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Fundraiser: Help Paint a New Vision of Justice at San Quentin
ORGANIZATION: SAN QUENTIN SKUNKWORKS
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Chiaroscuro: Light Within the Shadows is turning San Quentin-into a living gallery of justice, color, and transformation. Incarcerated artists are leading the way, and world-renowned creatives like Faith47, Zio Ziegler, eL Seed, and others are joining them.
But murals don’t happen without materials-or money.
We’re looking for a bold, resourceful fundraiser to help us get what we need: paint, supplies, and unrestricted cash. This isn’t about writing grants. It’s about making calls, making connections, and helping power one of the most meaningful cultural justice projects in the country. This will be the most visible and radical transformation of a us prison in decades.
You’ll work with San Quentin SkunkWorks-an incarcerated led prison-based innovation lab-collaborating with world renoun experts in art, research and policy.
You’ll be doing things like:
Reaching out to paint companies, hardware suppliers, and art brands
Securing in-kind donations (paint, materials, etc.)
Helping us connect with major donors who care about justice and public art
Supporting a campaign to raise flexible, rapid-use funds
You’re right for this if you:
- Are creative, organized, and not afraid to pick up the phone
- Have fundraising or sales experience-or just the hustle to make things happen
- Believe in art as a tool for justice, healing, and culture change
- Can commit ~4-6 hours/week for 2-3 months (flexible)
We can't offer a corner office or gala dinners. But we can offer amazing stories, a front-row seat to one of the most powerful justice projects in the country, and a chance to help change what the world sees when it looks at a prison wall.
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About SAN QUENTIN SKUNKWORKS
Location:
1 MAIN ST, #484, SAN QUENTIN, CA 94964, US
Mission Statement
San Quentin SkunkWorks is a nonprofit innovation lab founded inside prison by incarcerated people. We’re not here to fix broken systems--we’re here to redesign them. Our mission is to unite the leadership and ingenuity of incarcerated changemakers with professionals on the outside to transform the justice system from the inside out. Every project we launch--from restorative gaming to AI-driven sentencing reform--is driven by real-world impact and radical collaboration. We believe incarceration can be a launchpad for growth, not a dead end. Our values--compassion, integrity, justice, and audacity--aren’t just words. They’re the blueprint. Volunteering with us isn’t about service. It’s about joining a team that’s building what’s never been built before. From behind bars, we’re shaping a future that works better for everyone.
Description
SkunkWorks started as a bold idea inside San Quentin: what if incarceration could become a launchpad for change? Founded by incarcerated people and built in partnership with outside professionals, we’ve grown into a nationally recognized innovation lab inside prison walls.
Our goal is simple but radical: transform the justice system by centering the leadership of the people most impacted by it. We design and test scalable solutions-then push to bring them beyond the walls.
Our programs include Transformative Gaming (which brings over 150 people together monthly to change prison culture), RighteousReview (an AI-powered tool to uncover bias in sentencing), and Chiaroscuro (a large-scale art initiative to reclaim prison spaces with color and beauty).
We’ve been featured on the front page of the LA Times and are backed by CDCR. But our biggest achievement? Building a movement where incarcerated people lead-and the world listens.
CAUSE AREAS
Advocacy & Human Rights,
Arts & Culture,
Community
WHEN
We'll work with your schedule.
WHERE
1 Main StreetSan Quentin, CA 94964
(37.9429 ,-122.48058 )
DATE POSTED
May 27, 2025
SKILLS
- Business Development & Sales Management
- Donor Management
- Fundraising
- Grant Writing / Research
- Community Outreach
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- 4-6 hours a week for 2-3 months. After the site is live, we’d love your support for 1–2 hours/month as needed—though this is optional and totally flexible.