Resources Sites
Michigan
Cultural Advocacy Network of Michigan
Since 1960, the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) has inspired global change and supported efforts that generated over $1 trillion. AFP's nearly 30,000 individual and organizational members raise over $100 billion annually, equivalent to one-third of all charitable giving in North America and millions more around the world.
Michigan Actors and Theatre Connections Hub (MATCH)
Members are outstanding nonfiction freelance writers who meet ASJA's exacting standards of professional achievement. ASJA serves the entire freelance and publishing communities, through a variety of programs and initiatives.
Michigan Alliance for Cultural Accessibility
Americans for the Arts is the nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts in America. With more than 40 years of service, we are dedicated to representing and serving local communities and creating opportunities for every American to participate in and appreciate all forms of the arts. National service organizations for local and independent arts organizations Research Economic Impact Studies and training.
Michigan Artists
The American Symphony Orchestra League provides leadership and service to American orchestras while communicating to the public the value and importance of orchestras and the music they perform.
Michigan Arts and Cultural Council (MACC)
In the event of an emergency, the Alliance can offer support for artists by connecting them with a diverse network of residency programs across the country.
Michigan Dance Council
Inspired by the Depression-era Works Progress Administration, ARTISTS AT WORK (AAW) is a new program designed to give artists resources to continue to produce work during the immediate health and economic crisis brought by COVID, and to build new structures and partnerships that will help to sustain the creative sector in a post-pandemic America. Conceived by THE OFFICE performing arts + film in collaboration with the FreshGrass Foundation as a public/private partnership that combines government, corporate, and foundation support, AAW is a WPA for the arts reimagined into a modern context that is sensitive to the 21st century landscape (now drastically changed) of every artistic discipline's place in the culture.
Michigan Festivals and Events
The Michigan Festivals and Events Association is a statewide non-profit organization serving communities, events, festivals, fairs, businesses and volunteers throughout Michigan. We promote Festivals, Events, Tourism, Government Related Agencies, Main Attractions, Year-Round Fun Spots, Seasonal Fun Spots, Lodging, Students, and Vendors catering to Festivals and Events and provide technical assistance, training, and education.
Michigan Historic and Preservation Network
Michigan Historic Preservation Network advocates for Michigan's historic places to contribute to the economic vitality, sense of place, and connection to the past.
Michigan Humanities Council
As one of 56 state (and territories) humanities councils in the country, Michigan Humanities was founded in 1974 as a result of federal legislation. Funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities, Michigan Humanities also actively seeks grants, sponsorships and individual donations to further support cultural programming for Michigan communities.
Michigan Independent Venue and Promoter Association (MIVPA)
Michigan Independent Venue and Promoter Association (MIVPA) was founded as a statewide collection of businesses committed to advocate for the future of its members as important economic and cultural drivers in our communities. MIVPA strives to foster communication and cooperation among members to develop best practices and encourage individual and collective excellence. MIVPA will use the strength of our collective voices to impact change for our individual members to preserve our unique event spaces and their roles in the continued development of local and touring artists.
Michigan Libraries Association
The Michigan Library Association is a collaborative network of libraries, library professionals, and supporters working together to protect and promote our libraries and advance the library profession in Michigan.
Michigan Museums Association
MMA has been supporting the work of Michigan museums for over 60 years. Our members include the institutions, professionals and volunteers of the Michigan museum community who believe that strong museums help us better understand ourselves and our world.
Michigan Non Profit Association(MNA)
Founded in 1990, Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA) is a 501 (c)(3) charitable organization dedicated to nonprofits and the communities they serve by promoting anti-racism and social justice. MNA is a statewide membership organization that achieves its mission through advocacy, training, technology services and civic engagement
Michigan Presenters Network
The Michigan Presenters Network (Michigan Presenters), founded in 1991, is a statewide coalition of presenting organizations, artists, managers, agents, and others that are committed to the advancement and presentation of the performing arts. Michigan Presenters nurtures organizational leadership, professional development, and knowledge exchange in the performing arts.
Michigan Writers Network
Michigan Writer's is a blog that offers resources and articles about writing and copywriting for writers.
