MARYSVILLE — Between online and other donations, the Red Curtain Foundation for the Arts has raised approximately $10,000 toward the purchase of the building that’s serving as its Arts Center.

For that building not to go back on the market by Monday, Feb. 2, secretary/treasurer Beckye Randall estimated that the foundation would need about $120,000 to close on the property.

“We’d thought that perhaps we could get a six-month extension with a good-faith lump-sum payment, but that’s not the case,” Randall said. “I suppose we were looking at it through rose-colored glasses these past thirty days, trying to stay positive.”

Randall praised the generosity of the Marysville community, and asserted that $10,000 is an impressive sum for a month’s worth of nonprofit fundraising efforts.

“Everyone worked really hard, but it looks like it’s just not going to work out at this time,” Randall said.

Randall expects that Red Curtain will continue to conduct classes and other events in the facility until it’s sold, so long as the monthly rent remains roughly the same.

But because she doesn’t know when it might be sold, it makes it difficult for the foundation to do any long-term planning.

“The board will be discussing what our next move will be,” Randall said. “Because this weekend is the Super Bowl, it might be postponed to next weekend.”

Even if the building goes up for sale at the start of February, she expects they’ll still be able to present their play and other activities that are scheduled for later in the month.

“I have folks who have arranged to rent this space in the spring, so I need to contact them and let them know they might need alternate options,” Randall said.

Although 85 individual donors stepped up, Randall noted that 16,000 people viewed the foundation Facebook page.

“That’s probably about an average ratio, though, in terms of donors versus people who are aware of a cause,” Randall said. “If we had more time, we’d look for more grants, although we already pursued so many. We’ve had so many people stop by, just within the past three weeks, who just now became aware of us. It feels like we were on the brink of really making a difference.”

Red Curtain’s website is www.redcurtainfoundation.org. Its IndieGoGo page is www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-the-red-curtain-arts-center-succeed.