The Circus Project depends on in-kind, charitable, individual, and corporate donors to offer our unique programming to Portland’s most vulnerable citizens, free of cost. Your donation will ensure that the Circus Project will continue to change young lives for the better!
To make a tax-exempt donation to The Circus Project, please mail a check or money order along with the following information:
- Title
- First and Last Name
- Mailing Address
- Email
- Preferred Phone
Please mail donations to:
The Circus Project
PO Box 10244
Portland, OR
97296 U.S.A.
Or you may wish to donate with a credit card via PayPal. It's straightforward and secure!
Volunteer: We need volunteers for all sorts of things – helping with shows, fundraising, and more.
Youth Mentors: Youth mentors serve as valued friends and aid participants in achieving their life goals. Goals may range from helping prepare for GED exams, finding employment, enrolling in school, making short and long term plans, etc. Youth mentors will need to go through our training.
Board Members: The Circus Project is currently conducting interviews for creative individuals to add to our board of directors. If you or someone you know might be interested, please contact: jenncohen@thecircusproject.org
From the Front Lines of Creation: Call for Individual & Corporate Sponsors for 2010 Benefit Show
The Circus Project is truly a community project. Our specialized programming for homeless and at-risk youth along with our public performances would not exist without the contributions of time, services, and funding from our individual, family, and corporate donors. Thanks to the generosity of many local artists, businesses and other non-profit organizations in 2009, the Circus Project raised enough funds to offer its 2010 programs including: homeless outreach and drop-in classes, our yearlong intensive training company for youth in need, the professional performance troupe that employs graduates of our programs as wells as other established performers, and public classes for all ages. Serving close to 200 homeless and at-risk youth in Portland last year alone, founder Jenn Cohen and the Circus Project were awarded the 2009 Skidmore Prize for Achievements in the Non-Profit Sector and received major recognition by local media and other non-profit organizations.
The Circus Project’s September 2009 benefit performance, Animare, was a great example of what the combination of artistry and community collaboration can do to help support and continue the vital work of a non-profit organization. Our students and staff are now hard at work creating our 2010 Benefit Show, scheduled to première November 6 at Refuge. Yet we are only one part of the equation. We need your help to create another fabulous show, giving youth at risk an opportunity to shine and offering innovative, theatrical circus productions to Portland audiences. Thus, the Circus Project has officially launched our Fundraising Campaign for the 2010 Benefit Show. Our goal is to raise $10,000. Please consider supporting the Circus Project by making an individual or family donation, or becoming a corporate sponsor. Together we can create a world in which art and social equality thrive!
Sponsorships
Individuals, families, and corporations are essential to our 2010 Benefit sponsorship drive. We are currently seeking partners at various levels of sponsorships. Opportunities include: sponsoring the creation of an original Circus Project act or apparatus, sponsoring an element of production, such as lighting, sound, venue rental, catering, etc. Sponsoring an at-risk performer, or the beloved Circus Project band.
Circus Project sponsors receive benefits including:
- Sponsor will receive a onetime free Aerial Workshop for up to 12 people or a free onetime Face Painting Session for a private or corporate event.
- Sponsor will receive a 10% onetime discount on any Circus Project performance bookings for private or corporate events.
- Sponsor will have the opportunity to display their corporate banner at the Circus Project Annual Benefit Show’s fundraising events and at the performance.
- Sponsor will have the opportunity to bring flyers, coupons or samples to display at the Donor Table at the Circus Project’s Annual Benefit Show.
- Sponsor’s name or logo will appear on the Circus Project’s 2010 Annual Benefit Show publicity in The Oregonian.
- Sponsor’s name or logo will appear on the Circus Project Website.
- Sponsor’s name or logo will appear in the Circus Project’s Annual Benefit Show program.
- Sponsor’s logo will be in donor thank you letters and other appropriate mailings or placements related to The Circus Project’s Annual Benefit Show.
Over the next few months, our team will be contacting possible sponsors in our community. If you or your business would like to support us, or if you can think of someone that you believe would be interested in supporting our mission, we would be very grateful. We invite you to take a look at this breathtaking Story and Video about the impact of our programs created by Casey Park from The Oregonian.
For further information please contact:
Nelda Reyes, Development Director
Ph: 503.764.9174
Mobile: 503.730.8111
nelda@thecircusproject.org