Michigan Youth Arts
Michigan Youth Arts is an alliance that develops, recognizes and advocates excellence in arts education for all.
NEW Center
NEW's Mission: We improve the impact and performance of fellow nonprofits by working alongside leaders to create high-quality strategic solutions that advance their missions in our communities. Since 1993, NEW has been helping nonprofits succeed by strengthening management and offering solutions to issues facing the nonprofit community. Today NEW and its partners provide educational, consultative and technological solutions to nonprofits across southeast Michigan and beyond.
Youth Creative Washtenaw
Youth Creative Washtenaw provides healing centered arts workshops to young people across Michigan. We consistently redefine what it means to invest in communities, by listening to and taking direction from the young people we serve. YAA's cohort of teaching artists responds to the visions and creative aspirations of young people, meeting them where they are.
Midwest
Project Onward
Since 2004, Project Onward has become a leader in the field of disability arts for its innovative blend of accuracy, artistic excellence and social engagement. We exist to give artists with disabilities a "visual voice" to tell their stories and change the perceptions of the world. Project Onward is a studio and gallery dedicated to the creative growth of adult artists whose lives are impacted by mental illness and developmental disabilities.
Springboard for the Arts
Springboard for the Arts is an economic and community development organization for artists and by artists. From our offices in Fergus Falls and Saint Paul, MN, Springboard provides programs that help artists make a living and a life, and programs that help communities connect to the creative power of artists. Springboard for the Arts' mission is to cultivate vibrant communities by connecting artists with the skills, information, and services they need to make a living and a life.
National
American Alliance of Museums
The Artists' Fellowship, Inc. is a 501 (c)(3) private charitable foundation that financially assists professional visual artists and their families in times of emergency, disability or bereavement. Assistance is given without expectation of repayment. One does not need to be a member of the Fellowship to receive assistance nor does membership in the Artists' Fellowship entitle one to assistance from the foundation.
American Composers Orchestra
Founded in July 2016, the Arts Administrators of Color Network (AAC) is a service organization that focuses on networking and community building through the arts. They are advocates who continue to fight for equity in the arts through collaborations, forums, and outlets that provide a voice for arts administrators and artists of color where there may not be one.
American Fundraising Professionals
Arts Midwest believes that creativity has the power to inspire and unite humanity. Based in Minneapolis, we grow, gather, and invest in creative organizations and communities throughout the nine-state region of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin, and beyond. One of six nonprofit United States Regional Arts Organizations, our history spans more than 35 years. We are guided by a mission that centers creativity, leadership, and Midwestern communities, and by a set of values that are rooted in equity, trust, and learning.
American Society Journalists and Authors
A National PRO (performing rights organization.) ASCAP is a membership association of more than 800,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers. We uphold the value of our members' music, and help them thrive alongside the businesses that use their music every day.
American Symphony Orchestra League
The Association of Performing Arts Professionals is the national service, advocacy and membership organization for presenters of the performing arts. APAP is dedicated to developing and supporting a robust performing arts industry and the professionals who work within it. APAP hosts the annual APAP|NYC conference - the world's leading convening for the performing arts industry. APAP is the industry's leading community for networking and knowledge. APAP is the industry's leading community for networking and knowledge. APAP strengthens and advances your career and the field through professional development, resource sharing, advocacy and civic engagement.
Americans for the Arts
Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) is the primary professional association of fundraisers, offering training, publications, and other resources.
Artist Community Alliance
The Association of Performing Arts Professionals is the national service, advocacy and membership organization for the live performing arts field. APAP is dedicated to developing and supporting a robust performing arts presenting, booking and touring industry and the professionals who work within it.
Artists at Work
The Authors League Fund helps authors, dramatists, journalists, critics, short story writers and poets.
Artists Fellowship, Inc
Backline is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that connects music industry professionals and their families with mental health and wellness resources. Backline strives to build a safer and more supportive music industry by helping our community access quality mental health care providers that understand this line of work.
Arts Administrators of Color
The Black Theatre Network is comprised of artists, educators, scholars, students and theatre lovers who are dedicated to the exploration and preservation of the theatrical visions of the African Diaspora. For 30 years, the Black Theatre Network has collected, processed and distributed information that supports the professional and personal development of its membership (comprised of individuals engaged in the full range of theatre professions, professional and community theatres and organizations, and academic institutions).
