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Page 3: Executive Summary
Over the past 7 years (2017–2023), MFC Tie-Dye Inc. has allocated an average annual budget of approximately $25,000 USD to support around 11 artisans and trainees at our community-based partner, The MFI Foundation, in Greater Accra, Ghana. These artisans have upcycled an average of 2,670 pieces of used clothing sent to Ghana from the Global North each year into new fashion items for sale locally and in the United States.
MFC has also collaborated with The Aftermath Learning Lab on numerous environmental education activities such as The Aftermath Sculpture made from textile waste that was exhibited at 4 venues in 2022 through 2023 and had an estimated 42,000 unique visitors across these exhibitions. MFC also partnered to design the Textile Waste Facts course providing an introduction to the issue of textile waste as an environmental justice issue, which had 2,160 unique visitors over one year. MFC also partnered on the inaugural LEAPS Textile Waste Conference, which gathered together policy-makers, fashion designers, and other stakeholders in a virtual conference to discuss the problem of textile waste and potential structural solutions.
While most of MFC’s budget is still supported by team member and project supporter donations, MFC has established an Etsy store where products made at The MFI Foundation are sold, generating revenue for the upcycling partnership. While the organization has faced some challenges due to the nature of it being volunteer-run and the COVID-19 pandemic occurring during this period, MFC remains focused on achieving its vision by 2027, which is for The MFI Foundation to be a sustainable and ethical producer for other brands and organizations around the world, allowing MFC to end or take on a new mission.
Page 4: Mission
MFC Tie-Dye Inc. (Make Fashion Clean or MFC) is a 501c3 non-profit organization whose mission is to reduce global fashion pollution by upcycling textile waste and educating about pollution. MFC creates repurposed denim and tie-dye products out of textile waste sent to Ghana from the Global North in partnership with a non-profit community-based organization in Greater Accra, Ghana called The Matilda Flow Inclusion Foundation (The MFI Foundation). This upcycling partnership generates employment and job training in the creative economy for artisans who have been displaced by the global fast fashion and secondhand clothing industries. It also diverts textile waste from landfills, open-air dumps, and the environment to reduce the impacts of pollution. MFC also collaborates with the The Aftermath Learning Lab on research and art projects at the intersection of textile-related pollution, policy, education, environment, and health.
Page 5: Vision
MFC’s vision is to not exist in its present form by the end of 2027. By then, the MFC board of directors believes that MFC’s upcycling partner, The MFI Foundation, will have continuous sources of income as an ethical producer for other sustainable fashion brands and retailers. In line with its vision, The MFI Foundation will produce quality, upcycled products sold locally and globally and continue to grow its social and environmental impact to meet local community demand. The MFC team believes that with the right relationships and infrastructure, The MFI Foundation will be successful without MFC. While our organization in its current form will end at this time, our collaborations in research, education, and art advocacy — which seek to advance knowledge and contribute to structural change that end global textile pollution — will continue on in new forms. The community that has been developed through the creation and operation of MFC will also remain connected and driven to address global issues of environmental injustice.
Pages 6-7: Leadership and Team
Board of Directors as of December 2023:
- Cecelia Cheng, Grants Director, Voting Board Member, Acting Secretary
- Dr. Julia DeVoy, Research Director, Voting Board Member, Co-Founder
- Michelle DuJat, Design Director, Voting Board Member
- Stacey Johnson, Equity & Culture Director, Voting Board Member
- Cameron Halloran, Inventory Director, Voting Board Member, Acting Treasurer
- Mary-Ann Mufute, Partnerships Director, Voting Board Member
- Dielle Lundberg, Project Coordinator, Non-Voting Board Member, Co-Founder
Other MFC Team Members:
- Matilda Lartey, Founder, Executive Director, MFI Foundation
- Sarah Bibbey, Strategic Advisor, Acting President
- Caeli Tegan Zampach, Grants Advisor
- Ellen Traylor, Administrative Advisor
Pages 11-13: Project History and Timeline
Founding (2016-2017):
- Summer 2016: Construction of The MFI Foundation upcycling studio in Amasaman-Fise, Ghana
