Resources

Americans for the Arts
Americans for the Arts is a national nonprofit organization for advancing the arts in America. Americans for the Arts is dedicated to representing and serving local communities and creating opportunities for every American to participate in and appreciate all forms of the arts. It serves more than 150,000 organizational and individual members and stakeholders.

California Arts Council
State arts agency with a mission of advancing California through arts and creativity.

CA for the Arts
CA for the Arts was founded to help every Californian become an advocate for the arts. The arts are a tool for change. They’re what pushes our society, our economy, and our communities forward. We provide programs and services to help Californians see the power of the arts, and ensure that arts advocates have a voice in government, business, and community matters. All to help society move forward.

CalPayArt
CalPayArt aims to provide paymaster services for small and BIPOC performing arts organizations throughout California. Resources and webinar recordings are now available from informational webinars offered in November.

Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI)
Nonprofit that promotes knowledge sharing, networking, and financial independence for individuals in the arts by providing business training, grants, and incubating innovative projects that create new program knowledge, tools and practices for artists in the field, and conditions that contribute to realizing financial self determination.

City of San José Office of Cultural Affairs
Agency supporting the development of a rich arts and cultural environment for the City of San José’s one million diverse residents and its many visitors.

Brown Law Group & WolfBrown
California Assembly Bill 5 and Worker Misclassification: Their Effects on Nonprofit Arts and Culture Organizations
Learn about the serious consequences organizations face when workers are misclassified as independent contractors, as well as AB-5 and its application to arts and cultural organizations, and what organizations should consider when planning for compliance with the law.

Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI)
CCI was founded in 2001 as a California 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation. Its mission is to support individuals in the arts—artists, culture bearers, and creative entrepreneurs—to realize greater self determination so as to unfetter their productivity, free expression, and social impact, which contributes to shaping our collective national identity in ways that reflect the diversity of society.

Center for Excellence in Nonprofits
The Center for Excellence in Nonprofits (CEN) believes that the most effective way to increase the capacity of the nonprofit sector is to strengthen and sustain the leaders and the board members of nonprofit organizations. CEN provides access to resources and programs, peer support networks, and personal consultation for Silicon Valley nonprofits.

Grantmakers in the Arts
A national network of private, public, and corporate arts funders, Grantmakers in the Arts provides leadership and services that advance the use of philanthropic and governmental resources to support the growth of arts and culture. Click here to view a toolkit for arts organizations at a crossroads.