Needs
Unrestricted funds received from The Big Day of Giving allow Chalk It Up to respond nimbly to challenges, both large and small. These funds were crucial in our efforts at keeping our organization afloat during the pandemic. We anticipate we may need to display equal flexibility moving forward.
Your support helps us to fund our grants program for arts educators, providing a scholarship for the winner of the annual High School Self-Portrait Show, and bringing youth arts activation spaces at community events.
Giving to Chalk It Up also helps us help us pay for Professional services such as:
- Bookkeeping services ($375 per month)
- CPA for tax services (Annual tax filings $500)
- Shared office space rental ($250 per month)
- Website, insurance, and other necessary business expenses.
Another way to give to Chalk It Up is the gift of time. The annual Chalk It Up Festival requires an average of 200 dedicated volunteers in order to keep it 100% free for the community. We also need several volunteers throughout the year for our other programs, such as the High School Self Portrait Show.
Chalk It Up as an organization has grown slowly over the last 32+ years as an all-volunteer organization, and we are working on a strategic fundraising plan to hire an equitably compensated Executive Director to lead our legion of volunteers.