SUPPORT The chairmaker's toolbox

Since 2021, we have run 29 classes, put 91 chairmakers on shavehorses, and transferred several legacy tool collections to new hands. We have boxes of tools poised for distribution, more potential classes on the horizon, and hundreds of aspiring chairmakers eager to take part in what we’re creating.

We need your support to continue this work. Help us get more drawknives in more hands by making a tax-deductible donation to CMT.

Your donation supports:

  • Scholarships for new chairmakers and aspiring instructors

  • Travel and meal stipends for students 

  • Postage and packaging to collect and send tools

  • Funding our small-but-mighty paid staff of one

  • Administrative costs that keep us going

We are raising $10,000 over the next year in the form of recurring monthly, tax-deductible donations so that we can deliver even more scholarships, classes, and tools to new makers.

ANY AMOUNT HELPS!

$5 a month covers the postage for a collection of hand tools

$10 a month pays for the behind-the-scenes admin time for a class

$25 a month covers the cost of a log for a group of students

$250 a month supports a class of ten new chairmakers led by a CMT alum

Every dollar helps us make this dream work. Monthly donors will receive a copy of our limited edition CMT x Mattie Hinkley sticker so you can show everyone how much you love CMT.

CaN’t Commit to Giving monthly?

Grab a t-shirt and wear your love of CMT every day of the week! Don’t miss your chance to get sawdust and glue stains all over this sweet logo designed by Mattie Hinkley — we’ll be taking pre-orders until December 20th. Then that’s it! We’re done! You’ll have to wait for the next CMT x Illustration Genius collab. T-shirts will ship in early 2025.

All donors will be entered in our giveaway to win custom prizes donated by Aspen Golann, Shea Alexander, Larissa Huff, Maya Vega Garcia and Kate Anderson.

Interested in giving more? Soon we’ll have opportunities for businesses, schools, woodworking guilds, craft associations, and generous individuals to sponsor classes and support new programming. Get in touch if you’d like more information!

Tax Deductible Gifts: All financial gifts made as part of this campaign will be tax-deductible. We will send a giving statement at the end of the calendar year to all donors. (T-shirt donations are included, less $15 value of t-shirt and shipping). No purchase or donation required to enter giveaway.