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Alliance of Artist Communities
Alliance of California
Traditional Arts
American Composers Forum
ArtBistro
ArtistsHouseMusic.org
California Arts Council
C2Arts:Consultants and Coaches for the Arts
Dance
USA
Executive Service Corps of Southern
California
The Foundation Center – Philanthropy
News Digest Job Corner
Los Angeles Cultural
Affairs Department
Los Angeles County
Arts Commission
Meet the Composer, Inc.
National Endowment
for the Arts
New
York Foundation
for the Arts (NYFA)
Northern California Grantmakers
OpportunityKnocks.org
Poets & Writers
Small Business Administration
Southern California Center for Nonprofit
Management
Southern California Grantmakers
Valley Economic Development Center SBDC
Business Development
Small Business Administration
www.sbaonline.sba.gov
This is the homepage for the United States Small Business Administration headquartered in Washington, DC. The mission of the SBA is to maintain and strengthen the nation’s economy by aiding, counseling, assisting and protecting the interests of small businesses and by helping families and businesses recover from national disasters. Since its founding on July 30, 1959, the U.S. Small Business Administration has delivered about 20 million loans, loan guarantees, contracts, counseling sessions, and other forms of assistance to small business.
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Valley Economic Development Center SBDC
www.vedc.org
The Valley Economic Development Center, Inc., (VEDC), based in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles County, is a 501(c)3 community based private non-profit corporation which offers training, consulting, technical assistance and financing to small and medium-sized businesses. VEDC has over 26 years experience and a superb track record of providing business services throughout Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. VEDC is currently working in partnership with CCI and the Center for Nonprofit Management to provide loans to artists and arts organizations through the Los Angeles Arts Loan Fund.
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Technical Assistance and Business Counseling
Executive Service Corps of Southern California www.escsc.org
Executive Service Corps of Southern California is a nonprofit organization
devoted to enhancing management skills in the nonprofit sector through involvement
of retired executives in volunteer consulting service.
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Southern California Center for Nonprofit Management
www.cnmsocal.org
The Center for Nonprofit Management fosters healthy neighborhoods and communities
by improving the performance of nonprofit organizations addressing critical
issues and serving underserved populations.
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Grants to Individual Artists – Online Information
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)
www.nyfa.org/source
Explore NYFA Interactive at www.nyfa.org, featuring NYFA Source -- a free national information resource on grants, awards, and other opportunities for visual, media, performing, and literary artists -- along with news, a gallery of more than 3,000 artists, and complete access to NYFA programs.
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Government Funding Agencies
Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department
www.culturela.org
The City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs serves as a catalyst for the delivery of high quality arts and cultural experiences. The strategies for accomplishing our mission are centered around marketing, communication and relationships with community partners.
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Los Angeles County Arts Commission
www.lacountyarts.org
The mission of the Los Angeles County Arts Commission is to foster excellence,
diversity, vitality and accessibility of the arts in the County of Los Angeles.
The Commission plays a leadership role in cultural services for the county,
providing information and resources to the community, artists, arts organizations
and municipalities.
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California Arts Council
www.cac.ca.gov
The California Arts Council (CAC), a state agency, was established in January
1976 to encourage artistic awareness, participation, and expression; to help
independent local groups develop their own arts programs; to promote employment
of artists and those skilled in crafts in the public and private sector; to
provide for exhibition of artworks in public buildings throughout California;
and to enlist the aid of all state agencies in the task of ensuring the fullest
expression of our artistic potential.
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National Endowment for the Arts
www.nea.gov
The NEA 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 Arts Endowment is the largest national
funder of the arts, bringing great art to all 50 states, including rural areas,
inner cities, and military bases.
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Artist Services Organizations and Networks
Alliance of Artist Communities
www.artistcommunities.org
The Alliance of Artists Communities is the service organization for the field of artists’ communities. They provide many services to our members, as well as represent the field at large. The mission of the Alliance is to contribute to America’s cultural vitality by supporting our membership of diverse residency programs and advocating for creative environments that advance the endeavors of artists. Their membership includes professionally run artists’ communities, other nonprofit organizations that support the development of creative work, and individuals who believe in the creative process.
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Alliance of California Traditional Arts
www.actaonline.org
The Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTA) works to “ensure that California’s future holds California’s past” by providing programs and services to support the state’s diverse living cultural heritage. ACTA cultivates the growth of traditional arts and culture through Stewardship in tending and nurturing California’s unique cultural landscape; Services to Artists; and Connecting people, resources and information.
