CCI - S Corps, B Corps, LLCs, 501(c)3s, and Fiscal Sponsorships: What Do These Mean, and Should One of These Describe Me?

October 4, 2016, 6:30 - 9:30 PM

S Corps, B Corps, LLCs, 501(c)3s, and Fiscal Sponsorships: What Do These Mean, and Should One of These Describe Me? 

What is the difference between a 501(c)3 and an S-Corporation? How does fiscal sponsorship work? Is an LLC or an LLP a better way to model your artistic activities? Join the Center for Cultural Innovation and California Lawyers for the Arts to learn about the menu of options for structuring the business side of your art project or enterprise.

This decision is no small matter as the right model should fit each artist's unique income strategy, financial management needs, ability to meet obligations, and potential partnerships. In addition, this workshop will describe California's newest type of for-profit corporate entity, called the Benefit Corporation, which became available in 2011 to allow for multi-bottom line efforts. (If you don't know what that means, this workshop may be for you!)

This workshop will feature arts-focused, legal insight from attorneys Francesco Barbera and Corey Carter. The presenters cannot give legal advice, but they will provide a useful overview of the various ways that artists can structure their artistic ambitions.

About the trainers:

Francesco Barbera, of Barbera Corporate Law, P.C.,  is a Harvard Law graduate and corporate attorney with over 14 years of experience advising entrepreneurs, investors and organizations in all stages of development.  

Barbera Corporate Law, P.C. is a boutique transactional law firm focused on helping mission-driven entrepreneurs and investors generate positive impact at scale.  From startup to later stage organizations, our approach is grounded in business acumen and legal sophistication and inspired by the idealism that drives all meaningful enterprise.

Corey Carter, Esq. is an attorney whose practice focuses on business formation, business transactions and contracts. Mr. Carter is admitted to practice in all courts of the State of California, the United States District Court for the Central District of California, and the United States Tax Court. He is a member of the Central District of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys Association (CDCBAA), California Lawyers for the Arts, and the Los Angeles County Bar Association.

Date: Tuesday, October 4, 2016
Time: 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Location: Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JACCC)
244 S. San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Cost: $50

Enrollment is limited to 24 students.

**Registration is available through CCI or CLA; however, CLA members must register through CLA to receive their $10 member discount.**

*To enroll in a workshop, you must first become a member of CCI and create a username and password. CCI membership is free of charge and open to the public.*

Cancellation Policy: Full refund on registration fees up to 48 hours prior to workshop date. Fees non-refundable after that date.