Costumers of Color

Support Costumers of Color

Costumers of Color is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit building welcoming, multicultural spaces in historical costuming and public history. You can read about the impact we create in our annual update on this page.

Your support funds our three core initiatives:

• Scholarships for POC students pursuing fashion, history, and related fields
• Educational history-based events
• Educational travel opportunities

Every gift helps us build a community where more people can safely study, create, teach, and participate in history. Donations to Costumers of Color are deductible for U.S. income tax purposes.

Choose your giving level:
$1–$999 = Patron
$1,000+ = Sponsor

All gifts support scholarships, educational events, and educational activities for Costumers of Color.

Thank you to our 2026 sponsor: American Duchess

Two Ways to Support

Become a Patron: $1–$999

Patron gifts help sustain our programs and make our work possible. Every donation supports scholarships, events, educational travel, and community-building.

All patron donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

Become a Sponsor: $1,000+

Sponsors make a larger investment in our mission and receive public recognition based on their giving level.

Your sponsorship is more than a donation. It is an investment in a more inclusive future for historical costuming and public history.

Sponsor Packages

• Community Ally: $1,000
  Recognition and listing on our Donors webpage.
• Cultural Partner: $2,500
  Donors webpage recognition, press release listing, and prominent logo placement.
• Visionary Sponsor: $5,000
  All previous benefits, plus on-site event presence and exclusive networking access to our community of costumers, sewists, and historians.

After your sponsorship gift is received, we will contact you to discuss your sponsorship package and recognition details.

Businesses, organizations, and individuals are welcome to sponsor.

Donations can also be transmitted via our Zeffy Nonprofit account by using this QR code:

Why Your Gift Matters

Historical costuming and public history should reflect the broad, multicultural world we live in.

Costumers of Color works to remove barriers, elevate multicultural voices, and create safer spaces for people of color in academic, creative, and hobby communities. Through scholarships, educational events, historical trips, and community programming, we are expanding who gets to participate in history.

When you donate, you become part of that work.

Need More Information?

Our Executive Director, Gigi Coulson, is available to discuss sponsorships, stewardship of your gift, tax receipt information, or our annual impact report.

Contact: gigi@costumersofcolor.org