You want to know what it will cost.  I apologize right up front for not answering this.  How much is a bag of groceries?  Depends on what’s in the bag.

In order to answer, “How much?”, I need to know what we are gunning for and a number of variables can go into that: what is the budget, the usage, who and/or what is in it, where are we shooting, how long are we shooting… are we shooting? (Perhaps animation or some other form would tell the story best)… and so on….    But, I can tell you this:

We are giving money away!
We donate 10% of our Beeler Creative income to charity.  Each year we select three organizations that we’d like to support: one for children, one for animals, one for the arts.  Then we ask you, our clients, to choose which one you’d like your 10% to go to — or you can divide it up between them.

How this came about:
On January 2, 2005 my wife and I adopted Chaplin, a tortoiseshell kitten from a rescue organization here in Los Angeles. On June 5, we adopted Buster, a 12 week-old Australian Shepherd. With a puppy comes puppy classes and we came across Raise with Praise.

We found out that all the proceeds of the group classes go to elementary school programs which advocate and promote the principles of nonviolence: kindness, compassion, and respect for all living things. By teaching children to practice nonviolence with animals, these nonviolent behaviors can be directly linked to practicing nonviolence with themselves, other people, and the environment.

Inspired, we set about the idea of giving a percentage of our income to organizations that could really use it.

Special thanks to Chaplin, Buster and Raise with Praise!

If you don’t already donate some percentage of your income to whatever moves you, I would like to take this opportunity to plant a little seed that all it really takes (like most things) is a decision to do it.    If you decide to, you’ll find that it will pay dividends well beyond any tax deductions (although those don’t hurt!) and you might feel more expanded and wealthier.  If you would like to feel truly rich, it is only a decision and commitment away.

Some of the causes and charities we’ve supported:

Raise with Praise
Search Dog Rescue Foundation
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Hurricane Katrina
Love on 4 Paws
Children’s ReDiscover
Dolphin in Florida
Turtles in Fiji
Texas Lions Camp for Crippled Children
St. Jude’s Research Hospital
Make-a-Wish Foundation
The Independent Shakespeare Company
Children of Nalauwaki Village, Fiji
Marine Mammal Conservancy
Cancer Research