So, we ain’t rich.
Quick Maths:
Donation Edition
As you might imagine, we aren’t starting an arts collective to get rich. All the work we do is to uplift and celebrate the humans behind arts, culture, and the general maintenance of existing in this collective world we all belong to. We’ve also got a soft spot for our fellow non-profits. We believe in the power of collectivism- what we do for each other can empower us all. All organizations discussed in the episodes to come of Bus Ride Talks, are featured on our social media and website to help garner donations and extend their reach. Whatever we get, they get too. Keep scrolling to check out past organizations and what they’re about below.
How does the math work if we send out what we get in? We had that question too. Our solution stays centered in our values: what we get, we give. For all general donations, Greatest City Collective will take 90% of what we receive to support our operating costs (like having this nifty website), and donate the other 10% to one of our fellow non-profits. For podcast specific donations, 90% of donations received go directly to the non-profits listed (we’ll spit your funds evenly for everyone you choose). The remaining 10%? Covering the costs of donating to these organizations, and funding new projects and opportunities for our collective. Greatest City, like all cities, is built by the support of its people. Thank you for yours.
May 2021 Organizations
Creativity Explored
Creativity Explored is a studio-based collective in San Francisco partnering with people with developmental disabilities to celebrate and nurture creative potential through classes, exhibitions, and more.
The Loveland Foundation
The Loveland Foundation, stemming from founder Rachel Cargle’s successful fundraiser for Therapy for Black Women and Girls, brings opportunity and healing to communities of color, and especially to Black women and girls through fellowships, residency programs, listening tours, and more.
Extra Life
Extra Life unites thousands of gamers around the world to play games in support of their local Children’s Miracle Network Hospital, currently having raised over $70 million to benefit the healthcare of sick and injured kids.
Literary INC
Literary INC works throughout the boroughs of NYC to provide reading and learning opportunities for children so that they grow into competent readers, while training parents to help their children embrace reading and build a culture of literacy at the neighborhood level.
April 2021 Organizations
PILOT
PILOT is a production studio project working to center, uplift, and bring forth Black queer stories and the artists behind them.
Sunrise Movement
Sunrise Movement is a youth movement looking to stop climate change while also creating jobs in the process.
Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood is a non-profit organization delivering vital reproductive health care, sex education, and information to millions of people worldwide.
Mariposas sin Fronteras
Mariposas Sin Fronteras is a Tucson, Arizona based group working to end the systemic violence and abuse of LGBTQ+ people held in prison and immigration detention through visits, letters, bond support, advocacy, and housing upon freedom from detention.
March 2021 Organizations
Baltimore Safe Haven
Baltimore Safe Haven is a local organization looking to “provide opportunities for a higher quality of life for TLGBQ people in Baltimore City living in survival mode” through compassionate harm reduction and upward mobility services, advocacy, and community engagement.
Casey Cares Foundation
Casey Cares Foundation is a Baltimore-based yet broad-reaching (8 states!!) non-profit that provides uplifting programs with a special touch for critically ill children and their families.
Black Girl Hockey Club
Black Girl Hockey Club’s mission is “to inspire and sustain passion for the game of hockey within the Black community, specifically with our mothers, sisters, daughters and friends” by providing education, scholarship opportunities, and community spaces that will give Black women access to hockey.