- Fall 2016: The MFI Foundation launches its artisan employment and training programs
- Fall 2016: MFC co-founders launch a pilot to sell tie-dye made at MFI Foundation online
- Winter 2016: MFC co-founders consider founding a U.S. based non-profit organization to work with The MFI Foundation
- Summer 2017: MFC Tie-Dye Inc. incorporates as a 501c3 non-profit organization in the state of Minnesota
- Fall 2017: MFC starts to more clearly define its mission and vision and begins efforts to expand its team for organizational growth
B. The completed original MFI Foundation upcycling studio
C-E. Matilda Lartey completing a training in tie-dye methods with a local artist with decades of experience in tie-dye arts
F. Matilda with two of the early board members of The MFI Foundation, Wisdom and Genevieve, who are both advocates for persons with disabilities in their communities
G. Matilda shipping a box of sample products to the MFC co-founders in the U.S. for the online sales pilot
H. MFC co-founder Dielle Lundberg on-site with Matilda and her daughter Ruby at The MFI Foundation during its founding
B. Graduating cloth-maker selling tie-dye in the community
C. Matilda training artisans in yarn-making and knitting
D. Deconstructed t-shirts at The MFI Foundation hang-drying after the tie-dye process to be upcycled into fashion
E. Inside The MFI Foundation upcycling studio
F. Sample products being prepared for product photography
G. MFC sweatshirt from an early product photoshoot
H. Matilda with artisans and trainees at The MFI Foundation
I. MFC co-founders Dielle Lundberg and Julia DeVoy
Pages 14-16: Project History and Timeline
Acceleration (2018-2019):
- Summer 2018: MFC participates in a social innovation accelerator program at Boston University
- Fall 2018: MFC collaborates with the ‘Dirt to Shirt’ course at Olin College on a research project
- Fall 2018: MFC launches a kickstarter campaign that gains media attention but misses its funding goal
- Winter 2019: MFC begins collaborating with interns and research assistants at Boston College
- Spring 2019: MFC funds an expansion of The MFI Foundation to make space for more trainees
- Fall 2019: MFC receives a YES Alumni grant for the expansion of a work-from-home program at The MFI Foundation
B. Matilda Lartey with a graduating artisan trainee
C. Matilda hosting a community training program
D-E. Matilda retailing upcycled products at local trade fairs
F-I. Research collaboration with engineering students at Olin College to test natural dye methods and upcycling techniques
J-K. MFC co-founders in Boston for an accelerator program
L. Matilda with her certificate of completion for this program
M. MFC co-founder Sarah Bibbey visiting The MFI Foundation in Ghana and cleaning secondhand fabrics with Matilda
N. MFC board members Julia DeVoy and Ava Floyd
B. Matilda Lartey retailing tie-dye products at a fair
C. Matilda training artisans in upcycling and fashion design
D. Artisan trainee graduating from The MFI Foundation
E-H. MFC interns working on product marketing projects
I. MFC co-founder Dielle Lundberg speaking at a Boston University innovation conference about MFC’s mission
J. MFC products exhibited at a craft fair in Boston
K. MFC Inventory Director Cameron Halloran visiting MFI
L. Students and an instructor from Massachusetts College of Art and Design visit The MFI Foundation to learn about its work
Pages 17-19: Project History and Timeline
Pandemic Challenges (2020-2021):
- Spring 2020: The MFI Foundation moves fully to a work-from-home model during COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns
- Summer 2020: MFC launches an Etsy store to sell fabric masks and beaded jewelry made in collaboration with The MFI Foundation
- Summer 2020: MFC collaborators receive a Boston College Ignite Grant, laying the groundwork for the Aftermath Learning Lab
- Fall 2020: MFC receives a follow-up YES Alumni grant for a new advocacy collaboration with the MFI Foundation
- Summer 2021: MFC collaborators receive a Boston College Schiller Institute Grant to design The Aftermath Sculpture
- Winter 2021: Aftermath Learning Lab publishes its first peer-reviewed research article in Waste Management journal
B-C. Artisans and trainees in the work-from-home program
F-G. Scrap fabrics and finished fabric beads
H-I. Blue Circle Bags under construction
J. Fabric masks made at The MFI Foundation during COVID-19
K-M. Artisans and trainees at The MFI Foundation
N. MFC board members Julia DeVoy and Cameron Halloran
O. Matilda Lartey at a community event distributing hygienic supplies during the early COVID-19 pandemic
P-R. MFC board members Julia DeVoy and Sarah Bibbey on a call with Matilda, Matilda at work, Sarah with a Blue Circle Bag