Arts Midwest
BMI is now the largest music rights organization in the U.S. and is still nurturing new talent and new music. BMI is the bridge between songwriters and the businesses and organizations that want to play their music publicly. As a global leader in music rights management, BMI serves as an advocate for the value of music, representing over 17 million musical works created and owned by more than 1.1 million songwriters, composers and music publishers.
ASCAP
Boardsource (formerly National Center for Nonprofit Boards). This organization offers excellent publications, seminars, specialized training and other materials to assist the effective management for nonprofit boards of directors.
Association of Performing Arts Professionals
Charity Navigator organization offers an extensive database and research tool that aims to help donors, grantmakers, professional advisors and others in the evaluation of thousands of charitable organizations nationwide by providing detailed financial information and other analysis.
Association of Fundraising Professionals
The mission of Carnegie Fund for Authors is to award grants to published authors who are in need of emergency financial assistance as a result of illness or injury to self, spouse, or dependent child, or who has had some other misfortune that has placed the applicant in pressing and substantial pecuniary need.
Authors League Fund
Council on Foundations: The Council on Foundations is a membership organization of more than 2,000 grantmaking foundations (private foundations, community foundations, etc.) worldwide. COF provides leadership expertise, legal services, publications, seminars and networking opportunities, etc. to its members and to the general public.
Backline
The Cultural Advocacy Network of Michigan strives to bring a collective voice for cultural organizations in Michigan. The organization will lead advocacy and education efforts to influence decision making at the highest levels of state and local government and ensure that cultural leaders have the tools they need to deliver the highest quality of service for the individuals they serve.
Black Theatre Network
Established in 1982 as the national service organization for the professional dance field, Dance/USA is a membership organization currently serving nearly 500 aerial, ballet, contemporary, modern, culturally specific, jazz and tap companies, dance service and presenting organizations, individuals and related organizations. Dance/USA occupies a unique position in the field as the only national service organization dedicated to serving a broad cross-section of professional dance.
BMI
DataArts, formerly the Cultural Data Project, was founded to bring the language and leverage of data to the business of culture. The Cultural Data Profile (CDP) is DataArts' flagship service, which thousands of cultural nonprofits use annually to report their financial and programmatic information. DataArts seeks to be a catalyst for data-informed decision-making. DataArts empowers the nonprofit arts and cultural sector with high-quality data and resources in order to strengthen its vitality, performance and public impact. It accomplishes this mission in three ways: 1)Equipping arts and cultural organizations to collect, learn from and use data effectively; 2) Building critical infrastructure for the sector as a trusted source of high-quality data that advances cultural initiatives; and 3) Creating a national partnership and platform for cultural data, dedicated to collective learning, leadership and action.
Boardsource
Film Festival Alliance creates a collaborative global community for mission-driven film festivals. FFA works year-round to celebrate and support the art of film, filmmaking and film presentation by connecting festival professionals with one another, and with other industry stakeholders including the greater filmmaking community.
Carnegie Fund for Authors
FAI is an arts nonprofit founded in 1989 to connect folk music leaders aiming to sustain the community and genre worldwide. Folk Alliance International's mission is to serve, strengthen, and engage the global folk music community through preservation, presentation, and promotion.
Center for Cultural Innovation
Foundation for Contemporary Arts encourages, sponsors, and promotes innovative work in the arts. FCA operates four distinctive programs that provide avenues of support for individual artists and their work. Foundation for Contemporary Arts announces the 2021 Grants to Artists awards, twenty $40,000 unrestricted grants to individual artists working in Dance, Music/Sound, Performance Art/Theater, Poetry, and Visual Arts.
Charity Navigator
Emergency Grants is the only active, multi-disciplinary program that offers immediate assistance of this kind to artists living and working anywhere in the United States, for projects occurring in the U.S. and abroad.
Council on Foundations
Fractured Atlas empowers artists, arts organizations and other cultural sector stakeholders by eliminating practical barriers to artistic expression, so as to foster a more agile and resilient cultural ecosystem.
