Why Give to ROOTS

Your donation helps Alternate ROOTS artists weave the fabric of our country and beyond.

Our members impact the communities in which they live, creating transformation grounded in art and culture. Your dollars go toward direct support to these changemakers through grants, partnerships, travel stipends, and technical assistance.

To give to ROOTS, please reach out via our contact form and select “Give to ROOTS” as the subject line.

Our Numbers

  • Between 2017-2022, Alternate ROOTS has put $3.4 million directly into the hands of artists through our funding programs.
  • We have 640 Voting, General, and Organizational Members
  • There are over 4,000 people in our network/mailing list

What to Give?

Lodging: ROOTS host artists for convenings throughout the South, and at national conferences and meetings. Your donation of in-kind lodging (retreat spaces, hotels, rental housing, or other lodging) will enable our members to effect change throughout the country.

Transportation: ROOTS is a regional organization for which members, staff, and Executive Committee members move throughout the region regularly (and sometimes internationally). Travel vouchers or member points for airfare, bus, trains, carpooling services, and any other means of transportation ensure that we can convene and support each other’s work as needed.

Professional Development | Artistic Supplies : ROOTS members are from all artistic disciplines and backgrounds, including visual art, theater, dance, film, and other cultural practices. We could accept supplies or vouchers for supplies, leadership development programs, software, computers and other technology, marketing and press, website development services that could further the endeavors of the artist activists that we serve.

How to Give

Planned giving

  • Planned giving allows you to make donations for a future date, in perpetuity or even many years beyond life passing. Many members have dedicated their lives to ROOTS, and planned giving is a way to ensure ROOTS’ sustainability into the future.

Tribute giving

  • Making a gift in honor or memory of a loved one, whose values and principles are aligned with Alternate ROOTS, is a tremendous opportunity to extend their lifelong legacy.

Gifts of Stocks and Securities

  • Alternate ROOTS accepts gifts via stock, mutual funds, IRA contributions, and donor advised funds.

Sponsorship

  • Organizations and businesses are able to give to Alternate ROOTS via monetary donations or in-kind gifts. Please contact “Giving to ROOTS” via our contact form, or (404) 577-1079 x 1.