Make a Donation to SITO

If you find SITO useful or simply believe it's a good idea, please consider supporting us with a link in your blog, a mention on your podcast, a snippet on your videoblog or a donation of funds.

Donating money

You can make a donation instantly online via PayPal by clicking here.

If you'd like to make a non-monetary donation, please see our wishlist below.

Questions about past or future donations can be directed to oed (at) yahoo (dot) com or by leaving us SITO feedback.

SITO T-Shirts

While supplies lasted, we were sending SITO t-shirts to people who donated $30 or more. Unfortunately, we're all out. No more t-shirts. Perhaps we'll order more one day. Watch this space for updates.

Why support SITO?

When you support SITO, you support hundreds of artists around the world and the development of new artforms.

Founded in 1993, SITO exists to serve two major purposes. ONE: to provide artists a place to exhibit their work. And TWO: to create and maintain collaborative art projects, such as Gridcosm, that foster not only new art, but new art forms. Using SITO's services and participating in SITO's online art projects is, and always will be, free.

Among SITO's founding principles is that use of the site itself will cost no money. Also, SITO will never accept banner or pop-up advertisements. This is not to say that the curators of the site don't incur costs of hardware, work-hours and bandwidth. Luckily, SITO has had a tremendous benefactor in Novia.net, an Internet Service Provider in Omaha, Nebraska (USA). They have long donated technical assistance, bandwidth and even hardware to the SITO cause. Every artist on SITO owes thanks to Mike, Matt, Rival and everyone else at that fine company.

A vast majority of the curating, design, conception and programming of SITO.org has been done by Ed Stastny and Jon Van Oast. Neither have been paid for their over nine years of dedicated work on the site.

There are things we at SITO need to create new projects and to expand in new directions. We need backup media and hardware, for one thing. Money for promotional materials and to pay our programmers and site-developers is also needed. Our growing wishlist appears at the end of this document.

How much is appropriate to donate?

Did I mention SITO is and always will be FREE? Donations are voluntary, not mandatory.

First ask yourself, how much is SITO worth to you? How often to you enjoy SITO? Has SITO introduced you to new art, ideas and people? Now think about how much you spend on a dine-out meal or a movie or the theatre. Is SITO worth as much as a pizza? Does it reward you as much as a movie and popcorn?

For the more analytical, here's a chart of suggested donations based upon your modes and frequency of SITO-use.

Your Use of SITO.org Suggested Donation

You don't know much about SITO yet, but you like it and want to help. $2.00

You browse the art once in awhile and post comments about the images in the Artchive. $3.00

You are an artist and have your own website, but use SITO as a backup. $1.00 per image

You are an artist and SITO is your main method of displaying artwork online. $2.00 per image

Every month or two you participate in the collaborative art projects and brag about it to your friends. $5.00

SITO has inspired you take up baking and to create all kinds of delicious treats. Two batches of cookies.

You are a daily participant in the collaborative art projects, they're a ritual for you and you want MORE MORE MORE! $21.70

You are a teacher and you often use SITO art projects as examples in your classes, often pointing the students to the site. $50.00
(have the students pitch in)

SITO has caused you to smile or sit slackjawed on more than one occasion. $1.39 + one hug

You have recently won the lottery and want to see SITO develop five new collaborative art projects in the next year. $50,000

You want to encourage the SITO programmers to follow through with the idea to enable artists and fans to create customizeable art exhibits on the site. $10.00

You are an artist and have sold your art or obtained lucrative work via your participation in SITO. $100.00

You represent a company or organization that prides itself on supporting new media and art. $500.00

Wishlist

Here are some pieces of HARDWARE of which we can make immediate use:

cd-rom and dvd-rom burners
blank cd and dvd media
20 gigabyte or larger hard drives of all types
digital cameras
scanners
laser or ink-jet printers

Here are some SERVICES that we can use:

translation of web text
food/catering of SITO events
printing services
dvd/cd duplication
mirroring at other web sites
travel services (rickshaw, bike taxi, airfare)

Benefactors

SITO would like to thank the following people for their kind donations and support of the site and its artists.

Novia Internetworking of Omaha for bandwidth, hardware and technical support.
IBIBLIO.ORG for mirroring our site.
Stacy Alexander for her donation.
Dream Prints, Inc. (www.iceposter.com) for their generosity.
Scott Steffens of Seattle for his donation of hard-drives.
Nick Rusnov for his financial donation.
Mike Casey for his on-going support and generous donation.
Jena Cardwell for her donation and sharing her fine artwork.
Jacob Rose for his donation and participation in collaborative art projects.
Bertrand Eberhardt for hosting SITOgencia visiting Paris, his participation and support.
Matthew Conroy for his financial support.
NataLukas for his relentless collaboration and donation.
Jason McArthur for his kind donation.

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Your Use of SITO.org	Suggested Donation
You don't know much about SITO yet, but you like it and want to help.	$2.00
You browse the art once in awhile and post comments about the images in the Artchive.	$3.00
You are an artist and have your own website, but use SITO as a backup.	$1.00 per image
You are an artist and SITO is your main method of displaying artwork online.	$2.00 per image
Every month or two you participate in the collaborative art projects and brag about it to your friends.	$5.00
SITO has inspired you take up baking and to create all kinds of delicious treats.	Two batches of cookies.
You are a daily participant in the collaborative art projects, they're a ritual for you and you want MORE MORE MORE!	$21.70
You are a teacher and you often use SITO art projects as examples in your classes, often pointing the students to the site.	$50.00 (have the students pitch in)
SITO has caused you to smile or sit slackjawed on more than one occasion.	$1.39 + one hug
You have recently won the lottery and want to see SITO develop five new collaborative art projects in the next year.	$50,000
You want to encourage the SITO programmers to follow through with the idea to enable artists and fans to create customizeable art exhibits on the site.	$10.00
You are an artist and have sold your art or obtained lucrative work via your participation in SITO.	$100.00
You represent a company or organization that prides itself on supporting new media and art.	$500.00