Dance USA
Future of Music Coalition (FMC) is a Washington D.C.-based nonprofit organization supporting a musical ecosystem where artists flourish and are compensated fairly and transparently for their work.
Data Arts
The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant program is intended to provide interim financial assistance to qualified painters, printmakers, and sculptors whose needs are the result of an unforeseen, catastrophic incident, and who lack the resources to meet that situation.
Foundation for Contemporary Arts
TGCI was founded in 1972 to offer grantsmanship training and low-cost publications to nonprofit organizations and government agencies. Today TGCI conducts some 200 workshops annually in grantsmanship, enterprise development and fundraising. TGCI is also active in publishing. The Grantsmanship Center Magazine is mailed to the staff of 200,000 nonprofit and government agencies in the U.S. and 58 other countries.
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grants
GrantStation.com, Inc. , a membership-based organization, offers nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, and government agencies the opportunity to identify potential funding sources for their programs or projects as well as resources to mentor these organizations through the grantseeking process.
Fractured Atlas
GuideStar is the leader in providing comprehensive data on more than 1.5 million nonprofit organizations, connecting them with donors, foundations, businesses and governing agencies in a nationwide community of giving.
Future of Music Coalition
The Blues Foundation preserves blues heritage, celebrates blues recording and performance, expands worldwide awareness of the blues, and ensures the future of the uniquely American art form. The Blues Foundation established the HART Fund (Handy Artists Relief Trust) for Blues musicians and their families in financial need due to a broad range of health concerns.
Gottlieb Foundation Emergency Grant
I Like Your Work is dedicated to supporting artists, creating community and providing resources. Our podcast interviews creative people from painters and artists to collectors and curators. People who are involved in a creative lifestyle and also in building community within the arts. I Like Your Work is hosted by artist and curator Erika b Hess. We are on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and GooglePlay.
Grantsmanship Center
The Institute of Museum and Library Services is an independent Federal grant-making agency dedicated to creating and sustaining a nation of learners by helping libraries and museums serve their communities. IMLS Vision - A nation where museums and libraries work together to transform the lives of individuals and communities. IMLS Mission - The mission of IMLS is to advance, support and empower America's museums, libraries and related organizations through grantmaking, research and policy development.
Grantstation
Musicians who have made a living playing blues, jazz, and roots music know they can call our office at any time or walk through our doors for help in solving an emergency. We average 30 individual musician emergency cases a day and approximately 9,000 assists every year. We prevent homelessness with housing assistance, keep artists healthy with pro bono medical care and provide financial support that keeps the lights on and food on the table.
Guidstar
Joan Garry began her career in 1981 as part of the management team that launched MTV. She followed this successful eight-year tenure with another successful run as an executive at Showtime Networks. Then, in 1997 while either having a midlife crisis or avoiding one, Garry was named the executive director of GLAAD, one of the largest gay rights organizations in the U.S. She joined GLAAD to find an organization in deep financial crisis (18 staff and yes, $360 in the bank), led it out of the depths to a place of prominence focusing on the power of the media to change hearts and minds. She brings all of this experience to her work as the Principal of Joan Garry Consulting, a boutique firm that helps nonprofits across a wide variety of sectors to untangle strategic knots enabling them to have a clearer path in pursuit of their missions. Her blog for board and staff leaders of nonprofits reaches 100,000 unique leaders monthly from over 150 countries and her podcast Nonprofits Are Messy is frequently the #1 nonprofit / government podcast on iTunes. Lastly, she is the founder of The Nonprofit Leadership Lab, a monthly online membership site for board and staff leaders of small nonprofits who can afford neither coaching nor consulting. Through a vast array of content and a community moderated by experts, Joan is reaching over 2,000 board and staff leaders worldwide.
HART Fund Blues Foundation
Lawyers for the Creative Arts provides free legal services to financially eligible clients in all areas of the arts—visual, music, dance, literary, digital media, arts education, and much more. We help individuals and organizations with business issues, contracts, copyrights, trademarks and many other legal areas.
I Like Your Work
Founded in 1976, the League of Historic American Theatres (LHAT) is a non-profit organization with the main purpose of sustaining historic theatres across North America for the benefit of their communities and future generations. It has become the professional network for theatre owners and operators to connect with others who have faced the unique challenges of historic theatre ownership and operation.
