The New Cumberland Collective

What The New Cumberland Collective does

The New Cumberland Collective is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt volunteer-run nonprofit community organization founded in 2022 in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania. It exists to build local community connection and organize free public events, with no paid staff, no physical office (mail goes to PO Box 264), and no admission fees across any program. Governance is provided by a 10-person volunteer board headed by Founder & President Drew Lawrence.

The organization's product surface consists of in-person community programming organized into two layers. The annual festival portfolio includes the Earth & Arts Festival (April), New Cumberland Pride (July), the Music + Film Festival (September), the Merry Merchants Holiday Market (November, with 40+ local vendors), the Hellbender Hootenanny benefit concert (spring), and the Field & Folk Harvest Dinner & Concert (September). Recurring monthly programming includes the With Friends Social Series, the New Cumberland Environmental Club, the College of Knowledge skill-sharing initiative (September–May), and Art in the Stacks, a rotating gallery series at the New Cumberland Library. The Wind Down indie music series is on hiatus.

Revenue mechanics are entirely donation-driven through PayPal (EIN 88-2762715), with no products or services sold. The underlying technology stack is commodity SaaS: Squarespace for the website, Discord for community communication, Partiful for event scheduling, and Mailchimp for the email newsletter. Marketing is purely organic — Discord, Instagram, email, Partiful, and word of mouth — with no paid advertising. Core venue and programming partners include the New Cumberland Library (Cumberland County Library System), Central PA Conservancy, Beshore Hill Farm, and the Susquehanna Folk Music Society, and the audience is dispersed across general community members, local and emerging artists, the LGBTQ+ community and allies, environmental advocates, and lifelong learners in Central Pennsylvania.

Name

The New Cumberland Collective

Legal name

The New Cumberland Collective

Website

https://newcumberland.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The New Cumberland Collective is a volunteer-run 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2022 in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania that organizes free annual festivals and monthly community programs — including Pride, environmental, arts, and skill-sharing events — for residents and local artists across Central Pennsylvania.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Event Programming and Nonprofit Services

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (8134), Civic and Social Organizations (813410), All Other Amusement and Recreation Industries (71399)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Cultural Festivals & Events Organizations (BPAGAHAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cultural Centers & Community Cultural Organizations (BPAGAHAD), Community Pride & Identity Events (Pride, Cultural Identity Days) (MPAGAEAL), Performing Arts Organizations (Theater, Dance, Opera, Music) (BPAGAHAB)

Keywords

• Community events
• Community organizing
• Local festivals
• Nonprofit programming
• Arts and culture

Headquarters

HQ city

New Cumberland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Personnel, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Fundraising: Volunteer-run nonprofit that relies on donations to cover basic operational costs and keep events accessible to everyone. Accepts donations via PayPal. EIN 88-2762715 for tax-deductible contributions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The New Cumberland Collective is a volunteer-run 501(c)(3) nonprofit that organizes and hosts community-driven events and programs in Central Pennsylvania. Its core offerings consist of four annual festivals (Earth & Arts Festival, New Cumberland Pride, Music + Film Festival, Merry Merchants Holiday Market) plus recurring monthly programs such as the With Friends Social Series, College of Knowledge skill-sharing, New Cumberland Environmental Club, and Art in the Stacks gallery series. All events are free and open to the public, supported by voluntary donations.

Product overview

The New Cumberland Collective is a volunteer-run 501(c)(3) nonprofit community organization rather than a technology product company. Its offerings consist of community programs and events organized into annual festivals and monthly recurring programming. The annual festival portfolio includes Earth & Arts Festival (April), New Cumberland Pride (July), Music + Film Festival (September), Merry Merchants Holiday Market (November), Hellbender Hootenanny (spring), and Field & Folk Harvest Dinner & Concert (September). Ongoing monthly programming includes With Friends Social Series, New Cumberland Environmental Club, College of Knowledge skill-sharing, and Art in the Stacks gallery series. The organization also ran The Wind Down Local Indie Music Series which is currently on hiatus.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 40+ local makers, artists, and entrepreneurs participate in Merry Merchants Holiday Market
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

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No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• New Cumberland LibrarycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLibrary serves as primary venue partner for multiple programs including the Environmental Club (monthly meetings) and Art in the Stacks gallery series. Provides physical space for community gatherings and art exhibitions. Critical venue partner enabling programming.
• Beshore Hill FarmcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganic farm in Northern York County that serves as venue for the annual Field & Folk Harvest Dinner & Concert. Farm provides the setting—a long table among wildflowers—for this communal dinner experience.
• Susquehanna Folk Music SocietycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization for Field & Folk Harvest Dinner & Concert event. Co-creates the folk concert portion of the event and brings musical programming expertise to the partnership.
• Central PA ConservancycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBeneficiary of the annual Hellbender Hootenanny benefit concert. Funds raised support the Conservancy's work to protect and restore local waterways for the eastern hellbender salamander. Environmental mission aligned with the Collective's sustainability focus.
• Cumberland County Library SystemcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent organization of New Cumberland Library. Partner for Art in the Stacks monthly gallery series, which sources local artists and fills the library's gallery space with new work monthly.
• Local Environmental OrganizationsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipating organizations at the annual Earth & Arts Festival. These organizations engage with festival attendees and provide educational content on sustainability and environmental causes.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Center on Halsted: Larger LGBTQ+ community center offering programming, events, and Pride-style community gathering analogous to New Cumberland Pride, but operating at citywide scale in Chicago rather than a single small town.
• Project for Public Spaces: Nonprofit focused on placemaking and community-building through public events and gathering spaces; comparable in mission of turning community energy into recurring programming.
• Americans for the Arts: National nonprofit advocating for arts and community cultural programming; comparable mission to support local artists and cultural festivals, but operating at advocacy scale rather than direct festival production.
• Main Street America: National nonprofit network supporting community-driven downtown revitalization through events, markets, and local arts — directly comparable mission and emphasis on volunteer-led place-based programming.

Direct peers

• Susquehanna Folk Music Society: Regional folk/cultural nonprofit based in Central PA that co-produces the Field & Folk Harvest Dinner & Concert with the Collective. Same geographic footprint, comparable volunteer-driven model, and overlapping arts programming.
• Big Car Collaborative: Volunteer-supported nonprofit that activates places and people through community art, events, and programs — a close structural analog to the Collective's festival-plus-monthly-club mix in a mid-sized city context.
• Central PA Conservancy: Environmental nonprofit that is the beneficiary of the Hellbender Hootenanny; aligned mission in conservation and sustainability, similar Central PA geography, and analogous small nonprofit governance.

Emerging players

• Locust Projects: Artist-run nonprofit producing community-driven exhibitions, events, and fairs that support local and emerging artists — closely comparable in artist-support and free-public-event model.
• Elsewhere: Nonprofit artist residency and community creative space in Greensboro, NC combining artist support, events, and free public programming — analogous hybrid community-arts model.

Regional players

• PA Humanities: Regional humanities nonprofit serving all of Pennsylvania with community cultural programming — comparable state-scale civic engagement but state-funded rather than grassroots-donation funded.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/newcumberlandco

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Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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