C. Matilda tie-dying upcycled t-shirts
D. Matilda preparing boxes of upcycled products made at The MFI Foundation to be crate shipped to MFC in the U.S.
E-F. Upcycled fabric masks during the COVID-19 pandemic
G-I. Tie-dying of fabrics for sale locally
J. Aftermath Learning Lab research assistant Eva Ottum films a tutorial describing how she and others in the lab designed a landfill simulating reactor to study decomposing textiles
K. A peer-reviewed publication from the Aftermath Learning Lab about patterns of textile waste generation in the U.S.
Pages 20-22: Project History and Timeline
Steady Growth (2022-2023):
- Winter 2022: MFC goes on hiatus from all but essential operations to recover from the pandemic and plan for restructuring
- Spring 2022: The Aftermath Sculpture is exhibited at Boston College and the Smithsonian Museum of American History
- Summer 2022: MFC collaborators receive a follow-up Boston College Schiller Institute Grant for an environmental education game
- Fall 2022: The Aftermath Sculpture is exhibited at Boston University School of Public Health and the Boston University Art Initiative
- Spring 2023: MFC co-hosts the LEAPS 2023 Textile Waste Conference with the Aftermath Learning Lab and The MFI Foundation
- Fall 2023: MFC re-opens its Esty Store to bring new upcycled products made at The MFI Foundation to customers
D. Renovation of The MFI Foundation upcycling studio
F-H, N. Aftermath Learning Lab research assistants and co-investigators attending and presenting at the ACCelerate Festival at the Smithsonian Museum of American History
I-L. The Aftermath Sculpture at Boston College, Smithsonian Museum of American History, and Boston University
M. Panel discussion with MFC board member Stacey Johnson, project coordinator Dielle Lundberg, and Matilda Lartey
N. MFC board members Julia DeVoy and Dielle Lundberg
O. MFC board member Sarah Bibbey with Matilda in Ghana
C. Aftermath Learning Lab research assistants with Matilda Lartey and MFC Project Coordinator Dielle Lundberg co-leading a policy hackathon about solutions to global textile waste at the inaugural LEAPS 2023 Textile Waste Conference
D, H. Aftermath Learning Lab research assistants and alumni
E. MFC product photography for re-launched Etsy Store
F. Aftermath Learning Lab principal investigator and MFC board member Julia DeVoy interviewed by NBC LX News
G. MFC board member Mary-Ann Mufute and project coordinator Dielle Lundberg on a planning call with Matilda
Page 23-24: Programs and Collaborations
Programs at the MFI Foundation:
From 2017 to 2023, MFC has supported The MFI Foundation with approximately 24,000 USD of funding annually, serving as the main financial sponsor for its upcycling studio and associated programs. These programs transform textile waste in Ghana into fashion to be re-sold locally and globally. They also provide employment and job training to artisans whose livelihoods have been displaced by the global fast fashion industry. In these programs, The MFI Foundation focuses on creating opportunities for persons with disabilities, parents of children with disabilities, and women.
- Artisan Employment Program: This program provides full-time positions with living wages to skilled artisans who specialize in sewing and tailoring. The position allows for artisans to receive benefits such as social security and support for housing relocation. These artisans assist with training the other artisan apprentices.
- Apprentice Training Program: This program trains artisans in sewing, tailoring, and fashion design over a period of 6 months to 4 or 5 years. Participants earn a stipend each month for the duration of their apprenticeship. By comparison, most apprentices in Ghana are required to pay for their apprenticeship training.
- Work from Home Program: This program provides work-from-home positions for artisans and apprentices. The program is designed for people for whom work-from-home is more convenient or better meets their access needs. Artisans receive training in bead-making and other skills. Matilda visits these artisans once a month to supervise and check-in
D-F. Apprentices and artisans cut fabrics and make fabric beads
G. A pile of used clothing sourced from Kantamanto Market which the artisans are preparing to clean, deconstruct, and transform into new products
Page 26-33: Programs and Collaborations
Research with the Aftermath Learning Lab:
Aftermath Learning Lab is an environmental health research and art lab whose mission is to reduce global textile waste and other technology-related pollution through research at the intersection of art, policy, developmental psychology, education, and public health with an applied environmental justice lens. The lab is an academic-community partnership between researchers at Boston College and partners Make Fashion Clean (MFC) and The Matilda Flow Inclusion Foundation (MFI Foundation). The lab is run by an interdisciplinary team of researchers studying human development, informal STEM learning, health equity, and design-driven thinking along with artists, environmental educators, and activists.
