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Provides professional assistance in all phases of writing, publishing, marketing and selling.

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Without preference to genre, provides emergency assistance for US and international visual artists in need. Telephone and written requests accepted. Also offers individual grants.

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Supports composers and develops new markets for their music. Provides resources such as grants and commissioning and other career development assistance.

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Offers major benefits to members, including health, dental, vision, life, and instrument insurance as well as a pension plan.

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Represents and distributes royalties to hundreds of thousands of music creators worldwide. Provides a wide array of benefits for members.

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Serves as a support organization for non-fiction writers.

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Represents and provides activities for 14,000 professional artists through 40 local chapters.

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A permanent database that assists law enforcement agencies in the battle against art theft. Includes international services.

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Offers career, legal, and financial advice on a regional, national and Internet level.

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Online, nonprofit website where musicians can receive support, guidance and resources. Funding is provided by the Alpert Foundation.

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Provides information about conditions in publishing, theater, motion pictures, television and related fields.

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The Authors Guild has been the nation's leading advocate for writers' interests in effective copyright protection, fair contracts and free expression since it was founded as the Authors League of America in 1912. It provides legal assistance and a broad range of web services to its members.

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Collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers and distributes them as royalties.

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Provides career counseling; bridge  scholarships for dancers; workshops, resources and other CTFD services.

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At CVNL we believe that passion alone isn't enough when it comes to creating strong nonprofits. That's why we work with leaders, aspiring and established, every day to help them build the skills, connections, and strategies that will take their impact to the next level. With confident and prepared leaders, nonprofits are better equipped to carry out their missions. As the nonprofit world constantly evolves, so does the leadership savvy that organizations need from their executives and staff. CVNL helps nonprofits of every size and mission achieve greater impact through customized consulting solutions. We are committed to providing expert guidance and professional resources that support nonprofits in advancing their mission. Leveraging the passions and talents of nonprofit leaders and complimenting them with our own expertise, we extend your capacity to plan, do, and progress.

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A non-profit organization dedicated to presenting stories that convey the richness and diversity of Asian American experiences to the broadest audience possible. We do this by funding, producing, distributing and exhibiting works in film, television and digital media.

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Chamber Music America is a national membership organization that promotes artistic excellence and economic stability within the profession to ensure that chamber music, in its broadest sense, is a vital part of American life.

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Dance Resource Center (DRC) is a not-for-profit member-supported service organization that provides the Los Angeles area dance community access to information, resources and services; and promotes the visibility and viability of Greater Los Angeles dance on local, state and national levels. DRC has been a resource for all things dance in the Greater Los Angeles Area since 1987, providing evolving services and programming that responds to the ever-changing needs of Greater Los Angeles professional dance communities. The Los Angeles metropolitan area is home to more than 100 nonprofit dance companies and numerous unincorporated dance groups. The region is comprised of dynamic presenters, commercial studios, university dance departments, teachers, and thousands of students, working dancers (concert and commercial), and dance enthusiasts. Dance Resource Center is open to all professional dance companies, dance makers and dance stakeholders. We welcome all genres, organizational formats, voices and perspectives. Just as Southern California ranks as the most diverse region of the U.S., DRC represents and includes dance forms and voices reflecting LA’s rich socio-cultural mosaic.

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Dance/USA sustains and advances professional dance by addressing the needs, concerns, and interests of dance artists, administrators, and organizations. By providing services and national leadership, Dance/USA enhances the infrastructure for dance creation, education, and performance. Established in 1982 as the national service organization for the professional dance field, Dance/USA is a membership organization currently serving over 400 ballet, modern, ethnic, jazz, and tap companies, dance service and presenting organizations, individuals, and related organizations. By working with and for its membership, Dance/USA provides: Member Services; Professional Development; Advocacy; Research and Information Services; Public Communications. Branch Offices to serve local dance communities Dance/USA occupies a unique position in the field as the only national provider dedicated to serving a broad cross-section of professional dance

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Karen Atkinson runs GYST Ink (Getting Your Sh*t Together) as an art practice, working to make life better for artists through software, publications and support services. She also does consulting on a one to one basis for artists and arts administrators. See website for additional details.

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The purpose of the Graphic Artists Guild is to promote and protect the social, economic and professional interests of its members. The Guild is committed to improving conditions for all graphic artists (including, but not limited to: animators, cartoonists, designers, illustrators, and digital artists) and raising standards for the entire industry. The Guild embraces graphic artists at all skill levels.

