GCI BUDGET 2022
USE OF PROCEEDS:
The proceeds from the Donation by The Blavatnik Family Foundation — $50,000 were used to support Global Creative Initiative (“GCI Planet”) in its mission to create live virtual concerts and interactive creative experiences, to support children and youth in hospitals, hospices, orphanages, refugee camps, and young people with disabilities worldwide.
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Live (from a TV studio) Virtual Concert
“U FOR UKRAINE”
U FOR UKRAINE is an International Humanitarian Benefit Concert Series & Support Program for the Children & Women of Ukraine, featuring Gloria Estefan, Dionne Warwick, Al Di Meola, and Rita Cosby, as well as world-renowned virtuosos of classical, jazz, pop, rock, and folk music, and Ukrainian child prodigies. The concert and initiative were supported by FOX NEWS, PBS, Broadway World Magazine, and others.
TV studio rent — $1,500
DP 1 — $1,000
DP 2 — $1,000
Sound engineer — $500
Lighting engineer — $350
Art director (live) — $800
Art director (virtual) — $800
International communications (orphanages, hospitals, refugee camps, organizations, communities / before & after) — $500 (x3 months) = $1,500
Hosting — $600
Direction, scriptwriting — $1,200
Transportation for artists and the team — $600
Food and beverage on set — $300
Production:
Video editing, montage — $2,000
Animation — $700
Sound editing — $600
Social media management — $300 (x2 months) = $600
Trailers — $250
BTS video — $300
Graphic design, website concert-related update — $500
Postproduction:
GCI PLANET Live Virtual International Peace Concert
for children in hospitals, orphanages, and young people with disabilities
Studio rent — $500
DP, camera, light — $600
Sound engineer — $500
Art director — $400 (x2 months) = $800
International communications — $400 (x2 months) = $800
Direction, scriptwriting — $500
Hosting x 2 — $400 x 2 = $800
Transportation — $150
Food and beverage on set — $100
Production:
Video editing — $1,000
Animation — $600
Sound editing — $400
Social media management — $250 (x2 months) = $500
Graphic design, website concert-related update — $400
Postproduction:
COST IN TOTAL: $7,650
GCI EXPENSES: $7,650
GCI Virtual International Concert “Food for Body & Soul”
featuring young artists and children in need and isolation in orphanages, hospitals, and refugee camps on six continents.
In partnership with The Spero Project & Artolution
Studio — $500
DP, camera, light — $600
Sound engineer — $500
Art director — $400 (x2 months) = $800
International communications — $400 (x2 months) = $800
Travel Accommodations — $1,100
Direction, scriptwriting — $500
Hosting — $500
Transportation — $150
Food and beverage on set — $100
Production:
Video editing — $1,000
Animation — $750
Sound editing — $400
Social media management — $200 (x2 months) = $400
Graphic design, website concert-related update — $350
Postproduction:
COST IN TOTAL: $8,450
GCI EXPENSES: $8,450
GCI Live Virtual Concert & Exhibition in Support of Ukrainian Children,
Featuring young virtuosos and artists from Ukraine
at Black Dove Gallery, Miami
Art gallery rent — $500
Meet & greet host — $150
Sound engineer — $250
DP, camera — $400
Photographer — $300
Art director — $400
International communications — $200
Travel Accommodations — $1,200
Direction — $400
Live performances — $500
Virtual performances of young prodigies / video engineer — $400
Transportation for the artists and team — $200
Art installation — $300
Food and beverage — $300
Production:
Video editing — $500
Social media management — $200
Graphic design, website concert-related update — $200
Postproduction:
COST IN TOTAL: $6,400
GCI EXPENSES: $6,400
LIVE GCI Concert & Panel
Featuring Nouriel Roubini, Masha Brodskaya,
Brian Forbes, Nogu Svelo, and Young Virtuosos.
In Support of Children in Need and Isolation, NYC
Event space rent — $600
Meet & greet host $150 (x 2) = $300
Sound engineer — $500
DP, camera — $500
Photographer — $250
Art director — $500
International communications — $350 (x2 months) = $700
Travel Accommodations — $1,200
Direction — $500
Hosting Panel — $500
Live performances — $1,000
Virtual performances of young prodigies / video engineer — $350
Transportation for the artists and team — $200
Food and beverage — $600
Production:
Video editing — $500
Social media manager — $250
Graphic design, website concert-related update — $300
Postproduction:
COST IN TOTAL: $8,750 (with other donations)
GCI EXPENSES: $4,000
GCI Live Music Event in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya
(2000 people attended)
For the first time in the history of a refugee camp!
