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The Dormi Arts Bridge

Help us build what comes next.

Dormi Arts has built the vision, people, programs and partnerships. We are inviting people and organisations who believe in the transformative power of creativity to help us cross into our next chapter.

Help Build the Bridge Become a Founding Partner
UGX 120MBridge Fund target
90 DaysFounding campaign
Art with a CauseCreativity creating impact
Campaign progress UGX 120M goal
Why now?

There are moments in an organisation's story that happen only once.

The Bridge is the transition between the foundation Dormi Arts has already built and the capacity needed to turn that foundation into sustainable creative opportunity and measurable impact.

We Started

Creative practice and a belief in art as a force for change.

We Built

People, programs, systems, governance and relationships.

We Are Here

Ready to deliver, but constrained by capacity.

The Bridge

Resources and relationships that unlock the next stage.

What Comes Next

A stronger, sustainable creative-impact organisation.

This is already real

We are not asking you to believe in an idea.

14 Yearsof creative practice
6 Programsdesigned around creativity and impact
Real Clientscommercial work already commissioned
Growing Partnershipsacross business and community
What the Bridge unlocks

Five gaps stand between readiness and scale.

Equip

Professional tools and production equipment.

Produce

Working capital for materials and labour.

Activate

Seed resources for priority programs.

Stabilise

Bridge-period operational capacity.

Grow

Portfolio, documentation and visibility.

See the full UGX 120M allocation
Workshop tools & equipmentUGX 30M
Core staffing — bridge periodUGX 25M
Materials working capitalUGX 20M
Programme startupUGX 15M
Marketing & portfolioUGX 10M
Campaign mobilisationUGX 8M
ContingencyUGX 12M
TotalUGX 120M
Beyond the numbers

The Bridge is ultimately about people.

The Artist

Creativity becomes connection, growth and opportunity.

The Artisan

Skills and production capacity become pathways to livelihoods.

The Community

Art becomes a tool for learning, connection and change.

Choose your part

How will you help build the Bridge?

Give

Make a financial contribution of any size.

Make a contribution →

Build With Us

Become a Founding Partner in the next chapter.

Explore partnership →

Contribute Resources

Provide tools, materials, expertise or services.

Offer a resource →

Open a Door

Introduce a funder, client, market or institution.

Make an introduction →
A once-only invitation

Be there at the beginning of what comes next.

We are inviting a limited group of individuals, companies and institutions to stand with Dormi Arts during this formative stage—not simply as sponsors, but as Founding Partners.

Your support helps build Dormi Arts today.
Your place in our story remains.
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Your place in the founding story

Choose how deeply you want to build with us.

We invite you to choose the scale of your commitment towards any of these contribution levels.

Highest Founding Commitment

Founding Patron

UGX 20M+

Help transform a major part of the Bridge.

  • Permanent Founding Patron recognition
  • Major Bridge priority linked to support where appropriate
  • Bespoke Bridge Impact Story
  • Founder / leadership briefing
  • Founding Gathering invitation
  • Selected studio and program encounters
  • Significant numbered work from the Founding Art Series
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Build Significant Capacity

Founding Builder

UGX 10M+

Help build a significant part of what comes next.

  • Permanent Founding Builder recognition
  • Founding Partners Circle
  • Bridge Impact Story
  • Founding Gathering invitation
  • Selected creative and studio experiences
  • Numbered Founding Art Series piece
Explore Builder Commitment
Activate the Bridge

Founding Partner

UGX 5M+

Help activate an important part of the Bridge.

  • Permanent Founding Partner recognition
  • Founding Partners Circle
  • Campaign and impact updates
  • Founding Gathering invitation
  • Selected artist / program encounters
  • Commemorative recognition linked to impact
Explore Partner Commitment
Strengthen the Foundation

Founding Supporter

UGX 2M+

Help strengthen the foundation.

  • Permanent Founding Supporter recognition
  • Founding Circle communications
  • Founding Gathering invitation
  • Campaign impact updates
  • Commemorative acknowledgement
Explore Supporter Commitment

Every contribution matters.

Not ready for a Founding commitment? You can still help build the Bridge with a contribution of any amount.

Make a Bridge Contribution

Qualifying Founding commitments may also be agreed through a combination of financial and substantial in-kind contributions, subject to Dormi Arts approval and documented valuation.

