inkBrave's Mission to Help NPOs
inkBrave was launched to help reduce fundraising barriers -- financial, time and resources -- for NPOs and grassroots causes. As a TBL Organization (Triple-Bottom-Line) we're committed to making positive impacts on people, society and our planet. We accomplish this in multiple approaches:
- Support NPOs through volunteerism -- both professionally and personally
- We create your fundraiser page free (no hidden fundraiser fees)
- If your tees are for a local event, we will volunteer whenever possible to help pass out your shirts and even have joined in far more volunteer events
- We include additional time helping to promote you cause and optimize every fundraiser for SEO and to share your message first and foremost
- No set-up fees, no screen fees, no art fees (unless you want to hire us to create your art for you, and even then, it's nominal. Typically between $10-30) ... and of course, no hidden fundraising fees.
- Help promoting non-profit causes for no cost (volunteer basis)
- Effectively it's like getting free NPO-experienced marketing experts
- Help with campaign copy, email, web and social creatives, messaging, audience targeting and more
- Beyond our shared empathy, we're even well-qualified to help thanks to over 10 years experience working with NPOs
- All screen-printing is done in low carbon footprint facilities
- We never want to build a giant screen printing factory. We only work with small artisan printers to keep quality high, costs down, and lessen the environmental impact.
- We certify all our artisan partners based on quality, complete process and their environmental policies and practices.
- Only printing on genuine brands
- Some places - far far too many - ship in shirts that are unbranded and made under questionable conditions, to put it mildly. This means you don't know what company, where or under what conditions your shirts were made under. For total transparency, we only buy genuine brands and never remove tags so you can be an educated consumer and support ethically rated manufacturers.
- Promote t-shirts and apparel made by ethically rated companies
- Commonly the "default tee" to design on is a low cost heavy rough shirt made by a company with a history of labor and ethical issues or even unbranded apparel. We promote soft and lightweight comfortable tees made by official brands. Our most popular tee is the 3600 by Next Level, an award-winning manufacturer who has been recognized for their transparency and ethical business practices.
- Only use US CPSC certified safe inks
- A few years ago, the Consumer Protection Safety Commission set forth new standards for inks to be used on apparel. These standards were specifically relevant to apparel that children may wear. And while all t-shirt screen printing companies should use certified inks, well... "should" and "does" are two different things. We only use CPSP certified safe inks for every order, every color, every custom printed t-shirt (and hoodie, jersey, towel, sweats) every day, no exceptions -- period.
- Why is this important, well we'd love to say it's all for you, our customers, but it's eve more than that. It's for the health of EVERYONE -- the workers who have to handle inks, from the manufacturing facilities to the screen-printing, to the shipping, the supports teams and volunteers who un-box and wear them and, yes... for the health and safety of all children who might wear them and you!