Indigo Arts Alliance

Supporting professional and emerging artists of African descent

Help Us Activate Our Mission

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Stimulus CARES Act suspends limitations in 2020 for donors who itemize contributions made to charitable organizations as well as allowing non-itemizers to use a “universal deduction” to itemize up to $300 in 2020. Every donation helps Indigo continue to thrive and serve its community of diverse artists, and Arts enthusiasts.

Indigo Arts Alliance relies on your generosity to support artists from across the African Diaspora who are courageously committed to expressing original ideas and thought leadership via their creative practices. The impact of your gift is profound and will make a huge difference in helping us grow our artist residency, seminars, and celebrations of Creativity + Courage. Since your donation will support our mission, it is 100% tax-deductible.

Indigo Arts Alliance Founding Support

Indigo Arts Alliance would like to gratefully acknowledge the generous 5-year pledge in the amount of $1,000,000 from an anonymous donor. This pioneering support enables us to begin the catalytic work of our mission. We invite you to join our growing community of donors in realizing the vision of Indigo Arts Alliance!

Inaugural Indigo Donor: Pledge a yearly sustaining gift for five years giving at $10,000 and above. Your donation will be earmarked to help ensure the operations of the organization or/and support the services of our mission.

Community Champion Donor: Gifts of $5,000 or more.

IAA Diaspora Sponsor : Gifts from $500 – $5,000.

There are multiple levels of giving that will support our mission that include the support of residency stipends for artists in residence and mentees, public scholarship workshops and community engagement events as well as the capital and operational costs, equipment and materials. Your generous contribution can also take the form of a gift of stock, a gift by will, or trust. All of these options will be carefully handled by our philanthropy specialist.

Gifts of Stock

Please notify Indigo Arts Alliance that you will be making a gift by emailing us at info@indigoartsalliance.me

Please instruct your financial advisor to use the following delivery instructions when making the transfer:

Broker: TD Ameritrade
Account: Indigo Arts Alliance
DTC: 0188
Account Number: 469128203

For more information on donating gifts of stock, please see this PDF.

Please also remember to ask if your employer has a matching gift program. Thank you for your support.

Gifts By Will

Your will, when it is drafted by your lawyer, is hand tailored to incorporate your decisions. A bequest in your will to Indigo Arts Alliance is exempt from the federal estate tax and the Maine estate tax. The following suggested forms of bequests are examples and can be adapted by you and your lawyer to meet your specific intentions:

  • Specific Bequest
  • Residuary Bequest
  • Contingent Bequest
  • Gifts By Life Insurance
  • Gifts By Trust
  • Charitable Lead Trust

Grant & Foundation Support

New England Foundation for the Arts

Indigo Arts Alliance is supported by the New England Foundation for the Arts through the New England Arts Resilience Fund, part of the United States Regional Arts Resilience Fund, an initiative of the U.S. Regional Arts Organizations and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, with major funding from the federal CARES Act from the National Endowment for the Arts.

  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • Maine Arts Commission
  • Carter Foundation
  • Crewe Foundation
  • Davis Family Foundation
  • Horizon Foundation
  • Maine Community Foundation, People of Color Fund
  • Maine Humanities Council
  • Maine Initiatives, Grants for Change
  • Maine Partners for the Americas
  • Morton Kelly Foundation
  • Onion Foundation
  • Rabkin Foundation
  • Sam Cohen Foundation
  • Virginia Hodgkins Foundation

Business Sponsors

  • Allagash Brewing Co.
  • Coffee by Design
  • Cport Credit Union
  • Lee Auto
  • Matchstick Communications
  • Portland Downtown
  • The Via Agency

Community Partners

  • Cove Street Arts
  • Creative Portland
  • For Freedoms/50 States Initiative
  • The Immigrant Welcome Center
  • Knack Factory
  • Maine College of Art
  • Martin’s Point Health Care
  • Portland House of Music
  • Portland Museum of Art
  • Portland Ovations
  • Space538
  • The Telling Room
  • Veterans of Hope Project

The Indigo Arts Alliance is a member of Creative Portland, Common Field, Creative Capital, The Maine Association for Non-Profits, Alliance of Artists Communities.