Announcing: Arts Day of Giving!

GPAC is pleased to announce that October 2, 2014 will be a dedicated Arts Day of Giving! The last Arts Day of Giving was May 11, 2011, so we are especially thankful for the opportunity to support our members by reinstating this valuable opportunity. In 2011, the Arts Day of Giving raised nearly $1.9 mil, with over half of the gifts from new and lapsed donors. The Pittsburgh Foundation has been a generous and consistent partner in supporting the arts and culture community, and we applaud their outstanding efforts at developing innovative ways to help ensure viability of the non-profit sector.

Consistent with the new Pittsburgh Gives guidelines, the matching cap introduced last year will remain in place, limiting eligibility for matching funds to the first $1,000 contributed by a donor to an individual organization. And, the Arts Day of Giving will take place on October 2, 2014 from 6:00am - 12:00 midnight, instead of the previous 24-hour period. GPAC will support Arts Day of Giving with marketing and pr plans that include graphic assets and messaging for non-profits to use for promoting the Arts Day of Giving to donors and supporters.Participating organizations will receive communications assets along with instructions from GPAC’s Director of Communications, Jen Saffron.

Eligibility Requirements

The Arts Day of Giving supports arts and culture organizations in these counties: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Washington, Westmoreland. Organizations must (1) be a member of GPAC and (2) be a nonprofit with 501(c)3 status OR an arts-focused program, department or subsidiary functioning under the umbrella of a larger 501(c)3 with an annual budget of $25,000 or more.

To participate, your organization must BOTH have an organizational profile with the Pittsburgh Foundation on their Pittsburgh Gives page, and be a GPAC member in good standing by June 15, 2014. If you have an organizational profile already on file with the Pittsburgh Foundation but are not a member of GPAC, your organization is ineligible.
Renew your GPAC membership at here by June 30. Your GPAC membership includes valuable resources such as free access to the Pittsburgh Arts Community Database - marketing data for over 520,000 unique regional households - as well as workshops, networking, business and legal assistance. Further, your membership supports our advocacy work at the state and national level, such as participation in national Arts Advocacy Day and the upcoming PA Advocacy Day on April 29. In short: renew your membership as the first step to participate in the Arts Day of Giving. If you have any questions, please contact Dek Ingraham, Membership Manager at ringraham@pittsburghartscouncil.org.
Complete your Pittsburgh Gives profile for Arts Day of Giving by August 29. Please visit https://pittsburghgives.org/ or contact Kelly Uranker, Director of Donor Education and Philanthropic Resources at urankerk@pghfdn.org, 412-394-2604. For general questions about the Arts Day of Giving, please contact Mitch Swain.