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Submit your application online:  NONPROFITS  |  ARTISTS  |  PARTNERS
 

Go to our Marketing Partner Toolkit page to learn how to help spread the word as part of our generous community's marketing partnership.

FOR NONPROFITS

Generous Art is a fundraising tool for nonprofits. We welcome your application.  Our mission is to strengthen our communities by supporting nonprofits and artists through the sale of fine art. Generous Art represents high-quality artists in our online gallery and at mobile events. The buyers choose which nonprofit will receive 40% of the proceeds of each sale. We want to support charities that work so hard to support the members of our community, which often includes artists and their families.

Participating in Generous Art will give you:

  • Beautiful, new content for your fundraising efforts;
  • A new source of no/low-overhead income available year-round;
  • A great opportunity to support artists, instead of asking them to donate work;
  • Professional management and handling of artists and artwork;
  • Comprehensive management of paperwork, tax donation forms for artists, courtesy to your donors;
  • An opportunity to work with Generous Art for a hosted campaign specifically for your nonprofit.

IMPORTANT: Make sure to have ALL of the following items ready when applying (or you will not be able to complete the online application):

  • Two digital images of your organization’s logo for our website and marketing (web logo = 150 pixels wide .jpg at 72 dpi RGB color and print logo = 1500 pixels wide .jpg at 150 dpi RGB color);

  • A one-sentence mission statement;

  • The Charity and Nonprofit Agreement along with your organization’s complete contact information;

  • A tax ID number, IRS determination letter, and a sales tax exemption letter.

>> Complete the Nonprofit Application and Agreement


FOR ARTISTS

Generous Art is a dedicated group of professional artists who are passionate about giving back. Generous Art gallery will represent you well, sell your work, and create mutually beneficial relationships within communities.  If you become a juried member of our community, we will then ask you to manage your inventory of work online, submit for inclusion in events, and work with us to ship and deliver the work when sold.

Participating in Generous Art will:

  • Get your artwork seen by a whole new audience;
  • Market the website, promoting you and sales of your artwork;
  • Allow you to claim the donation of 40% of the sales price to charity and provide you paperwork and information to give to your CPA;
  • Not require exclusivity of you, nor deny you other opportunities to sell your artwork;
  • Allow you to publish your retail price of a limited number of works for sale for charity  that are no longer in your gallery's inventory;
  • Allow you to retain the artwork in your studio's inventory until sold;
  • Document the sale sending you the collector’s contact information for your records;
  • Give you a place to redirect solicitations of donations;
  • Give you a chance to generously support the charities and nonprofits that sustain your community, and often you and your family when in need.

IMPORTANT: Without a complete submission from you we will not review your work.  Incomplete information about the artworks will result in error codes on our site, so PLEASE BE SURE TO INCLUDE all prices, dimensions, weights and shipping information. Before applying make sure you have ALL the following items ready:

  • 6 high quality images of your work with a maximum width of 2100 pixels .jpg format RGB color, including height, width, and length, shipping size when packed and packed shipping weight;

  • A headshot no more than 400 pixels wide, funny or intriguing, your choice;

  • A short bio that describes your professional experience, no more than 200 words;

  • A link to your website.

>> Complete the Artist’s Application and Agreement
Contact us for the application for collaborative work by multiple artists.

FOR PARTNERS

We appreciate your support with Generous Art in its mission to sustain community. We will broadcast your support on our “partners” page and at each event you support.
Here are some ways you can help:

  • Sponsor a Group Show or Studio Sale by providing a location, food or drink for the event. For example, Gensler hosted our first group show and East Side Wines donated wine.
  • Become a Marketing Partner and help us with advertising and broadcasting our events. For example, Greenlights for Nonprofit Success has helped us promote our events on their website and in newsletters.
  • Support our Generous Artists through donations of goods and services. For example, Ampersand Art has donated a limited number of panels for our artists to use to create art.
  • Donate directly to a nonprofit to support the Yellow Dot Winner at group shows. When we have a group show, we give attendees the chance to pick their "best in show" with a yellow dot. The artist who created the artwork with the most yellow dots at the end of the evening receives a gift certificate and the Yellow Dot Partner writes a check to that artist's favorite nonprofit in the artist's name. This contribution is fully tax deductible for the Partner, and encourages participation and attendence in our shows.

IMPORTANT: Make sure to have ALL of the following items ready when applying (or you will not be able to complete the online application):

  • Two digital images of your organization’s logo for our website and marketing (web logo = 150 pixels wide .jpg at 72 dpi RGB color and print logo = 1500 pixels wide .jpg at 150 dpi RGB color);

  • A one-sentence marketing statement about your business so we can help promote you;

  • The Partner Agreement along with your organization’s complete contact information;

  • Tax ID number so we can send you donation forms when applicable.

>> Complete the Partner Agreement