Donations for Cranky Yellow
Did you know we accept donations of cold hard cash? Well we do. It takes a lot of hard work to keep the shop open! Unlike most publishing firms and consignment shops we only take a SUPER tiny percentage of sales!
For example: We only take 20% of consignment/gallery sales. That’s less than HALF what most shops and galleries take. So, if we sell something for $45.00 we only ACTUALLY profit $9.00.
We do this to help the artist get as much as possible. We’re not in this business to make ourselves wealthy. We’re here to change the way the art world works and thinks. An artist shouldn’t have to struggle to make ends meet while some fat-cat gallery owner sucks up all of their profits. Yuck.
I’m an artist too, so I understand how crappy that feels. That’s why I won’t do it at Cranky Yellow. When you make a purchase from our shop, you can feel awesome knowing that you’re putting that money directly into the artist’s pocket, and that’s a good feeling to have.
The very small amount that we do take has to be used on rent, bills, promotion, salary, city business fees, and all those small things that seem to regularly pop up. It’s a lot to spend money on, which is why we have a donation jar. We’re always ridiculously grateful when someone drops some money in. We are NOT a non-profit, which means your donation is NOT tax deductible. Honestly, though, it’s pretty sick to think that the only reason to donate is to get some relief on your taxes. Geez.
All the money received in the donation jar goes towards those things mentioned above and to help us continue to develop and host political, social and art projects. Sometimes we’ll use the coins to buy a piece of salt-water taffy that helps keep us unusually happy!
So next time, before you leave the shop, think about that pocket change that has been collecting gum residue in your purse/pocket/wallet for ages. We’ll be happy to clean off the crap and put it to good use.