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Giving to PNCA

Pacific Northwest College of Art offers a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in graphic design, illustration, intermedia, painting, photography, printmaking and sculpture. A PNCA education prepares students for sustained creative achievement in the fine and design arts and throughout their lives. It strengthens their ability to interpret the conditions and events shaping
the world and prepares them to engage that world and its cultures with understanding, enthusiasm, and integrity.

Support of PNCA’s annual fund assures that your gift will be directed to where it is most needed. Annual fund contributions fuel creativity and imagination by supporting students, faculty, the Philip Feldman Gallery + Project Space, the Charles Voorhies Fine Arts Library and the Youth Arts Program.

What Your Gift Supports

Student Scholarships enable PNCA to attract many of
the region’s most promising students whose limited economic means make it imperative for them to seek educational opportunity at an affordable price. However, many of these students still find it necessary to work in order to meet their tuition expenses. Scholarship support enables dedicated students to fully participate in the academic, civic and social life of the PNCA community and help them assume professional roles in society after graduation.

Faculty Support invigorates collegiate debate; helps
faculty explore critical new ideas and concepts and in general helps stimulate intellectual exploration. A strong faculty is a cornerstone to excellent educational programs, instrumental in creating a vigorous, spirited community of learning. Annual funds directed to faculty enables them to look towards the future, be proactive in readying itself for change, and effectively adopt change into its culture.

The Philip Feldman Gallery + Project Space serves as
the nexus where community, visual art and academia mingle and exchange ideas. Philip Feldman was a tireless advocate for the arts and the gallery was a gift to PNCA in his memory. The Gallery hosts cutting edge exhibitions of internationally known or emerging artists free of charge to the Portland community. Visiting national and international artists’ present public lectures, critiques, give studio visits and workshops.

Charles Voorhies Fine Arts Library materials support
undergraduate level research in art and liberal art disciplines and provides access to many electronic arts databases, peer-reviewed internet resources, reserve materials, videocassettes, CD-ROMS, and @lexandria. The collection currently holds 13,000 titles, including serials, videos, and monographs. Support from the annual fund will position the library among the best fine arts and design facilities in the region. The long-range goal is to build a collection of 25,000 volumes.

Youth Arts Program has three components focussed on serving Portland’s children in a different way. The Outreach component brings free art classes to nine public schools in Portland’s poorest neighborhoods, where art instruction is limited or nonexistent. Youth Program provides art courses for children at PNCA’s campus. The Pre-College component offers intensive studio courses for teens. PNCA provides scholarships to low-income families participating in the Youth and Pre-College Programs. In addition, BFA students gain experience as teaching assistants throughout the program.

Ways You Can Give

Donate Online
Make your gift now by using a Visa, MasterCard or Discover card via our secure website. Your contribution will be processed within 3-5 business days.

Give By Mail
Writing a check to PNCA is an easy way to make a tax-deductible gift. pdf Print out this PDF form, fill it out, attach a check and mail it in. If you prefer, credit card gifts may be made by using VISA, MasterCard or Discover.

Make a Pledge
Consider a monthly contribution if you wish to spread your pledge payments over the year. Pledges offer a way to make a more significant gift to PNCA than may otherwise be possible.

Securities
There are several tax-advantaged ways to make a gift of appreciated stock or mutual fund shares. It’s easier than you think. For information, contact the Development office at (503) 821-8961.

Matching Gifts
Increase your giving power through matching gifts. Many companies will match the charitable contributions of their employees. Check with your HR department for a matching gift form or contact PNCA at (503) 821-8882.

Pacific Northwest College of Art
Office of Institutional Advancement
1241 NW Johnson St.
Portland, OR 97209
503.821.8961

Oregon Cultural Trust

The Oregon Cultural Trust is a statewide cultural plan to raise significant new funds to invest in Oregon’s arts, humanities and heritage. Funds will be distributed to local communities to support their cultural priorities, through competitive grants for projects of regional and statewide significance, and through grants to Oregon’s statewide cultural agencies to support their ongoing efforts. Donations receive a tax credit that reduces the amount of your taxable income, directly reducing the amount of tax you owe.

Make a Gift

Use our secure online giving form to make a donation to PNCA. Or, to make a gift via mail, print out this PDF form.

Giving Levels

PNCA donors share a love of art and a determination to support and sustain the development of artists in Portland. In that spirit, we would like to give something back to our donors. That is why we have established annual fund giving levels, so that your gift can be thanked in meaningful ways.

— Friend —

Gifts to $249
Copy of PNCA’s Re:view magazine, published twice yearly; Notification of College lectures and events; Donor recognition in Annual Report as well as College web site

— Advocate —

$250 to $499
PNCA screen printed design t-shirt; All benefits listed at the Friend level

— Patron —

$500 to $999
Invitations to exclusive College events; All benefits listed at the Advocate level

— Sketch Club —

$1,000 to $2,499
Priority seating at lectures (with an RSVP); Invitation to Annual Sketch Club event; All benefits listed at the Patron level

— Pen and Ink Club —

$2,500 to $4,999
Special preview showing of the annual BFA group thesis show; All benefits listed at the Sketch Club level

— President’s Circle —

$5,000 to $9,999
Limited edition PNCA print; Invitation to annual Commencement brunch; Invitation to President’s Circle dinner; Special editions of college catalogs and publications; All benefits listed at the Pen and Ink Club level

— Studio Circle —

$10,000 to $19,999
Invitation to Studio Arts Tour; Dinner with a prominent local artist; Selected piece from PNCA faculty or student work; All benefits listed at the President’s Circle level

— Visionary —

$20,000 and up
Commissioned artwork from a prominent PNCA artist; Copy of PNCA’s Visionary Artists book; All benefits listed at the Studio Circle level