The Aftermath Learning Lab’s activities have been funded by an Ignite Grant from Boston College for academic year 2020-2021, a Schiller Institute Grant for Exploratory Collaborative Scholarship (SIGECS) from Boston College for academic year 2021-2022, and a follow-up SIGECS grant from Boston College for academic year 2022-2023. Undergraduate research assistants from Boston College collaborating with the lab have also been funded by undergraduate research funds from Dr. Julia DeVoy from 2019 to present. Projects include:
- Greenhouse Gas Generation and Other Human Health Effects of Post-Consumer Fashion Waste in the U.S. (2020-2021)
- Assessing Public Health and Environmental Racism Impacts of Textile Pollution through Computer-Based Social Justice Research and Multi-Media Art and Data Dissemination (2021-2022)
- Development of an Educational, Multiplayer Video Game to Address Environmental Racism and Drive Political and Community Action (2022-2023)
One of the Aftermath Learning Lab’s major initiatives since its founding has been The Aftermath Sculpture, a large-scale multi-media sculpture and art advocacy collaboration about the global impacts of textile pollution created by The Aftermath Learning Lab. It was designed by developmental psychologist Dr. Julia DeVoy, health researcher and artist Dielle Lundberg, fashion designer and environmental educator Matilda Lartey, internationally recognized artist Mark Cooper, STEAM education researcher Dr. Brian Smith, Make Fashion Clean (MFC Tie-Dye), and The MFI Foundation with support from the Boston College Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society.
The LEAPS Conference with Aftermath Learning Lab:
Another Aftermath Learning Lab initiative that MFC has collaborated on is The LEAPS Textile Waste Conference, a virtual conference that exists to leverage environmental, art & policy stakeholders (LEAPS) to advance awareness, collaboration and transformation around policy and structural solutions to textile waste and related environmental health challenges. The inaugural conference was hosted on May 18, 2023 by the Aftermath Learning Lab in partnership with The Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society at Boston College and community partners Make Fashion Clean (MFC Tie-Dye) in the U.S. and The MFI Foundation in Ghana.
Publications with the Aftermath Learning Lab:
- Julia E. DeVoy. “Accelerating Just Transition: A Call to COP28 Action (SE# 7, Zone B6).” Invited panel speaker on December 5, 2023. United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (UNFCCC COP 28). Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Available at: https://laudatosimovement.org/news/accelerating-just-transition-a-catholic-call-to-cop28-action/.
- Julia E. DeVoy. “Dispatches from Dubai: Experiences as an Official Observer Organization at the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (UNFCCC COP 28).” Invited panel speaker on December 4, 2023. Boston College Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society. Virtual Event from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Available at: https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/sites/bc-news/articles/2023/fall/bc-hosts-live-discussions-from-cop28-uae.html.
- Dielle J. Lundberg. “Textile Waste as a Public Health Equity Issue and the Need for a Political and Structural Response.” Presented at the LEAPS 2023 Textile Waste Conference, Boston College, May 18, 2023. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO_GrY-0L_s.
- Mark Cooper. “Aftermath: An Exploration of Art and Activism.” Presented at the LEAPS 2023 Textile Waste Conference, Boston College, May 18, 2023. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzjllYjd8i0.
- Matilda Lartey. “Aftermath: An Exploration of Art and Activism.” Presented at the LEAPS 2023 Textile Waste Conference, Boston College, May 18, 2023. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjeLN2V8Gow.
- Evan Warns. “Producing a Landfill Simulating Bioreactor: Considerations, Design and Impacts.” Presented at the LEAPS 2023 Textile Waste Conference, Boston College, May 18, 2023. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqkCtyUTN-g.
- Katherine Canniff. “Linking Ecological Consciousness to Narrative Approaches & Recent Climate Reporting.” Presented at the LEAPS 2023 Textile Waste Conference, Boston College, May 18, 2023. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqkCtyUTN-g.
- Julia E. DeVoy. “Fast Fashion, Textile Waste and Environmental Impact.” St. Lawrence University. April 26, 2023. Available at: https://www.stlawu.edu/events/fast-fashion-textile-waste-and-related-environmental-impacts.
