Crafty Mart

“Expenses marketing 5,272 office supplies and postage 1,871 insurance 1,186 bank charges and fees 770 program supplies 3,507 speakers 1,205 registration and licenses 647 shipping and handling 581 communications and tech 1,949 equipment rental 709 maintenance supplies 1,541 gifts 2,083 non-investment depreciation 95 total 21,416”

“Prior period adjustment 1,114”

“Leasehold improvements 0 17,096 less accumulated depreciation 0 95 total 0 17,001”

“Crafty mart supports local artists, makers and artisans by providing opportunities to learn how to refine and expand their creative businesses through education and markets. Crafty mart hosts handmade markets for local and regional makers and artists to sell their work and to act as a stepping stone for their small creative businesses. Crafty mart also offers unique programming to these artists to help them expand their businesses. Crafty mart works hard to advocate for the importance of shopping local and handmade in our community and to spotlight and elevate the artists and makers we support. We work hard to build important, meaningful and authentic partnerships with likeminded organizations and businesses to impact creative networking for our community, shoppers and makers.”

“The organization accomplished the following during 2021: -successfully held 5 handmade markets that hosted about 250 makers -hosted approximately 7500 shoppers at our events -overall, supported 350 small businesses with markets, networking opportunities, diy workshops and educational programming -hosted our 4th annual creative catapult event in support of 3 makers and awarded 1 of those makers with 2,000 to expand their handmade business -creative catapult hosted 70 community members to learn more about the 3 participating makers and what they do, and voted on their favorite idea while enjoying a light meal -maintained a crafty closet and hosted 2 open houses that encouraged our community to donate unused craft supplies and is open to the public to shop for what they need to complete their crafty project -hosted 4 diy workshops that were open for our community to participate in -ran a successful capital campaign to further our 7,000sq ft event space improvements and solidify the ongoing partnership with bounce innovation hub -networked our maker session participants with 16 local professionals in tax, marketing, branding, customer service, etc. -hosted 16 maker sessions that supported 30 handmade businesses and covered topics: building a business plan, booth building, photography, branding, taxes, marketing and social media -awarded 5 scholarships to the maker sessions programming -developed and expanded our mission, vision and values and strategic goals -continued our covid response program, the ohio maker boxes to support makers in a curated box that was shipped to shoppers doors.”