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GET ME OFF THIS CRAZY RIDE!
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This has been a big year for Burning Man. 2014 was marked by change and progress. As a new nonpfrofit, we made significant moves to strengthen our infrastructure and streamline our operations. We restructured several departments and, in July, we launched Burning Man Arts, bringing the Black Rock Arts Foundation together with Black Rock City's art department.
Following another fantastic year on the playa, we launched a new website
showcasing the global network and cultural movement Burning Man has become. We’ve also been focused on making our program areas — Black Rock City, the Regional Network, and our Art and Civic Engagement Program — more efficient in their endeavors to cultivate art and build community.
Now is the time for Burning Man to grow its capacity to have a transformative global impact. With your generous support, we will make the Burning Man experience accessible year-round and across the globe; nurture the network of Regional Contacts who build our community; provide more grants, training, and support to creators of radically interactive art and events both on and off the playa; and fund civic programs that teach communities the power of collaboration.
Together we can turn our growing potential into programs and experiences that will help transform people’s lives throughout the world. But we need your support to make it happen.
Please make a donation today!
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Burning Man vs. Burning Man Project. What’s the Difference?
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Burning Man’s gone through a significant structural change in the last year, and that’s created some confusion as to who’s who and what’s what … so who are we now?
The short answer is that we are proudly Burning Man. Burning Man Project is simply the legal name of the umbrella organization for all of our programs and activities, including Black Rock City, LLC (which runs the annual event in Nevada) and the Black Rock Arts Foundation (now Burning Man Arts).
A bit confusing right? So for simplicity’s sake, we call the whole thing Burning Man, representing all that we are, all that we do, and all that we hope to create in the world. And when we say 'we,' we really mean YOU. In fact, we created the non-profit to support and proliferate the wide variety of Burner-initiated programs and projects we saw springing up spontaneously all over the world.
While ticket sales cover the cost of producing the event in Black Rock City, all donations support our year-round programs, projects and initiatives. And since Burning Man is, in its totality, now recognized as a non-profit, all donations are tax exempt.
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What Your Gift Supports
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Together we can instigate cultural change in the world.
While the costs of operating the annual event in Black Rock City are covered by ticket sales, the work we do through our year-round programs is supported by community giving.
Burning Man strives to help build more creative and connected communities year round and around the globe.
In addition to building our organizational capacity to respond to the ever-growing number of requests for partnership and collaboration, we are developing programs that benefit the widening Burning Man community. Our unique programs are designed to increase self-reliance, civic involvement, creative capacity, sharing and inclusion.
ARTS:
Global Art Grants
Big Art for Small Towns
Black Rock City Art
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT:
Civic Art Program
Burners without Borders
Grants for Community Initiatives
GLOBAL NETWORK OF EMERGING COMMUNITY LEADERS:
Regional Network of over 250 volunteer Regional Contacts on 5 continents
Global Leadership Conference in San Francisco (April, 2015)
European Leadership Summit in Amsterdam (February, 2015)
EDUCATION:
Online Learning Portal (in development)
Skill sharing through trainings, workshops, lectures, conferences and seminars.
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Ways to Give
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Burning Man Project is a 501(c)(3) organization; all donations to Burning Man are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. Our tax ID number is 45-2638273.
PLEDGE
Burning Man welcomes your gift through a pledge — a formal statement of your intention to make a gift to our organization. With a pledge, you may complete your gift by making regular payments over time, allowing you to give more generously than you originally may have considered. Each payment on your pledge is eligible for an income-tax charitable deduction.
CASH/CREDIT CARD
Make a gift anytime on our secure website. We also accept cash, personal checks, cashier’s checks or money orders made payable to Burning Man Project.
MATCHING GIFT
An easy way to make the most of your gift, by doubling or even tripling your donation, is to find out if your company has a matching-gift program. Such programs typically match all or a percentage of employee contributions to charitable organizations, making your employer a partner in your personal philanthropy. Simply obtain a matching-gift instruction form from your employer.
STOCK
Bank: Wells Fargo
WellsTrade account number: 7365-6302
DTC number: 0141
First Clearing/Wells Fargo Advisors
WIRE TRANSFERS
Contact information for domestic wire transfers of funds into the Burning Man Project money market account with Presidio Bank is below. For international wire transfers, please contact Steve Young (steven...@burningmanproject.org).
Presidio Bank
1 Montgomery Street, Suite 2300
U.S. Bank Routing Number: 121044356
Account Name: Burning Man Project
Account Number: 1101006144
FOR MORE INFORMATION please contact the Fundraising Office:
Steven Young
Burning Man
Office: 415.865.3800 x198
steven...@burningmanproject.org
Etai Freedman
Burning Man
Office: 415.865.3800 x198
etai.f...@burningmanproject.org
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Donate to Burning Man through Amazon
If you're in the throes of getting your holiday shopping done, maybe consider making some good stuff happen with your purchasing power?
If you shop on Amazon, do it through AmazonSmile, and Amazon will donate .5% of your sale price to the Burning Man Project, supporting our year-round efforts to share Burning Man culture with the world. You get your stuff, and more people get to experience Burning Man. Win win.
It's simple ... just follow this link, make your purchases as normal, and magic!
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