Vital Impacts

VITAL IMPACTS IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO SUPPORT COMMUNITIES AND GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE PROTECTING PEOPLE, WILDLIFE AND HABITATS.

VITAL IMPACTS CAREFULLY CURATES AND SELLS A SELECTION OF FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES BY PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO ARE RENOWNED FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO THE PLANET. THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALES GO TO THE COMMUNITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE DOING THE WORK OF PROTECTING PEOPLE, WILDLIFE AND HABITATS AT A LOCAL LEVEL. VITAL IMPACTS INTENDS ON EXPENDING AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE FOR ITS FUNDRAISING AND ANTICIPATES THAT 20% OF ITS EXPENSES WILL GO TOWARD FUNDRAISING EFFORTS. THE PRIMARY GOAL OF VITAL IMPACTS IS TO HELP COMMUNITIES WHO ARE WORKING TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO PROTECT THE PLANET AND PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN SERVICES. WHILE VITAL IMPACTS INTEND TO REACH COMMUNITIES INTERNATIONALLY, THE FOCUS WILL BE TO SUPPORT WORK DONE AT A LOCAL LEVEL. BY SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES AND GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONSDOING WORK AT A LOCAL LEVEL, VITAL IMPACTS IS ABLE TO DIRECTLY IMPACT PEOPLES EVERYDAY LIVES AND SUSTAINABLY PROMOTE CONSERVATION EFFORTS. VITAL IMPACTS WILL DEVOTE 40% OF ITS TIME TO THIS PRIMARY GOAL.THE SECONDARY GOAL OF VITAL IMPACTS IS TO PROMOTE PHOTOGRAPHY BY SUPPORTINGPHOTOGRAPHERS SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WORK THAT AMPLIFIES THESE CRITICALSTORIES OF PEOPLE, WILDLIFE AND HABITATS. VITAL IMPACTS WILL SELECT PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO HAVE EACH DEMONSTRATED A DEEP COMMITMENT TO CONSERVATION EFFORTS AROUND THE GLOBE.VITAL IMPACTS WILL FEATURE THE SELECTED ARTWORK AND, WITH THE PHOTOGRAPHERSPERMISSION, SELL PRINTS TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE PRIMARY GOAL DESCRIBED ABOVE. INCURATING THE WORKS FEATURED BY VITAL IMPACTS, WE STRIVE TO BE INCLUSIVE AND LIFT UPTHE TALENTS OF THOSE PHOTOGRAPHERS WHOSE WORK HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTEDIN THE PHOTOGRAPHY INDUSTRY. AS WE GROW, WE WILL BE ACTIVELY SEEKING WAYS TO HELPFOSTER THESE VOICES, AND CULTIVATE TOMORROWS PHOTOGRAPHERS. BY SUPPORTINGPHOTOGRAPHERS, VITAL IMPACTS CAN PROMOTE THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY AS A MEANS OFSTORYTELLING. IN PARTICULAR, VITAL IMPACTS DESIRES TO SUPPORT GRASSROOTS CONSERVATION AND THE STORYTELLERS WHO AMPLIFY THE WORK OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PROTECTING PEOPLE, WILDLIFE AND HABITATS. VITAL IMPACTS WILL DEVOTE 40% OF ITS TIME TO OUR PRIMARY GOAL, 40% TO PRINT SALES AND 20% TOWARDS ADMINISTERING THESE PROGRAMS AND OPERATIONS"WHILE VITAL IMPACTS IS IN ITS INFANCY, IT WILL CARRY OUT THE WORK THROUGH ITS DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS. THE DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR VETTING AND SELECTING DESERVING COMMUNITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT FURTHER ITS MISSION. THE DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS WILL ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR VETTING AND SELECTING PHOTOGRAPHERS AND ARTWORK TO ENDORSE FOR ITS FUNDRAISING EFFORTS. IN THE FUTURE,VITAL IMPACTS MAY HAVE COMMITTEES OF VOLUNTEERS DEDICATED TO THESE ACTIVITIES WHICH WILL BE OVERSEEN BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.