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Benefits include access to an affordable health plan and discounts on everything from lab work to legal services for independent filmmakers. Also provides screenings, workshops, and seminars for film industry members and filmmakers.

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Provides outreach, marketing, creative development and production support for independent producers who take creative risks and advance important social issues.

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The Musicians  Interguild Credit Union was chartered in Southern California to benefit American Federation of Musicians Local 47 members. Today, the credit union family includes other locals nationwide, employees, relatives of members and anyone who lives and works in Hollywood. Membership is extended through life, regardless of changed circumstances.

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Provides advocacy, grants, research, education, and advances recorded music in American culture. NARAS also has a program called MusiCares which provides a safety net of critical assistance for music people in times of need. Includes financial, medical and personal assistance.

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NAMAC fosters and fortifies the culture and business of independent media arts. Through dialogue, collaboration, research and advocacy, we connect, organize and develop organizations.

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Benefits include a festival of new musicals, two annual conferences, online resources and directories, surveys and research, the Producer-Writer Initiative, new works summits, insurance, and discounted rehearsal space.

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Promotes performances of American concert hall music

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Publishes lists of entry/intern/fellowship opportunities for theater production, music, dance, and film and arts management.

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NPN has grown to a partnership of 55 art organizations in over 36 cities across the country. NPN connects artists with communities around two simple ideas - to help artists make work in their own neighborhoods, and to cross geographic and cultural divides to increase the traffic of fresh, challenging artistic work. NPN provides support for established and emerging artists in dance, music, theater, performance art, puppetry, and spoken word.

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The Nonprofit Jobs Cooperative is a collaboration of nonprofit management centers across the United States. Their goal is to provide a one-stop source for job seekers to search for nonprofit jobs and for employers to easily publish job opportunities within specific regions.

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A national online source of jobs in the nonprofit sector.

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Provides information about grants and awards, conferences, colonies, and reputable competitions for writers. Nation s largest nonprofit literary organization serving poets, fiction writers and creative nonfiction writers.

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Represents working actors in film, television, industrial work, commercials and videos. Enhances working conditions and offers a wide array of benefits to members.

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The professional association of playwright, composers and lyricists.

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Provides advocacy, promotions, and benefits

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The Society s mission is to promote the art of illustration, to appreciate its history and evolving nature through exhibitions, lectures and education, and to contribute the service of its members to the welfare of the community at large.

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Represents writers in the motion pictures, broadcast, cable and new media industries.

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Theatre Communication Group s (TCG) mission is to strengthen, nurture and promote the professional not-for-profit American theatre. Over the last 45 years, TCG s constituency has grown from a tiny network of groundbreaking theatres to over 460 members across the country, as well as over 17,000 individuals nationwide. Today, TCG s programs further its core values of fostering connection, embracing diversity and supporting artistry in the American theatre. In all its endeavors, TCG seeks to increase the organizational efficiency of its member theatres, cultivate and celebrate the artistic talent and achievements of the field, and promote a larger public understanding of and appreciation for the theatre. TCG is led by executive director Teresa Eyeing and is governed by a national board of directors representing the theatre field.

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Victoria Plettner-Saunders is Chief Strategist at v.p.s. cartographie an arts research, strategy and planning firm. In addition, she created ArtCareerCafe.com, a nonprofit arts sector-specific site to help connect qualified, passionate arts job seekers with employers; provide career and arts business coaching and research to the field. With more than 25 years experience, her work assists arts workers and leaders; arts organizations; philanthropic foundation; and arts agencies with services such as research; assessment; planning and professional development. She has led or managed small andmid-sized arts organizations, and managed programs and the agency's budget at the City of San Diego Commission for Arts & Culture.

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Encourages artists with life threatening illnesses living within the Nine-County Bay Area to continue their work. Provides career resources as well as an arts bank and vouchers for supplies, materials and equipment.

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Premier Asian-Pacific media arts center that offers training, education, advocacy and both presents and produces the work of Asian-Pacific filmmakers and videographers.

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Empowers, nurtures, mentors, and promotes women in the film industry. Women in Film Foundation also offer scholarships, finishing funds and grants.

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Youth Speak Collective is a youth-driven organization founded on the idea that all young people can succeed if provided with the right opportunities. We follow a “for youth, by youth” philosophy in which young people are help design and implement our academic, artistic and leadership programs.