- Julia E. DeVoy, Qingwan Cheng, Griffin Lawler, and Kate Canniff. “Aftermath: Fast Fashion and Textile Waste.” Wilmington Memorial Library. April 6, 2023. Available at: https://wilmingtonapple.com/2023/04/12/video-wilmington-library-hosts-lecture-on-fast-fashion-textile-waste/.
- James Rojas. “Boston ‘Aftermath’ Sculpture Depicts Fast Fashion, Rapid Textile Production.” WBZ NewsRadio Boston. March 16, 2023. Interviews Julia E. DeVoy. Available at: https://wbznewsradio.iheart.com/content/boston-aftermath-sculpture-depicts-fast-fashion-rapid-textile-production/ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C5Dh5n5TTw.
- “Have You Ever Thought about the Environmental Impact of Fast-Fashion? – Julia DeVoy, PhD Joins Eric Alvarez.” LX Explains: NBC LX. Interviews Julia E. DeVoy. March 5, 2023. Available at: https://x.com/NBCLX/status/1632430300939669508?s=20.
- Dielle J. Lundberg and Julia E. DeVoy. “The Aftermath of Fast Fashion: How Discarded Clothes Impact Public Health and the Environment.” Boston University School of Public Health. September 22, 2022. Available at: https://www.bu.edu/sph/news/articles/2022/the-aftermath-of-fast-fashion-how-discarded-clothes-impact-public-health-and-the-environment/.
- Julia E. DeVoy, Elizabeth Congiusta, Dielle J. Lundberg, Sarah Findeisen, and Sunand Bhattacharya. “Post-Consumer Textile Waste and Disposal: Differences by Socioeconomic, Demographic, and Retail Factors.” Waste Management 136 (December 2021): 303–309. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2021.10.009.
- Julia E. DeVoy, Mark Cooper, Evan Warns, and Kate Canniff. “The Aftermath of Textile Waste: How Fast Fashion is Impacting the Environment and Public Health, and What Can Be Done About It.” Boston Public Library: Faneuil Branch Library. October 11, 2022. Available at: https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/events/631b40bea57e0b98876890cf.
- Julia E. DeVoy, Mark Cooper, Sunand Bhattacharya, and Jennifer Beard. “Textile Waste & Environmental Racism: The Opportunities For Art To Impact Public Health.” October 6, 2022. Available at: https://www.bu.edu/sph/practice/activist-lab/activist-lab-events/textile-pollution-environmental-racism/.
- Matilda Lartey, Stacey Johnson, and Dielle J. Lundberg. “Textile Waste, Environmental Justice, and the Aftermath of Fast Fashion”. A Collaborative Panel Discussion by The Aftermath Learning Lab and Make Fashion Clean. September 11, 2022. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFBjfdesFsA.
- Julia E. DeVoy, Dielle J. Lundberg, Matilda Lartey, Mark Cooper, and Brian Smith. “The Aftermath Documentary.” Boston College Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society. 2022. Filmed and Edited by Cyrus Rosen, Qingwan Cheng, Julia E. DeVoy, and Dielle J. Lundberg. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpzW3HOOqmw.
- “We’re Not Going to Recycle Our Way Out of This Problem.” Interviews Dielle Lundberg. Boston University School of Public Health. April 30, 2022. Available at: https://www.bu.edu/sph/news/articles/2022/reducing-textile-pollution-through-research-and-art/
- Sarah Findeisen, Elizabeth Congiusta, Julia E. DeVoy, and Dielle J. Lundberg. “Post-Consumer Textile Waste and Recycling: Differences by Socioeconomic, Demographic, and Retail Factors.” Eleventh International Conference on The Constructed Environment. May 2021. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quDGkvnbKeg
- Eva Ottum, Evan Warns, Julia E. DeVoy, and Dielle J. Lundberg. “Engineering a Bioreactor Using Frugal Innovation.” Eleventh International Conference on The Constructed Environment. May 2021. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFBxDTpvEwU.
