Evangeline Lilly & Dave Gibbons Perform A Christmas Carol For BINC A Hard Agree Christmas Carol is the Christmas 2021 edition of Hard Agree's annual yuletide charity podcast, featuring host[...]

Well, he has now popped up on a review board working for the Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation who have announced today that applications for the Survive to Thrive grant program will be accepted until the 10th of May 10. Fletcher Chu-Fong, from LinkedIn Fundraising for the grant program, which is designed to provide substantial grants to[...]

The Book Industry Charity Foundation (Binc) has announced the establishment of the Survive To Thrive bookstore grant programme Founded with initial support from Ingram Charities and Ingram Content Group, the program will quickly provide grants to independent bookstores and comic shops affected by COVID-19. With a leading gift of $500k jointly from Ingram Charities and Ingram[...]

As the comic book industry went into shutdown and lockdown in 2020, with many stores unable to open, and sellable product being reduced, the comic book industry rallied around Binc, the Book Industry Charitable Foundation, became the focal point to help support American comic book retailers in trouble And from all manner of disparate sources and rallies, with even opponents changing their minds,[...]

Binc Gave Almost $3 Million To Bookstores And Comic Shops In 2020 As the comic book industry went into shutdown and lockdown in 2020, with many stores unable to open, and sellable product being reduced, the comic book industry rallied around and Binc, the Book Industry Charitable Foundation, became the focal point to help support American[...]

Bleeding Cool has pointed out some of the big original art deals going down to benefit the Hero Initiative and BINC charities, connected to comic book, comic creation and comic book-selling But a couple from upcoming weeks took our attention even more Such as an original Doctor Strange art page by Chris Bachalo which has[...]

The Hero Initiative is using its eBay account to auction of five original pieces of art every week to benefit The Hero Initiative, which looks after comic creators in need and the Binc Foundation (Book Industry Charitable Foundation) which focuses on bookstores and comic bookstores in trouble, especially at the moment. J Scott Campbell's Rogue/Psylocke Tops[...]

He has divided the amount into five payments of $1800 for five separate charities, two animal-related, two for male victims of sexual violence, and one for BINC, the bookstore/comic store charity. Sanctuary and Safe Haven for Animals (SASHA) Farms Mercy For Animals MaleSurvivor: National Organization Against Male Sexual Victimization 1in6 Comicbook United Fund (BINC) It is notable that earlier in the[...]

Jim Lee posted out the following Batwoman image on New Year's Eve for auction, one of the final 60 images he has been creating in lockdown to auction to benefit the bookstore charity BINC, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars alone He posted. BATWOMAN Original Art Sketch Pen & ink/white out on 9×12" illo board[...]

Received a not-insignificant amount from BINC today! This will help pay for some outstanding bills at the shop If your store has been shut down, submit the paperwork It was quick and easy https://t.co/9dDYXyAN1c — Ryan Higgins (@RyanHigginsRyan) May 15, 2020 The shops just got money from @BincFoundation Extremely thankful for the organization and their hard work[...]

This combines the $100,000 pledged last year to BINC from the Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group, with the $250,000 pledged earlier this month by DC, and the money raised by #Creators4Comics and Jim Lee's 60 sketch eBay auctions Comicbook United Fund is intended to be the central location for any and all figures and organizations hoping[...]

Over the past week, the Book Industry Charitable Foundation, or BINC, has become the charity that the comic book industry has rallied around to help comic book stores in need The recent #Creators4Comics campaign has raised a substantial amount of money, after DC Comics Co-Publisher and CCO Jim Lee started auctioning off sketches in order[...]

All this and so much more below. The hashtag spotlights individual comic book creators, Jim Lee or otherwise, auctioning off items or experiences on Twitter to benefit BINC's fund to benefit comic stores in trouble Bleeding Cool has already posted a number of pieces looking at what has been offered up so far but there are[...]

In recent days, the Book Industry Charitatable Foundation, or BINC, has become the favoured comic book industry charity to help beleaguered comic book stores in distress #Creators4Comics is the latest fundraiser that just this morning alone is raising hundreds of thousands of dollars But as a relatively new charitable operation regarding the comic book industry,[...]

The aim is to draw 60 sketches with DC figures and raise money for comic book stores in need via the action group BINC A couple of day ago, rival publisher Ross Richie of Boom Studios has an idea He posted to Jim Lee's Instagram, saying "I hope you're scanning these to release as a[...]

Right now, BINC has its work cut out for it, during the current situation At this time, DC Comics has decided to donate a quarter of a million dollars to the foundation The money has been earmarked to provide support for comic book retailers and their employees during this time of hardship and beyond It[...]

At the Diamond Retailer Breakfast at New York Comic Con this morning, Lion Forge announced plans to expand a vital safety net for the comic book direct market by establishing The Forge Fund in partnership with Book Industry Charitable Foundation (Binc) Lion Forge will donate $100,000 of seed money to establish the fund as well[...]