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Founded in 2008, Lifetime Arts is a nonprofit arts service organization that offers a positive, modern, artistic and social lens through which to serve, inspire and engage America's growing population of older adults. Our approach rejects outdated stereotypes that define older people as needy, incapable or frail. While we partner with and advocate for creative aging initiatives that serve all older adults (55+), our work focuses on serving independent adults interested in exploring creative expression in a social group setting. Our mission has 3 main components:
Jazz Foundation of America Musicians Fund
Welcome to The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's grants database. Explore our grantmaking history using the map with filters for program area, amount, date and keywords.
Joan Garry Consulting
Welcome to MATCH! Originally theatreWATCH on yahoo! groups, this new group serves Michigan performing artists and institutions. We provide audition information, reviews, updates, entertainment listings and more for local theatre and film. Post your events on our Wall and by clicking on "Add an Event". Thanks for joining us
Lawyers for Creative Arts
To empower cultural institutions in Michigan to become more accessible and inclusive for people of all abilities. By sharing resources and experiences, leveraging expertise, refining best practices, and building institutional capacity, we will increase accessibility for people with disabilities, therein increasing accessibility for all.
League of Historic American Theatres
Supporting the Arts in Michigan. Post Art and events. We love to visit and show off Michigan Artists. Facebook page.
Lifetime Arts
Michigan's vibrant arts and cultural scene are important to the state's communities, excellent quality-of-life and thriving economy. MACC is the state's key conduit for arts and cultural information, grant funding and more.
Mellon Foundation Grants Database
The goal of Michigan Dance Council is to make dance an integral part of each citizen's life by supporting performance and educational opportunities, promoting audience development and building alliances. Membership in the organization is all-inclusive and multidisciplinary. Participation ranges from individual supporters to professional organizations.
Music Workers Alliance
MWA's shared purpose is to empower music workers, by engaging in collective action to create a community where music is valued financially and culturally, and music workers benefit and achieve dignity in our lives.
Musicans Foundation Emergency Fund
In a time when artists experience more instability than ever before, Musicians Foundation serves as a vital safety net for those who have given their lives to music. If you are a professional musician in a specific time of need, please explore below to see if you might qualify for a grant to pay an essential bill.
National Alliance for Musical Theatre
The National Alliance for Musical Theatre, founded in 1985, is a not-for-profit organization serving the musical theatre community. Our 155 organizational members and 60 individual members, located throughout 33 states and abroad, are some of the leading producers of musical theatre in the world. They include theatres, presenting organizations, higher education programs and individual producers.
National Archive of Data on Arts and Culture (NADAC)
The National Archive of Data on Arts and Culture (NADAC) is a repository that facilitates research on arts and culture by acquiring data, particularly those funded by federal agencies and other organizations, and sharing those data with researchers, policymakers, people in the arts and culture field, and the general public.
National Arts Marketing Project (NAMP)
The National Arts Marketing Project (NAMP), a program of Americans for the Arts , is dedicated to serving arts professionals and artists who seek to market the arts, engage audiences and serve their communities. We believe the arts have the power to transform individuals, organizations and communities and we have seen that power at work across America. When arts professionals and artists are afforded the necessary skills to effectively market the arts and engage audiences, they have greater opportunities to not only strengthen their fiscal health and sustainability, but also create lasting impact in their communities. NAMP serves a broad group of arts professionals and individual artists of various skill levels who work to promote the arts as a vital part of both an enriched, healthy life and a strong community.
National Center for Charitable Statisics (NCCS)
National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS) is the national repository of data on the nonprofit sector in the United States. Its mission is to develop and disseminate high quality data on nonprofit organizations and their activities for use in research on the relationships between the nonprofit sector, government, the commercial sector, and the broader civil society. The center is a project of the Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy (CNP) at the Urban Institute.
National Council of Nonprofits (NCN)
National Council of Nonprofits The National Council of Nonprofits (NCN) is the nation's largest nonprofit network of state and regional nonprofit associations serving over 22,000 members in 46 states and the District of Columbia. NCN links local organizations to a national audience through state associations and helps small and mid-sized nonprofits stay currrent with developing laws of importance; manage and lead more effectively; collaborate and exchange solutions; save money through group buying opportunities; engage in critical policy issues affecting the sector; and achieve greater impact in their communities.
