A: Your donation will help pay for the following UMAW expenses:

- Fairly paying people for admin work, website work, etc.

- Fairly paying guest organizers/course/workshop leaders

- Fairly paying UMAW workers who give courses and workshops to the greater community.

- General website maintenance/other yearly costs

- Printing materials for communications

- Web ads to publicize events and recruit more members

- Merchandising using products which are union-made or made by other fairly compensated workers

- Rainy day fund

For the past years, we have been operating on an entirely volunteer basis, but labor is labor, and we want to practice our values, so our highest expenses will be paying people for their work.

A: Unfortunately, no. UMAW is a nonprofit and operates for the benefit of society, but it is a 501c4, not a 501c3 because some of our activities are political. Because of that, you can donate, but you can’t write the donation off on your taxes.

A: Yes!

In addition to the link above, you can pay us via:

Paypal: umaw.legal@gmail.com

You can also mail a check to:

United Musicians and Allied Workers

1919 24th Ave

R317

Astoria NY

11102

You can also buy our merch! The money you pay for merch goes to paying the union shops and other well-paid workers who made the items, and towards the UMAW expenses above.

https://umaw.bandcamp.com/merch/

You can also donate your time and energy by becoming an active member. You do not have to be a musician to join, just someone who supports musicians and allied workers. It is never too late to join, and as an organization we enthusiastically welcome new ideas and fresh perspectives.

https://www.unionofmusicians.org/#join-us