Resources
Volunteer Lawyers
for the Arts Organizations
Copyright and Trademark
Free Speech
Insurance, Health and Safety
Law and Mediation
Taxes, Accounting and
Small Business
Funding Agencies
Service Organizations
Electronic Publications
and Resources
Volunteer
Lawyers for the Arts Organizations
(For states not listed below, try your contacting
your state arts
council.)
CALIFORNIA
Beverly
Hills Bar Association Barristers Committee for the Arts
300 S. Beverly Dr., Ste. 201
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
(310) 601-2422
California Lawyers for
the Arts (Sacramento)
1127 Eleventh St. #214
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 442-6210
California Lawyers for
the Arts (San Francisco)
Fort Mason Center, Building C, Rm 255
San Francisco, CA 94123
(415) 775-7200
California Lawyers for
the Arts (Santa Monica)
1641 18th St.
Santa Monica, CA 90404
(310) 998-5590
San Diego Performing Arts League
110 West C St. #1414
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 238-0700 x. 16
COLORADO
Colorado Lawyers for the
Arts
PO Box 48148
Denver, CO 80204
(303) 722-7994
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts
901 New York Ave. NW P1
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 289-4440
FLORIDA
Legal Art
924 Lincoln Rd. #205
Miami Beach, FL 33139
(305) 674-8278
GEORGIA
Georgia Lawyers for the Arts
887 West Marietta St. NW, Suite J-101
Atlanta, GA 30318
(404) 873-3911
ILLINOIS
Lawyers for the Creative Arts
213 W. Institute Pl.
Chicago, IL 60610
(312) 649-4111
INDIANA
20 N. Meridian St. #500
Indianapolis, IN 46204
IOWA
Iowa Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
c/o David J. Bright
122 South Linn St.
Iowa City, IA 522240
LOUISIANA
Louisiana Volunteer
Lawyers for the Arts
818 Howard St.
New Orleans, LA 70113
(504) 523-2430
MAINE
Maine Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
511 Congress St. U-1A
PO Box 17911
Portland, ME 04112
MARYLAND
113 West North Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 752-1633
MASSACHUSETTS
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
of Massachusetts
249 A St.
Studio 14
Boston, MA 02210
(617) 350-7600
MICHIGAN
ArtServe Michigan
17515 West Nine Mile Rd.
Southfield, MI 48075
(248) 557-8288
MINNESOTA
Springboard for the Arts
308 Prince St.
St. Paul, MN 55101
(651) 292-4381
MISSOURI
KC Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts
115 W. 18th St.
Kansas City, MO 64108
(816) 977-3587
St. Louis Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants
for the Arts
6128 Delmar
St. Louis, MO 63112
(314) 863-6930
NEW HAMPSHIRE
New Hampshire Business Committee for
the Arts
One Granite Pl.
Concord, NH 03301
(603) 224-8300
NEW JERSEY
New Jersey Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
PO Box 1520
Laurel Springs, NJ 08021
(856) 627-0428
NEW YORK
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
1 E. 53rd St., 6th Fl.
New York, NY 10022
(212) 319-2787
NORTH CAROLINA
North Carolina Volunteer Lawyers for
the Arts
PO Box 26513
Raleigh, NC 26513
(919) 699-6285
OKLAHOMA
c/o Tulsa County Bar Association
1446 S. Boston
Tulsa, OK 74119
(918) 584-5243
OHIO
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
Program
Cleveland Bar Association
1301 E 9th St.
Cleveland, OH 44114
(216) 696-3525
OREGON
Northwest Lawyers and Artists
621 SW Morrison
Portland, OR 97205
(503) 295-2787
PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the
Arts
(Arts and Business Council)
200 S. Broad St.
Philadelphia, PA 19102
(215) 790-3620
Greater Pittsburgh Arts
Council
707 Penn Ave. #2
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
(412) 391-2060
RHODE ISLAND
Ocean State Lawyers for the Arts
PO Box 19
Saunderstown, RI 02874
(401) 789-5686
TENNESSEE
Volunteer Lawyers & Professionals for the Arts
Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville
211 Commerce St. Suite 100
Nashville, TN 37201
(615) 743-3055
TEXAS
Texas Accountants & Lawyers for
the Arts
1540 Sul Ross
Houston, TX 77006
(713) 526-4876
WASHINGTON
Washington Lawyers for the Arts
6512 23rd St. NW #320
Seattle, WA 98117
(206) 328-7053
WISCONSIN
Arts Wisconsin
PO Box 1054
Madison, WI 53701
(608) 255-8316
CANADA
Alliance for Arts and Culture
938 Howe St. #100
Vancouver, BC V62 1N9
(604) 681-3535 x213
COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK
U.S. Copyright Office is
the federal government's official copyright site containing information
and forms, which can be downloaded.
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is the federal government's well-organized site for patent and trademark information complete with downloadable forms.
Center for Social Media at the School of Communications at American University promotes awareness of many media-related issues, including fair use. The center conducted the research that ultimately led to the groundbreaking Documentary Filmmakers' Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use.
