How to Work for Art at Your Company
A Work for Art campaign
is a simple and fun way for your company and your employees to help raise money
for the local arts and culture community. There are four simple steps.
1. Involve the CEO and top management. Ask the CEO and/or
senior managers to publicly endorse the campaign. Many CEOs announce that they
will match their employees' contributions, which is a great incentive!
2. Coordinate with HR department. Work for Art can help your
HR department set up payroll deduction for your employees. Alternately, gifts
can be made through check or credit card.
3. Make the ask.
Work for Art can bring an artist into your workplace for staff meeting presentation
or lunchtime social event. We work with you to distribute and collect Work
for Art pledge cards.
4. Say
thank you. Work for Art sends acknowledgment letters
to all who contribute, and donors of $60 and above will receive the Arts Card.
For a list of other companies that are Working for Art, click
here.
Our
Campaign Cabinet, including a host of civic and corporate leaders, invite you
to join us in raising $525,000 for the local arts community this year. They
are:
Jesse Beason
Commissioner Sam Adams' Office
Peter Bilotta
Portland Opera
Ron Ennis
Pathways/OI Partners
Stacey Graham
First Independent Bank
Jeff Hawthorne
Regional Arts & Culture Council
Kathryn Jackson
Regional Arts & Culture Council
Pamela Knowles
Portland Business Alliance
Josie Mendoza
Jan Robertson
Norris Beggs & Simpson
Virginia Willard
Northwest Business for Culture and the Arts
If you'd like more information about running a Work for Art campaign at your
company, please call Kathryn Jackson at 503-823-5424 or
email kjackson@racc.org.
You can also download these helpful documents:
 Work
for Art Fact Sheet (PDF)
"Five
Reasons to Conduct A Work for Art Campaign" (PDF)
Oregonian
Editorial 7/24/06 (PDF - 1.2 MB)
Kathryn Jackson,
Work for Art Manager
108 NW 9th Ave, Suite 300,
Portland, OR 97209-3318
503-823-5424 . kjackson@racc.org
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