Every founding commitment goes beyond recognition

All Founding Partners enter the same founding story.

Legacy

Your place in the story.

Impact

See what you helped make possible.

Belonging

Stay connected through the Founding Partners Circle.

Experience

Encounter the artists and work you helped enable.

Recognition

Be acknowledged for what you helped build.

The scale of your commitment determines the depth of the partnership—not the importance of your belief in our mission.

The Founding Partners Circle

More than a contribution. An ongoing relationship.

As a founding Partner, we will remain connected through founder briefings, artist encounters, studio visits, creative experiences, program showcases, impact stories and important Dormi Arts milestones.

The Circle is not a governance body. The Board and management retain organisational decision-making responsibility.

Founding Partners Circle

Founder Briefings Artist Encounters Studio Visits Creative Experiences Program Showcases Impact Stories Founding Gatherings
Purpose before price

What part of the Bridge speaks to you?

Build the Workshop

Tools, equipment and production capacity.

Create Livelihoods

Help turn capability into paid opportunity.

Activate Programs

Move priority programs into action.

Build the Organisation

Strengthen essential delivery capacity.

Amplify the Work

Document and connect the work to wider audiences.

Let's Discuss Your Partnership
The people who built the Bridge

The founding story is being written.

We are grateful to our partners who are joining us and what they have made possible.

FOUNDING IMPACT PARTNER

Partner name

“We helped build professional production capacity.”

FOUNDING RESOURCE PARTNER

Partner name

“We helped put resources into the hands of creative makers.”

FOUNDING PATRON

Patron name

“We believed early and helped unlock the next chapter.”

An artefact of the founding story

The Bridge — Founding Art Series

The Founding Art Series is a limited collection created by selected Dormi Arts artists and artisans to commemorate this formative chapter in our story. Qualifying Founding Partners receive a numbered, authenticated work created exclusively for the series and unavailable through ordinary commercial sale.

Each numbered and authenticated piece becomes a lasting record of the partner’s place in the story representing not simply what they gave, but what they helped make possible.

The Dormi Arts Founding Gathering

Come and see what you helped make possible.

Artists. Artisans. Partners. Community. Creativity. Live creation, conversations, demonstrations, stories of impact, the Founding Art Series and the next chapter of Dormi Arts.

Your Bridge Impact Story

From contribution to visible impact.

Your Contribution
Resource Activated
Creative Work Enabled
People Engaged
Opportunity Generated
Impact Documented

Campaign progress

Watch the Bridge being built.

First Founding Partner
First Resource Contribution
Workshop Milestone
Program Activation
UGX 60M
UGX 120M — Bridge Complete
Transparency & accountability

Your contribution. Our responsibility.

Published Priorities

Resources aligned to stated campaign needs.

Financial Tracking

Contributions and expenditure recorded.

Campaign Updates

Verified milestones shared with supporters.

Impact Reporting

Outcomes documented and communicated.

Questions

Supporting the Bridge & Founding Partnership

Can I contribute without becoming a Founding Partner?

Yes. The Bridge welcomes contributions of different sizes. Founding status is reserved for substantial foundational commitments.

What qualifies someone as a Founding Partner?

A significant, mission-aligned financial, resource or strategic contribution during the formative Bridge period, documented with Dormi Arts.

What are the Founding commitment levels?

Founding Supporter begins at UGX 2M, Founding Partner at UGX 5M, Founding Builder at UGX 10M, and Founding Patron at UGX 20M+.

Can in-kind contributions count toward a Founding commitment?

Yes, where substantial, mission-aligned and formally agreed with Dormi Arts at a documented value.

Is Founding Partner status permanent?

The campaign is time-limited; qualifying Founding Partners are intended to remain recognised as part of this founding chapter.

Does Founding Partnership give decision-making rights?

No. Partnership does not transfer governance or management authority.

How will we know what our contribution achieved?

Dormi Arts intends to connect resources mobilised with verified activities and outcomes through campaign updates and impact reporting.

The Dormi Arts Bridge

Believe early.
Build with us.
Become part of the story.

Every great organisation has people who were there when its next chapter began.

Help Build the Bridge Become a Founding Partner

Art with a Cause.