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Fundraising

Artaxis is a US-based federally recognized 501(c)3 non-profit art organization. We are also registered as state non-profits in Indiana and Minnesota.

We are all volunteer organization, so all donations and income streams are utilized directly for our programming, website development and hosting expenses, and outreach efforts to expand the reach of our member artists and enrich the ceramics community.
We are currently focused on a large initiative to revamp our website so we can better utilize it as a platform for our programming and outreach efforts. This is why such a large percentage or our costs in recent years are being committed to web development.
We believe that all donors should know where their money is being spent.
For the sake of transparency, in 2021 we brought in $19,605 in donations, application fees, and revenue from the Artaxis Shop. These two charts show the sources of income in percentages, and a percentage breakdown of our donation sources.

In 2021, our expenses were $20,149. At 90%, our website development was the largest expense in 2021. The remaining 10% was distributed between the other programming expenses listed in the chart.

Website development efforts have:

  • made search functionality better
  • automated jury process (quicker jury results)
  • automated page creation for new members
  • created member logins for all Artaxis members to update their own content
  • migrated all artist pages to dynamically generated pages
  • added pronoun field on artist pages
  • synced our map feature with Artaxis member user data
  • improved website security and international content delivery
In addition to our Donation page at Artaxis.org/Donate, we have several fundraising options to meet the needs of donors at any level. Your donations are critical to enable us to engage the ceramics community through promotional, educational, and networking programs while celebrating diverse artistic practices and being a resource of aesthetic values.

HERE ARE SIX WAYS YOU CAN SUPPORT ARTAXIS

1) Make a tax-deductible donation to Artaxis

Artaxis Organization, Inc. is federally registered 501(c)3 non-profit art organization. You can find our Guidestar profile here. We are also registered as state non-profits in Indiana and Minnesota.

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Donation Total: $50

Online donations are accepted on a secure Paypal page, which you will be directed to after clicking the “Support Artaxis” button above. You do not need a Paypal account to donate.

2) Become a sustaining supporter on Patreon

Artaxis is registered with the crowd-funding platform Patreon and there you can become a sustaining donor at any level as low as $2.50 a month. We do giveaways for our Patreon supporters, so if you’re signed up at $5 a month or higher, you’re eligible to win!

Some examples of pieces we’ve given away to Patreon supporters:

Mike Cinelli plate for Patreon giveaway

Mike Cinelli

Samuel Johnson, Woodfired bowl for Patreon Giveaway

Samuel Johnson

Lynn Duryea

Lynn Duryea

Kwok Pong "Bobby" Tso

Kwok Pong “Bobby” Tso

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3) Purchase work from the Artaxis Shop

We feature a new Artaxis member’s work every two weeks and 42% of the proceeds of each sale are donated to our non-profit programming.
Find the shop at ShopArtaxis.org

Artaxis Shop gift cards are also available in denominations from $10-$250 and can be used on anything in the shop, from handmade ceramics to t-shirts, tote bags, stickers, and more.

4) Support our t-shirt fundraiser

Purchase one (or more!) of these sweet Artaxis t-shirts! These “print-on-demand” t-shirts can be purchased from our online store and are shipped directly from Printful. The cost is $25-$32 per shirt, which means $15 is contributed to our fundraiser for each shirt. Find our store shopartaxis.org or by clicking any of the following t-shirt designs …
Israel Davis t-shirt design
Israel Davis t-shirt design
Artaxis t-shirt designed by Salvador Jiménez-Flores
Grey Artaxis Round Logo T-shirt
T-shirt designed by Jubenal Rodriguez
Artaxis shirt designed by Jubenal Rodriguez

5) Do your own fundraiser on Facebook

Have a birthday or special occasion coming up? Since Artaxis is verified with Facebook as a charitable 501(c)3 non-profit, you are able to do a fundraising campaign for Artaxis from your own Facebook page.

Just follow this link: Facebook.com/Fund/Artaxis.org/ to learn more and get your own Artaxis fundraiser started.

Some examples are:

Raheleh's Birthday Fundraiser on Facebook
Casey's Birthday Fundraiser on Artaxis
Didem Mert's Facebook Birthday Fundraiser
Brian Harper's Birthday Fundraiser

6) Support Artaxis using Amazon Smile.

If you shop on Amazon, you can raise money for Artaxis with every eligible purchase. All you have to do is select Artaxis Organization, Inc. as the charity you’d like to support on Amazon Smile. You must be on Amazon “Smile” for your purchases to raise funds for our organization. The following link will take you right there!

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