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is a public agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts, both new and established; bringing the arts to all Americans; and providing leadership in arts education. Established by Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government, the Endowment is the nation's largest annual funder of the arts, bringing great art to all 50 states, including rural areas, inner cities and military bases.
National Independent Venue Association (NIVA)
The National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) was the driving force behind lobbying and grassroots efforts to pass the bipartisan Save Our Stages Act, now officially named the Shuttered Venues Operators Grant Program, which was signed into law as part of the second COVID-19 Relief Bill on December 27, 2020. The program allocates $16 billion in federal emergency relief via the Small Business Administration, saving the industry from mass collapse.
National Storytelling Network
The National Storytelling Network is a membership organization made up of individuals and organizations involved in storytelling. Its mission is to advance all forms of storytelling within the community through promotion, advocacy, and education.
New York Foundation for Arts-Emergency Grants
A compilation of national emergency fund resources.
Non Profit Learning Lab USA
The Nonprofit Learning Lab is a national nonprofit that connects, supports and trains individuals in the nonprofit sector. They offer daily online nonprofit trainings, workshops that focus on fundraising, board development, social media, marketing, volunteer management, and organizational leadership.
North American Performing Arts Managers and Agents
NAPAMA is a community for and by arts professionals to facilitate better business. We are a space where agents, managers, self-represented artists, presenters, and other arts workers can get informed about the performing arts industry, find support, and develop relationships that enhance our daily working lives, and collectively make our field better for all. Education, empowerment, and advocacy for change come from our members, and whether a solo or part of a team, we welcome your voice.
Opera America
OPERA America - the nonprofit service organization for opera - leads and serves the entire opera community, supporting the creation, presentation and enjoyment of opera.
PEN America Writers & Emergency Fund
The PEN America Writers Emergency Fund supports writers in dire need in the U.S. and worldwide. The U.S. Writers Aid Initiative provides direct financial support to writers facing economic hardships in the U.S.; and the Writers at Risk Program shines a spotlight on the plight of writers globally, providing behind-the-scenes assistance and advocacy support for writers facing persecution.
Performing Arts Readiness
Performing arts organizations are especially vulnerable to disasters and emergencies, which can damage an organization's business operations and artistic legacy. Emergency readiness is the key to resiliency and recovery: the better prepared an organization is, the more quickly and effectively it can respond to emergencies and crises, re-open for performances and programs, and return to normal. The Performing Arts Readiness (PAR) project supports a variety of programs to increase knowledge and the ability of performing arts organizations to create and execute emergency recovery plans. The PAR project will offer free webinars and onsite training, conference presentations, grants, and tools to help build the field's capacity for disaster preparedness.
Rauschenberg Medical Emergengy Grants
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is proud to partner with the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation to administer the Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants. Robert Rauschenberg was committed to assisting fellow artists in need of emergency medical aid, ultimately establishing the nonprofit foundation Change, Inc. in 1970. In this spirit, this program is designed to serve artists in financial need who otherwise may delay critical treatment or incur substantial and perhaps overwhelming debt. We recognize the urgency of caring for and helping one another and, while artists are famously self-sufficient, we encourage you to ask for support when needed.
Self Employment in the Arts
SEA is a program geared towards helping emerging visual, performing, literary, and media artists gain the resources and connections they need to be a successful creative.?
Stage Directors & Choreographers Society - Emergency Assistance
The Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (SDCF) maintains an Emergency Assistance Fund to aid Members of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) who are experiencing financial hardship. The Fund was established in March 2020 when directors and choreographers sought to help fellow directors and choreographers meet their basic needs.
State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education
State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education (SEADAE) consists of those persons at state education agencies whose responsibility is education in the arts. Our Mission: To support the professional effectiveness of individual members and provide a collective voice for leadership on issues affecting arts education
Steve Giovinco-Visual Artist Relief Resources
We've all been there as artists. We need money to sustain our art, but all kinds of things can get in the way in some cases catastrophic ones. But there is some help out there for visual artists who suffer a medical illness, a natural disaster, or a spell of bad luck. It works: I've won a few of the grants, and am grateful. Maybe you will find help too here.
