Charitable Artists hosts and manages Online Art Auctions for 501(c)(3) non-profits looking for unique fundraisers.
As an artist, you are also a business. You need to make money.
Some of us are happy to donate our artwork… but hoping that someone will buy more of our artwork after a charity event isn’t a plan for financial success.
We are changing this.
Charitable Artists will be invited to participate in fundraisers without feeling like they’re just giving away their art for free with no return.
We’re working with non-profits who understand this.
We’re helping charities by reducing overhead costs associated with running in-person fundraisers (ex: catering, event rental space, etc.), and we are all sharing the costs associated with the sales from the online bidding platform.
Win-Win Fundraisers
How it works
You, the Charitable Artist, carefully select the artwork for the auction, set the minimum starting price, and the value.
You give details about the artwork, have 3 to 4 images, and describe how you will get the artwork to the winning bidder.
The artwork doesn’t leave your care until you deliver or ship it to the winning bidder. You may ask the winning bidder to pay for shipping.
The online art auction is promoted by the benefiting Charity, Charitable Artists, and participating artists.
The auction is held over an 8-10 day period to fuel momentum and elevate bids.
The winning bidder gets an artwork they love!
After the credit card and platform fees are deducted, the net proceeds are divided as follows:
The ARTIST receives 50%
The CHARITY receives 30%
Charitable Artists receives 20%
Want to offer more of your percentage to the cause? You can do that too. Say you’ll only take 40% of the net funds; the remaining 10% is applied to the charity — they’ll receive 40% of the net funds from your sold artwork. It’s up to you!
Artists may submit up to 5 works of art in any auction. Artist agrees that the artist's artwork and material does not contain defamatory or otherwise unlawful or inappropriate content and that the artist owns the rights and/or license to the art they are submitting. Art may be originals or prints. Framed or unframed.
Would you rather offer a gift certificate? We can do that too. There are lots of ways you can help support a charity with our Online Art Auctions.
What? I can make MONEY on my art at a charity auction? Yes, you can!
How do I become a
Charitable Artist?
Click the APPLY NOW button below. You will be taken to our JotForm Application. Fill out the Application and pay the non-refundable $25 Jury Fee.
Applications go through a jury selection process. The process can take up to 7 business days.
If you are invited to be a Charitable Artist, you will receive an email with a link to our Charitable Artist Contract.
If you’d like to read our contract before applying, please send us an email to artist-manager@charitableartists.com
The jury fee is non-refundable, even if you are not accepted to participate as a Charitable Artist.
Artists will be juried annually to ensure that their artwork is professional and acceptable for use in charity auctions.
After you have signed your Charitable Artist contract, you will have access to submit works of art to upcoming art auctions.
Currently accepting artists for:
Art for a Cause benefiting
Cancer Support Community
If you have questions, you may reach us at:
artist-manager@charitableartists.com