Resources for Organizations Working With Artists

Resources for Working with Artists

Advocacy

WebAIM - Empowers organizations to make their websites friendly for people with disabilities.
NEA's Section 504 Workbook - Workbook from the NEA that allows organizations to evaluate how accessible their programs are.
NEA's Civil Rights (External) Complaint Process - NEA's process for filing civil rights complaints.
Arts Action Fund - National arts advocacy group dedicating 100% of time to advancing the arts.
Americans for the Arts Advocacy Toolkit - A guide for organizations that politically advocate on behalf of artists.
National Association for the Visual Arts - Australian organization with examples of arts campaigns.

Local Arts Network - Forum for leaders in local arts institutions to discuss barriers and success stories.
Private Sector Network - Network of businesses interested in partnering with arts organizations.
National Council of Nonprofits: Find Your State Association - Listings of nonprofits in your state.
Arts & Culture: Community Connections - An Urban Institute report on the benefits of engaging communities with art.
Writing a Grant Application for Funding - Step-by-step instructions on writing a grant application.
How Nonprofits Use Social Media to Engage with Communities - Using social media to assess the needs of your community.

Strong Corporate Cultures Are “Self-Organizing” - Private sector organizing that is relevant in the social profit sector.
Succession Planning for Nonprofits - Managing Leadership Transitions - Some considerations for writing a succession plan.
Why and How to Hire an Interim Executive Director
The Nonprofit Leadership Development Deficit - On preparing homegrown leaders at nonprofits.
Exit Planning for Retiring Nonprofit CEOs - Balancing the "three jobs" of a leaving CEO.
Organizational Capacity Assessment Tool - A tool by McKinsey & Co to help nonprofits identify operational capacity, strengths, and weaknesses.
How to Develop Yourself as a Nonprofit Leader - Advice from six senior nonprofit leaders.
Nonprofit Leadership Strategies For Attracting And Retaining Talent - Retaining talent in order to by helping employees develop.
Strengthen Your Nonprofit with a Strategic Partnership - Benefits of partnership when working with budget constraints.
What is Capacity Building? - Investing in effectiveness and sustainability for your organization.
The Rainin Arts Real Estate Strategy - A collaborative strategy connecting resources in the community to the real estate needs of arts and cultural organizations.

MASSCreative -Organization that supports arts organizations in Massachusetts
Cultural Collaborations: Building Partnerships for Arts Participation - A study about how to partner with artists and the benefits of creating alliances.
Arts & Planning Toolkit - Toolkit for community development workers through projects that engage arts, culture, and the creative community.
Toolkit: Engaging Your Community
Artists as Leaders - A talk by the president of RISD about appreciating the role of artists in society.

W.A.G.E. - Focused on regulating the payment of artist fees and establishing sustainable labor relationships between artists and the institutions.
W.A.G.E. Certification - Certification for non-profits committed to paying artists equitably.
W.A.G.E. Fee Calculator - Calculates equitable pay rate for artists based on nonprofit's TAOE.
Are You Working Too Much? Post-Fordism, Precarity, and the Labor of Art - Collection of academic essays regarding the structures that contribute to low wages for artists.
Report: Researching Artists’ Working Lives - An introduction to understanding research around paying artists.
Exhibition Payment Guide - Guidelines for paying artists for exhibitions in nonprofit arts spaces.
Why Are Artists Poor? The Exceptional Economy of the Arts - Understanding the "economy of the arts" as atypical.
How the National Endowment for the Arts Funds the Arts - A comprehensive overview of government arts funding.
Report: Americans Support Increases in Government Arts Funding - Facts and figures regarding public opinion of arts funding.

Fiscal Sponsorship for Nonprofits - Information regarding the benefits of adopting the model of fiscal sponsorship.
Fiscal Sponsorship: Six Ways to Do It Wrong - Avoiding legal complications in a fiscal sponsorship program.
11 Experts on How to Get New Donors - Advice on creating a donor network and using it effectively.
Fiscal Sponsorship: A Valuable Option for Grantmakers and Grantees - Quick legal information on ensuring a fiscal sponsor is eligible to give.

Creating an Artist-Friendly Community
Report: Measuring Program Success - Academic report on guidelines for measuring program success.
How to Develop a Community Arts Council - Structuring an arts council for success.
Arts Projects: Charitable or Not? - Understanding which programs may legally qualify for tax exemptions.
Emerging Leaders Network - Organization that helps young people in arts administration reach their full potential

Nonprofits, You Are the Champions for Diversity, Inclusion and Equity - Moving on from conversation about diversity to meaningfuk action.
7 Tips on How Nonprofits can Attract Corporate Funding: Part Two - Advice from social profit sector veterans on raising money from corporations.
7 Tips on How Nonprofits can Attract Corporate Funding: Part One - Advice from social profit sector veterans on raising money from corporations.
Building Culturally Competent Organizations - Case study in working with diverse communities and maximizing efficiency in periods of change.
Embracing a More Diverse Audience in Arts and Culture - Making organizational changes to capture more diverse audiences.
What's Your Feedback Loop? - Incentivizing feedback.
Why Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Matter for Nonprofits - Prioritizing diversity in order to build more effective organizations.
Implicit Bias and Its Role in Philanthropy and Grantmaking - Understanding the science of implicit bias.
5 Charts that Illustrate the Racial Bias in the Nonprofit World - Facts and figures depicting inequality at all levels of the nonprofit world.