The Philanthropic Roundtable
The Philanthropy Roundtable is a national association of more than 600 individual donors, corporate giving representatives, foundation staff and trustees, and trust and estate officers. The mission of the Roundtable is to offer opportunities for discussion and collaboration to improve philanthropic initiatives.
The Urban Institute's National Center for Charitable Statistics
The Urban Institute's National Center for Charitable Statistics is the national clearinghouse of data on the nonprofit sector in the United States.
U.S. Census Bureau Reports
The Census Bureau's mission is to serve as the nation's leading provider of quality data about its people and economy. You can find specific reports by conducting a search for "arts."
Will Rogers Motion Pictures Pioneers Fund
The Pioneers Assistance Fund provides financial aid and supportive counseling to individuals who work in theatrical exhibition, distribution and vendors exclusive to either sector, who are encountering an illness, accident or injury.
Women in Arts & Media Coalition-Funding Resources
Here you will find a glossary and links to many Resources. Brought to you by the Women in the Arts & Media Coalition with the assistance of WomenArts.
Women Photograph (Women+)
Our mission is to shift the makeup of the photojournalism community and ensure that our industry's chief storytellers are as diverse as the communities they hope to represent. We believe that inclusion and equity work must be fully intersectional, and are committed to supporting and highlighting photographers across the spectrum of all identities. We are particularly committed to centering the voices of women and nonbinary photographers of color, and pledge that more than half of our funding and opportunities will go to BIPOC photographers.
Working Artists & the Greater Economy
Working Artists and the Greater Economy is a New York-based activist organization founded in 2008. Our mission is to establish sustainable economic relationships between artists and the institutions that contract our labor, and to introduce mechanisms for self-regulation into the art field that collectively bring about a more equitable distribution of its economy.
International
All She Makes
Women creatives continue to be underrepresented in the arts. We are here to change that. Offering a community membership, a magazine, a directory for women artists worldwide and more.
Film Festival Alliance
The American Alliance of Museums' mission is to champion museums and nurture excellence in partnership with our members and allies. From art museums to science centers, arboretums to zoos, members of the diverse museum community share something in common—strong support, standards of excellence, knowledge sharing and professional networks provided by the American Alliance of Museums.
Folk Alliance International
ACO supports composers at all levels in the creation of new orchestral works, from exploring the legacy of great artists to premiering new works by fresh voices. Join ACO's network of partners in supporting the voices of the future.
SAF-AFTRA
SAG-AFTRA represents approximately 160,000 actors, announcers, broadcast journalists, dancers, DJs, news writers, news editors, program hosts, puppeteers, recording artists, singers, stunt performers, voiceover artists and other media professionals.
She in the Music
SITM is a nonprofit organization increasing the number of women working in music—songwriters, engineers, producers, artists and industry professionals. Programs include an all-women songwriting series, industry database of women creators and mentorship program, with more to come. Our initiatives serve women in the industry today while fostering the development of future generations.
She Said So
shesaid.so is a global independent community of women and gender minorities in the music industry.
Sing for Hope
Sing for Hope harnesses the power of the arts to create a better world. Our creative programs bring hope, healing and connection to millions of people in hospitals, care facilities, schools, refugee camps, transit hubs and community spaces worldwide. Founded in New York City in 2006, Sing for Hope partners with hundreds of community-based organizations, mobilizes thousands of artists in creative service and produces artist-created Sing for Hope Pianos across the US and around the world.
The Slants Foundation
The Slants Foundation is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to changing culture using arts and activism. We are working to amplify underrepresented voices, especially those within the Asian American community and those addressing controversial and timely issues through a social justice lens. Established by members of Asian American dance rock band, The Slants, the organization is entirely driven by volunteers. We're building a network of musicians, filmmakers, playwrights, performers, and visual artists to build a community that is dedicated to providing unique perspectives to social issues—their own "slant" on the world.
Visionary Art Collective
We provide contemporary artists and art educators with opportunities to share their work on an international platform. Through exclusive interviews, online exhibitions, weekly highlights, and social media posts, we feature the work of emerging, mid-career, and established artists.