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Helping Creative Institutions Build Sustainable Futures

Arts and design schools play a vital role in society. They educate artists, designers, makers, and creative thinkers who shape culture, strengthen communities, and help us imagine new possibilities for the future.

Yet many of these institutions face significant challenges. Declining demographics, financial pressures, shifting student expectations, and rapidly changing educational landscapes are forcing colleges and universities to make difficult decisions about programs, resources, and priorities.

Chalk and Compass was created to help.

As a nonprofit public benefit educational organization, we provide research, strategy, and planning support designed specifically for arts, design, and mission-driven institutions. We believe that thoughtful decision-making should be accessible to organizations of all sizes, not just those with the resources to hire large consulting firms.

Your support helps us expand access to the tools, research, and expertise that creative institutions need to thrive.

What your donation supports

  • Develop research and planning resources for arts and design schools

  • Provide educational workshops and professional development opportunities

  • Support institutions exploring new academic programs and initiatives

  • Advance research on higher education, creative practice, and community impact

  • Create publicly available tools and guides for institutional leaders

  • Offer reduced-cost or pro bono support to organizations with limited resources

  • Foster collaboration across the arts, education, and nonprofit sectors

Why it matters

Creative institutions are often asked to solve complex problems with limited resources. At the same time, they are expected to prepare students for an increasingly uncertain future while preserving the distinctive educational experiences that make arts education transformative.

We believe that strong institutions create opportunities for students, support artists and educators, enrich communities, and contribute to the public good.

By supporting Chalk and Compass, you are investing in the future of creative education and the organizations that make it possible.

Inspire Others

Whether your gift supports a research project, an educational resource, a workshop, or a strategic initiative, it helps expand access to thoughtful, mission-centered guidance for institutions navigating change.

Together, we can help ensure that arts and design education remains innovative, accessible, and sustainable for generations to come.

Thank you for supporting Chalk and Compass and our work to strengthen creative and educational institutions through research, strategy, and public benefit.

Your contribution helps transform data into insight, ideas into action, and challenges into opportunities.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Yes. As a 501(c)(3), non-profit organization donors can deduct contributions they make to you under IRC Section 170. We’re also qualified to receive tax deductible bequests, devises, transfers or gifts under Section 2055, 2106, or 2522.

  • Donations support all of our operational activities as well as our development of research and planning resources for arts and design schools, the creation of educational workshops and professional development opportunities, subsidized support for institutions exploring new academic programs and initiatives, funding for advanced research on higher education, creative practice, and community impact, creation od publicly available tools and guides for institutional leaders, reduced-cost or pro bono support to organizations with limited resources, and our ability to foster collaboration across the arts, education, and nonprofit sectors.

  • We are always looking for partners to offer advising and workshops. Have an idea? Message us at info@chalkandcompass.org

  • We’re always available at info@chalkandcompass.org - reach out and we can arrange a time to discuss.