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American Composers Forum
www.composersforum.org
The American Composers Forum is a membership organization committed to supporting composers and developing new markets for their music. Through granting, commissioning, and performance programs, the Forum provides composers at all stages of their careers with valuable resources for professional and artistic development. ACF currently operates local chapters in eight locations nationally, including Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area.
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ArtistsHouseMusic.org
www.artistshousemusic.org
ArtistsHouseMusic.org is a free comprehensive online resource where all musicians can receive informational support, guidance, and expert resources to help them navigate the challenges and maximize the opportunities available to them within the music industry. Artists House Music provides musicians and those who want to work in music with the tools to learn about the various segments of the industry on their own time, on their own terns, for free.
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ArtBistro
www.artbistro.com
ArtBistro is the premiere portfolio and social networking site for designers and artists. Featuring the web's largest visual arts job board, ArtBistro gives you all the resources you need to successfully
advance your creative career, stay on top of industry news and showcase your portfolio. Artists have landed gallery shows through ArtBistro.
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http://consultantsforthearts.blogspot.com/
The C2Arts Consultants and Coaches for the Arts help small and large arts organizations (non-profits or for profit), individual artists, cultural institutions, funders and philanthropists, government agencies and multi-million dollar institutions, with one-time projects or extended engagements. In the Bay Area, in each case, C2Arts provides creative solutions customized for each client's needs. The mission of C2Arts is to further the work of artists, arts organizations and communities through our ideas, leadership, advocacy and dialogue. In our work as arts consultants and coaches, we value creativity, transparency, diversity and accountability.
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Dance USA
www.danceusa.org
Dance/USA's purpose is to advance the art form of dance. As the national
service organization for professional dance, Dance/USA works with its membership
of professional dance companies, artists, presenters, service organizations,
individuals and other organizations supportive of the field to achieve its
mission. Over the years Dance/USA has undertaken various special projects
on topics of significance to the field. Once such project is Dance: Creation
to Performance (DCP), created in 2004 as part of the third three-year, $1
million grant to Dance/USA from The James Irvine Foundation, following the
Irvine Fellowships in Dance and the California DanceMaker Grants. All
three now function under the umbrella of The Irvine Dance in California
Program, which provides funding and support to the California dancemaking
community. The program is administered by Julie Carson in Los Angeles
for Dance/USA.
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Meet the Composer, Inc.
www.meetthecomposer.org
Meet The Composer was founded in 1974 as a project of the New York State
Council on the Arts. Since then, it has grown to become a national organization,
serving composers of every kind of music throughout the United States. Meet
The Composer's mission is to increase opportunities for composers by fostering
the creation, performance, dissemination, and appreciation of their music.
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Poets & Writers
www.pw.org
Poets & Writers, Inc. is the primary source of information, support,
and guidance for creative writers. Founded in 1970, it is the nation's largest
nonprofit literary organization serving poets, fiction writers, and creative
nonfiction writers. Their national office is located in New York City. A
California branch office is based in Los Angeles.
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Nonprofit Job Opportunities
Southern California Grantmakers
www.socalgrantmakers.org
Founded in 1973, Southern California Grantmakers (SCG) is a non-profit membership association serving a wide range of private-sector grantmakers. In order to keep our members and the public apprised of the goings-on in the philanthropic sector, we have compiled lists of relevant resources that will be continuously updated. Job opportunities are updated once every week and a half. New postings will remain on the website for approximately one month unless otherwise specified.
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Northern California Grantmakers
www.ncg.org
Northern California Grantmakers (NCG) is an association of foundations, corporate contributions programs and other private grantmakers. As a service to people seeking employment in foundations and to grantmakers with jobs to fill, NCG is pleased to post foundation-related job openings announced by our member grantmakers and partners. Postings are hosted for one month unless we are requested to remove it sooner.
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OpportunityKnocks.org
www.opportunityknocks.org
The national online source of jobs in the nonprofit sector.
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The Foundation Center – Philanthropy News Digest Job Corner
www.foundationcenter.org/pnd/jobs/
Philanthropy News Digest (PND), a weekly news service of the Foundation Center, is a compendium, in digest form, of philanthropy-related articles and features culled from print and electronic media outlets nationwide. The PND Job Corner provides listings of current full-time job openings at U.S.-based foundations, grantmaking public charities, corporate grantmaking programs, and nonprofit organizations. The service is free for tax-exempt organizations; for-profit executive recruiters and staffing agencies interested in posting a job for their clients will be charged a $50 (per job) handling fee.
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