Page 34-36: Impact Highlights
MFC-MFI Foundation Upcycling Partnership Social Impact (2017-2023):
- 11: Average number of artisans and trainees employed at MFI Foundation
- 2: Average number of trainees graduating from 6 to 12 month programs in a year
- 8: Average number of community skills training programs held by MFI Foundation in a year
- 5: Average number of trainees employed at MFI Foundation (out of the 11 total)
MFC-MFI Foundation Upcycling Partnership Environmental Impact (2017-2023):
- 2,670: Total number of used clothing items upcycled in a representative year
- 380: Number of used cotton t-shirts upcycled in a representative year
- 670: Number of used jeans upcycled in a representative year
- 1,355: Number of other used clothing items upcycled in a representative year
- 285: Number of used jackets upcycled in a representative year
Note: 2019 was selected as the representative year for these impact highlights due to the availability of data and it representing a relatively average year of production for The MFI Foundation.
Environmental Education Impact (2017-2023):
- 12: Undergraduate internship placements with mentorship provided by MFC
- 14: Undergraduate or graduate research assistants with Aftermath Learning Lab
- 42,000: Unique viewers of Aftermath Sculpture over 4 exhibitions
- 2,160: Unique visitors to the Textile Waste Facts online course
- 60: Live attendees at the inaugural LEAPS Textile Waste Conference
- 232: Views of the LEAPS Textile Waste Conference recordings in one year
Page 37: Project Challenges
Small Team with No Paid Staff:
MFC is a volunteer-run 501c3 non-profit organization whose budget has not yet exceeded 30,000 USD annually. Given the small project size, there are no paid staff members, meaning all team members are contributing volunteer hours on top of their other responsibilities and commitments. This has resulted in challenging decisions around delegating time and other resources between governing the organization and attempting to grow it.
COVID-19 Capacity Constraints:
MFC’s small team and limited capacity reached a breaking point during the COVID-19 pandemic when the organization and team members each faced some unique challenges. For MFC, we faced new challenges such as The MFI Foundation moving to work from home, shipping being delayed, and declines in sales. Individual team members faced health challenges and burnout.
Funding Constraints:
Over the period from 2017 to 2023, The MFI Foundation expanded (and had the capacity to further expand to meet community demand) more than MFC had funding for. A large portion of MFC funding continues to come from team member contributions, highlighting the need for MFC to increase product sales and develop additional streams of donations and other income.
MFC to MFI Foundation Transfer Issues:
Over seven years, the Ghana cedi depreciated substantially, and significant regulatory changes occurred in Ghana regarding international financial transfers. While the project initially used Western Union, this service was subject to data leaks that led to excessive scam calls. WISE transfer proved to be a more reliable solution for years until it fell out of regulatory requirements. Remitly became the project’s new primary transfer service.
Page 38-40: Financial Report
7-Year Budget for MFC Tie-Dye Inc. (2017-2023) in USD:
| Category | 7-Year Total | 1-Year Average | % of Total |
| Total Budget | $174,647 | $24,950 | n/a |
| Funding for MFI Foundation Programs* | $168,604 | $24,086 | 96.5% |
| Shipping of MFC/MFI Upcycled Products | $1,278 | $183 | 0.7% |
| Marketing Expenses | $1,920 | $274 | 1.1% |
| Admin and Other Expenses | $2,845 | $406 | 1.6% |
* Funding sent to The MFI Foundation directly supports the organization’s upcycling programs that employ and train artisans in Ghana and upcycle textile waste. The funds directly support salaries and stipends, benefits, and supplies needed for this work. They are also used to maintain The MFI Foundation upcycling studio and pay for utilities and other operating expenses like transportation. Lastly, these funds help finance outreach for The MFI Foundation to undertake skills training and advocacy programs in the community. As of 2023, MFC is the primary financial sponsor of the MFI Foundation’s upcycling programs.
Income for MFC Tie-Dye Inc. (2017-2023) in USD”
| Category | 7-Year Total | 1-Year Average | % of Total |
| Total Income | $177,116 | $25,302 | n/a |
| Donations from MFC Board Members and Project Advisors | $93,111 | $13,302 | 52.6% |
| Donations from Project Supporters | $56,779 | $8,111 | 32.1% |
| Grants | $23,639 | $3,377 | 13.3% |
| MFC / MFIProduct Sales | $3,588 | $513 | 2.0% |
MFC has received grant support from Innovate@BU at Boston University, the YES Alumni Program, the optiMize program at the University of Michigan, and from the Boston College Schiller Institute (for work as part of The Aftermath Learning Lab’s grant activities). Grant funding has directly supported The MFI Foundation.
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MFC Tie-Dye Inc.
2017-2023
Project Report
Approved by the MFC Board of Directors on December 2, 2024
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