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Twelve dollars a month is a kid's whole term of materials.
We are not going to pretend a small gift is a large one. Here is exactly what each amount buys, because you should know before you give.
- Monthly donors
- 412
- Program spend
- 81%
- Cost per seat
- $2,730
- EIN
- 93-2188041
What your money buys
| Gift | What it covers |
|---|---|
| $12/month | Materials for one kid for a full 11-week term |
| $32/month | Snack for one kid for a year (180 afternoons) |
| $60/month | One kid's transportation — van share or TriMet — for a year |
| $150 | A full term of materials for one program group of 14 kids |
| $500 | A kiln firing cycle and glaze for the whole Crafts program |
| $2,730 | One seat, one year. The actual cost, not a round number |
| $25,000 | The salon's licensed instruction for a year, 1,907 free haircuts |
Ways to give
Best value
Monthly
The most useful kind of gift, because it lets us hire staff in June for a program that starts in September. Average gift: $38/month. Cancel anytime, no phone call required.
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One time
Any amount. A one-time gift is not a lesser gift; it is a different kind of useful, usually for materials and equipment.
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Employer match
Ask your employer. Roughly 40% of our donors have a match program and only a third use it, which is money left on the table.
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Stock, DAF, or check
Appreciated stock, donor-advised fund grants, and plain checks all work. Email give@stench.org and a human will walk you through it.
Read moreWhere it goes
81% program, 12% facilities and vans, 7% administration and fundraising. FY2025 was audited with an unqualified opinion. We publish the full budget, the 990, and a section on what went wrong. If you want the statements before you give, ask and we will send them within two business days.
What we will not do
- We will not sell, rent, or trade your name or address. Ever.
- We will not call you at dinner or send you a fundraising letter more than twice a year.
- We will not name a program after you or put your logo on a kid's work.
- We will not accept a gift that requires us to collect family immigration status or means-test enrollment.
I give $12 a month because it is the price of a sandwich and it is a kid's whole term of clay. I do not need a gala. I need the number to be true.
Twelve dollars a month
That covers a kid's materials for a full term. It is the number we use because it is true, not because it is catchy.