Copyright Management Center, which is housed at Indiana and Purdue Universities provides well-organized and easy-to-understand information.
Creative Commons offers creators a way to protect their work while encouraging certain uses of their rights through "some rights reserved" licenses.
FREE SPEECH
American Civil Liberties Union is
the nation's foremost advocate of individual rights--litigating, legislating,
and educating the public on a broad array of issues affecting individual
freedom in the United States. Its Missouri chapters are:
American Civil Liberties Union Eastern
Missouri
American Civil Liberties Union Kansas
and Western Missouri
Electronic Frontier Foundation works
in the public interest to protect fundamental civil liberties, including
privacy and freedom of expression in the area of computers and the Internet.
Freedom
Forum is dedicated to free speech and free press.
National Coalition Against Censorship
is an educational and advocacy network of artists, arts organizations,
audience members, and concerned citizens formed to protect and extend
freedom of artistic expression and fight censorship.
People for the American Way organizes
and mobilizes Americans to fight for fairness, justice, civil rights,
and the freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution. Its interests include
First Amendment advocacy and legal work related to free speech, censorship,
artistic expression, and the Internet.
INSURANCE, HEALTH AND SAFETY
Alliance of Nonprofits for Insurance Risk Retention Group is tax-exmpt nonprofit insurance company that provides reasonably priced liability insurance for nonprofit organizations.
American Red Cross St. Louis Area Chapter's first-of-its-kind emergency preparadeness program can can help your organization develop an emergency response plan.
Artists' Health Insurance Resource Center is operated by the Actors' Fund with support from the NEA It provides information about individual and small business health insurance options.
Arts, Crafts and Theatre Safety
offers professional information about the hazards posed by toxic materials
and dangerous equipment used in art and theater.
Estate
Project for Artists with AIDS was created by the Alliance for Arts primarily to preserve artworks and create archives of visual artworks, films, videos, musical scores, dances and manuscripts. The site offers estate planning advice, specific strategies for arts preservation, and links to relevant arts organizations.
Future of Music Coalition has created a Health Insurance Naviagation Tool, a great new resource for artists, especially musicians, who need information about health insurance.
Artists from Abroad provides information about the most recent regulations affecting artists coming into the US and is designed to aid presenters navigate through the visa process. The site is a collaborative project of the Association of Arts Presenters and the American Symphony League.
Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
site offers general legal information for the public and a searchable
membership directory.
Conflict Resolution Resource Center
provides a clear explanation of the mediation process, articles, links
to organizations, information on training opportunities, and more.
Findlaw is an easy-to-navigate
site that provides links to articles, legal news, and cases.
Harvard Program on Negotiation
Clearinghouse markets materials that are useful in the study of
negotiation, mediation, and other forms of dispute resolution.
Missouri Bar offers resources for
the public on its site including brochures on legal topics.
Nolo Press is a publisher of
self-help legal books and software. The company's extraordinary site
includes helpful articles.
TAXES, ACCOUNTING
AND SMALL BUSINESS
Internal Revenue Service created a
surprisingly helpful and well-organized site providing free publications
and downloadable forms. Highly recommended are the Guide to Free Tax
Services (Publication 910), Your Federal Income Tax (Publication 17),
and Tax Guide for Small Businesses (publication 334).
Missouri Society of Certified Public
Accountants targets its site primarily for members, but it includes
links to the state tax departments.
CCH Business Owner's Tool Kit
offers practical small business advice.
Tax and Accounting Sites Directory
is a gateway to a number of valuable sites.
FUNDING AGENCIES
Arts and Education Council of
Greater St. Louis is the metropolitan area's united arts fund. It
raises private money to support the cultural and arts education activities
of arts organizations in St. Louis, St. Charles and nearby Illinois.
Illinois Arts Council
assists artists, arts organizations, and other community organizations
that present arts programming by providing financial and technical assistance.
Illinois Humanities Council supports
programs and provides services promoting the greater understanding of
and appreciation for the humanities.
Madison Country Arts Council raises and distributes funds
to support arts county area programs and operates the Jacoby Arts Center in Alton.
Missouri Arts Council
provides grants to nonprofit organizations to encourage and stimulate
the growth, development, and appreciation of the arts in Missouri.
Missouri Humanities Council
helps the people of Missouri learn about their history, literature,
and the ideas that shape democracy by sponsoring a variety of programs.
National Endowment for the Arts
serves the public good by nurturing the expression of human creativity,
supporting the cultivation of community spirit, and fostering the recognition
and appreciation of the excellence and diversity of our nation's artistic
accomplishments. In addition to arts news and grants info, links by
discipline to service organizations, unions, and guilds, the NEA's site
includes Lessons Learned: A Planning Toolsite, essays and case studies
on strategic planning, audience development, and more.
National Endowment for the Humanities
is a grant-making agency that supports research, education, and public
programs in the humanities.
Regional Arts Commission serves
St. Louis and County. It promotes, encourages, and fosters arts and
cultural institutions. In addition to information about grants, the
Arts Commandos (a volunteer corps), and the Community Artists Training
Institute, this site includes an arts calendar.
SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS
Alliance for Building Capacity, George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University provides training and consulation services, primarily for community-based social services agencies.
Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers
is a national coalition of nonprofit organizations dedicated to preserving
and protecting the preferred postal rate.
Americans for the Arts is the national
service organization for local arts agencies and united arts funds.
It is among the nation's leading arts information clearinghouse and
advocacy organization.
Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas
City is the newly formed organization serving the bi-state region.
Its site provides an index to organizations, artists and arts educators
as well as a cultural events calendar.
BoardLinkStL helps match nonprofits seeking board members with individuals who would like to serve.
Board Source, formerly the
National Center for Nonprofit Boards, is dedicated to increasing the
effectiveness of nonprofit organizations by strengthening their boards
of directors. It is the world's largest, most comprehensive publisher
of material on nonprofit governance, offering more than 100 booklets,
books, videos, and audio-tapes.
CompassPoint is a California
nonprofit consulting and training organization that provides nonprofits
with the management tools and concepts necessary to best serve their
communities. This site includes Genie,
which provides quick and easy-to-understand answers to FAQs and Board
Café, a monthly electronic newsletter.
Council on Foundations helps foundation
staff, trustees, and board members in their day-to-day grantmaking activities.
The council's site includes concise information on the various types
of foundations.
Energize is an international
training, consulting, and publishing firm specializing in volunteerism.
A monthly hot topic on volunteer management and an online bookstore
specializing in volunteerism are posted on this site.
Foundation Center fosters understanding
of the foundation field by collecting, organizing, analyzing, and disseminating
information on foundations, corporate giving, and related subjects.
Its Cooperating Collections are free funding information centers in
libraries, community foundations, and other nonprofit resource centers
that provide a core collection of Foundation Center publications and
a variety of supplementary materials and services in areas useful to
grantseekers. Missouri locations include:
Council on Philanthropy
PO Box 22680
Kansas City, MO 64113
(816) 235-1176
Kansas City Public Library
311 E. 12th St.
Kansas City 64106
(816) 701-3541
St. Louis Public Libary
1301 Olive
St. Louis, MO 63103
(314) 539-0357
Springfield-Greene County Library
4653 S. Campbell
Springfield 65810
(417) 874-8110
Gateway Center for Giving is the regional association of grantmakers serving the St. Louis area.
Its members are local foundations, corporations, and trusts.
Illinois Arts Alliance advocates
for greater support for the arts, increases public awareness that the
arts are essential to society, and fosters a climate in which the broadest
spectrum of artistic expression can flourish freely. An online resource center features leadership transition, mentoring and peer coaching toolkits.
Independent Sector works to strengthen
and promote a healthy, vibrant third sector. It speaks out on public
policy, conducts and disseminates research, and publishes helpful guides.
Missouri Association of Community Arts
Agencies is a statewide service organization dedicated to strengthening
community arts agencies throughout Missouri.
Missouri Citizens
for the Arts primarily advocates for the Missouri Arts Council budget.
National Arts Marketing Project disseminates arts marketing information and resources (both links and
books) on its site and provides training in eight cities, including
Chicago.
National Assembly of State Arts
Agencies offers an array of links to help individuals and arts organizations
keep abreast of arts-related issues, including federal legislation,
funding opportunities, media coverage, and more.
National Arts and Disability Center is the national information dissemination, technical assistance and
referral center specializing in the field of arts and disability. NADC
is dedicated to promoting the full inclusion of children and adults
with disabilities into the visual, performing, media and litary arts
communities.
Nonprofit Risk Management Center helps reduce risk for nonprofit volunteers and paid staff. It produces
excellent, easy-to-read publications. Many are free.
Nonprofit Services Consortium addresses the needs of regional nonprofit organizations by providing
access to a continuum of education, training, and technical assistance.
ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS
AND RESOURCES
artsmanager.org, which is sponsored by The Kennedy Center, provides an excellent strategic planning guide. If you sign up, you'll have access to Michael Kaiser's arts blog, discussion forms, surverys and other resources.
Arts Resource Network provides access to a range of information and links about the arts and arts opportunities, primarily in the Seattle area. Articles and links addressing the professional growth of artists, organizational growth, and arts education are available.
Arts Journal collects arts-related
stories from numerous publications in the North America, Australia,
and Europe. Summaries and links to the original sources are provided.
Chronicle of Philanthropy
is a weekly newspaper covering the nonprofit world. The online edition
is abbreviated, but the price is right.
Guidestar is a searchable database of more than 640,000 nonprofit organizations in the United States.
The Insider's Guide to Outside Advice is an excellent and free toolkit for those who will be hiring a consultant. Published by the Grand Victoria Foundation.
Internet Nonprofit Center provides
information for and about nonprofit organizations.
NYFA
Interactive is an extensive national database of services and publications
for artists of all disciplines.
Nonprofit Managers'
Library is a comprehensive library of articles and links.
Techsoup offers nonprofits one-stop
shopping for their technology needs, including discounts on hardware
and software, product reviews, technology planning tips, easy-to-understand
articles and much more.
