Why Donate?
You can change lives.
You can preserve traditions.
Your contribution is an investment in the success of the Market that supports over 125 artists from 46 countries.
Artists have told us that participation in the Market has helped them purchase land, build new studios, run health clinics, hire teachers and start schools, pay for school fees and books, and buy farm animals that bring additional wealth.
> Learn more about some of our success stories
What greater gift can we give folk artists than the gift of self-sufficiency?
Did you know that last year, over $2 million in sales at the Market benefited individual artists, non-profit organizations, artist businesses, and artists’ cooperatives around the world, whose impact alone affected 20,000 community members?
Did you also know?
- Approximately 97% of Market artists come from developing countries?
- Over half the artists are first-timers to the Market?
- Market participants take home 90% of their sales revenue?
- Last year the average participant earned $16,000 in sales?
- The Market provides over $80,000 in financial support each year for first-time artists?
