M.C. Ginsberg Supports...
"If everyone was as great as Mark Ginsberg about making Iowa City a good place to live we'd be a lot further along."
-- Steve Grismore, who along with Mark Ginsberg co-founded the Iowa City Jazz Festival in 1991.
M.C. Ginsberg Objects of Art dedicates what would be its marketing budget - nearly $200,000 annually - to the creation and ongoing nurturing of nearly two dozen events, organizations and programs. That's why in the area arts community, Mark Ginsberg is known as a generous philanthropist with a seemingly non-stop flow of colorful fundraising ideas. Mark gives back because it's how he was raised. This has become his mantra, and he inspires others to follow his lead.
"If one takes from their community, they are morally and ethically bound to return with the same vigor," says Mark.