Art director — $300
Production, direction in Kakuma — $150
Sound in Kakuma — $50
Food and beverage in Kakuma — $1,000
Live Virtual concert setup in Kakuma — $100
Photographer in Kakuma — $50
Video editing — $500
Graphic design, website concert-related update — $300
COST IN TOTAL: $2,450 (with other donations)
GCI EXPENSES: $800
GCI interactive creative experiences
COST IN TOTAL: $15,100 (with other donations)
GCI EXPENSES: $11,600
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The Exhibition is set to be presented and showcased at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA);
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The International Exhibition Tour: New York, Dubai, London, and Kyiv;
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A Virtual Gallery;
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A Music & Art VR Experience;
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Collaborations with fashion designers from the USA, the UK, Ukraine, and the UAE.
COST approximately: $350,000 (with other donations)
GCI EXPENSES (so far) — $11,000
International artworks manager — $2,000
Global communications — $1,500
“Children For Peace” producer — $3,500
Virtual gallery — $2,000
Soundtrack composer — $2,000
Produced by GCI PLANET
WORLD UNITE FOR UKRAINE
World Unite for Ukraine is a Humanitarian International Virtual Concert supporting Ukrainian Children.
Coproduced by GCI PLANET in partnership with Victoria Yampolsky and The Startup Station,
Supported by Warner Music Group,
Featuring Pink Floyd, Public Enemy, B52,
Ukrainian pop stars and young Ukrainian virtuosos,
as well as actors, athletes, and celebrities from Europe, Israel, the U.S., and Canada.
CHILDREN FOR PEACE
An Art Project and International Exhibition showcasing artworks created by children and youth from around the world.
COST IN TOTAL: $35,000 (other donations)
GCI EXPENSES: $5,200
General producer — $2,000
Art director — $1,200
Hosting — $600
Live performance at the opening: $500
Graphic design, website concert-related update — $400
Social media content creation: $500
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM / May 25, 2022
GCI PLANET at the WEF in Davos,
Switzerland & Official Launch of "U FOR UKRAINE” Program
Studio — $500
DP, camera, light, green screen — $1,000
Sound engineer — $400
Direction, scriptwriting, hosting — $1,500
Transportation — $120
Production:
Video editing & Animation — $2,000
Sound editing — $350
Postproduction:
COST IN TOTAL: $5,870
GCI EXPENSES: $5,870 (other donations)
Additional expenses:
GCI website maintenance & update: $7,500
Graphic design, motion design: $5,700
Travel & performance expenses: $6,500
(other donations)
GCI features
Carnegie Hall / “Save a Child” / December 2, 2022
GCI PLANET and its founder Masha Brodskaya were featured in a Carnegie Hall concert by Vincent Lyn for orphaned children. The concert was SOLD OUT and attended by many celebrities, including Tom Silverman, and Armand Assante.
GCI expenses:
Live performances — $2,500
Transportation — $300
Graphic design — $400
Miscellaneous —$500
Total = $3,700
The Miami Symphony Orchestra at Peacock Park / January 14, 2023
GCI PLANET and its founder Masha Brodskaya were featured in a Miami Symphony Orchestra concert, conducted by Eduardo Marturet where Masha Brodskaya played for Peace, performing one of her original compositions for violin & orchestra.
GCI expenses:
Live performance — $1,000
Travel Accommodations — $1,250
Miscellaneous —$200
Total = $2,450
Concert For Peace, Featuring the Mayor of NYC Eric Adams / Oceana Theater, Brooklyn, NY / February 24, 2023
GCI PLANET and its founder Masha Brodskaya were featured in a Concert For Peace in support of the wounded children of Ukraine at Oceana Theater (NY, Brooklyn), where Masha Brodskaya performed her original composition U FOR UKRAINE.
The concert was SOLD OUT and attended by 1,500 guests, including NYC Mayor Eric Adams.
GCI expenses:
Live performance — $1,000
Transportation — $100
Miscellaneous —$350
Total = $1,450
Global Women In Music with United Nations Symphony Orchestra and United Voices for Peace, NYC / March 8, 2023
GCI PLANET and its founder Masha Brodskaya were featured in a UN Symphony Orchestra concert celebrating Global Women In Music at Tribeca Performing Arts Center. Masha Brodskaya represented GCI PLANET and was celebrated as an honorable Global Woman in Music. She performed one of her original compositions for violin and orchestra.
GCI expenses:
Live performance — $1,000
Travel Accommodations — $550
Transportation — $100
Miscellaneous —$150
Total = $1,800
Ukrainian Festival in Denver, Colorado / August 27, 2022
GCI PLANET and its founder Masha Brodskaya were closing a Ukrainian festival in Denver, Colorado, taking part in the fundraising for Ukrainian children.
GCI expenses:
Live performance — $1,000
Travel Accommodations — $1,300
Transportation — $150
Miscellaneous —$270
Total = $2,720