Art Nonprofit Groups PV Brands Supports . . .
Making art is not an easy process. You need all the help and support you can get to make sure your vision come true and sometimes it’s not easy.
Your personal support system can include your friends who send you encouraging texts in the midst of an exhibition install, patrons who monetarily fund your project, visitors who attend your artist talks, and institutions that provide additional programs and services.
This moving, breathing ecosystem includes the arts service nonprofits that luckily exist. Arts Services for the Non Profit are entities that support artists, creators, and the general cultural community.
These organizations operate at both national and local levels. Each organization provides programs and services that enhance the cultural sector through a variety of ways.
Some organizations focus on awarding grants to artists and arts organizations. There are others that provide diverse programming focused on the intersections of the arts and social justice.
PV Brands Nonprofit or (PVBN) is also a part of this living cultural ecosystem as an arts service contributor that provides programs and services to help artists and creatives. With every digital art collection sold PV Brands Arts will put aside 25% of the proceed to PVBN making sure we participate with the nonprofit organizations that support artists and to also help artists that struggle to pay for the listing of their work on the auction platform like OpenSEA.
The extra high fees associating with posting their work on the auction platforms could be detrimental since most artists are struggling just to make ends meet. We know that we alone cannot do all of the work to help with the cultural sector therefore on this posting we want to highlight the excellent work of these organizations in helping artists and making sure creatives thrive.
Below are arts service groups that are leading the way to ensure artists and creators are supported as part of the large, evolving cultural ecosystem. Please note, this is not an exhaustive list nor is it ranked. These are just a few good organizations doing valuable work that we think you should know about.
Arts Service Groups Providing Funding Resources
Artists and creatives can make money in a variety of ways. One of the ways to earn money is through arts service nonprofits that give out awards to artists and projects. The following arts service organizations give funding either through awards or grants or both.
Based in Chicago, United States Artists was founded in 2006. Since its founding, they have awarded more than 550 individuals with over $25 million of direct support. One award they distribute is the USA Fellowship, an unrestricted $50,000 award that recognizes artists and their essential role in the United States. From Simone Leigh to Camille A. Brown to Helado Negro, the fellowship awards artists to create more and expand their practices while making new connections. Earlier this year, United States Artists introduced the Berresford Prize, an unrestricted $25,000 award given annually to a significant cultural practitioner. The first awardee was Kristy Edmunds, an artistic director and curator.
A Blade of Grass is a Brooklyn, NY based organization that focuses on arts and social practice. They fund socially engaged artists through a fellowship program. The fellowship gives artists $20,000 in minimally restricted support. One of the cool parts of the fellowship is that it opens up opportunities for fellows to use their work to become part of the focus of A Blade of Grass content and programming that is public-facing.
Creative Capital is a New York-based organization that also provides financial support to artists through the Creative Capital Award. Creative Capital provides each project selected with up to $50,000 in direct funding and career development services valued at $50,000 for a total commitment of up to $100,000 per project. By adding professional development resources to funding, Creative Capital is able to give to artists more than just direct support for a specific art project. Instead, the organization acknowledges the whole career of an artist.
The Arts Community Alliance (TACA)
The Arts Community Alliance (TACA) is based in Dallas, Texas and provides programs to artists in the Northern Texas area. They award several types of grants, workshops, and a resource library. Their grants range of general operating awards to artist residency funds for nonprofit organizations. The Artist Residency Fund Grants were launched in 2015, and they have supported 17 different residencies with $370,000 in support.
Through programs covering professional development, fiscal sponsorship, fieldwork (through The Field network), and thought leadership, The Field aims to provide artists and culture workers access to much-needed opportunities, resources, funding, advice, and information. More than 1,200 performing and media artists utilize The Field’s resources to build their art practices.
While Intersection for the Arts provides a large range of programs and services, they also offer fiscal sponsorship. Currently, their membership network includes over 160 artists and arts organizations in 7 counties across the Bay Area in California working across many disciplines. The membership includes fiscal sponsorship, discounts on workshops, arts coaching, access to co-working space, and staff support. Membership cost is a $50 non-refundable application fee, $100 intake fee due at contract signing (if the project is accepted), a 10% fee on the fiscally sponsored projects’ income, and a $100 annual renewal fee.
Springboard for the Arts is based in Minnesota and is an economic and community development organization for artists by artists. The belief that artists are critical to building stronger communities, neighborhoods, and economies is what drives Springboard for the Arts. A highlight of their services include the job board, which advertises cultural sector jobs in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota.
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)
Established in 1971, New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) provides a range of programs and services including fiscal sponsorship and a robust job opportunity board. The fiscal sponsorship program accepts applications on a quarterly basis, and for accepted artists NYFA charges an 8% administrative fee, a $100 contract fee, a $100 annual renewal fee, and a $45 quarterly maintenance fee. In addition to fiscal sponsorship, NYFA offers a wide variety of professional development workshops for artists that range in cost.
With a focus on social justice, Allied Media Projects (AMP) is rooted in Detroit and provides a fiscal sponsorship program and an annual conference for artists. AMP takes a minimum 7% fee from all funds they manage with adjustment depending on the type of support the project’s needs. In addition to fiscal sponsorship, AMP gives financial management to their sponsored projects, which includes support in project planning, communication strategy, booking services, and more.
While not an official 501(c)(3), we wanted to highlight CultureStrike. CultureStrike offers a variety of programs focused on the power of social movements and the arts. The organization is driven by a network of migrant workers of all backgrounds whether women, people of color, queer, trans, working-class, and/or undocumented people. CultureStrikes aims to change the narrative of who is making art, and who drives cultural impact by bringing traditionally underrepresented voices to the forefront.
Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP)
The Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) is a Washington, D.C.-based organization for the performing arts presenting sector and holds a member-only annual conference in New York City every year. APAP serves thousands of member organizations and individuals to strengthen the performing field and advance careers through professional development, grant support, advocacy, networking, and more. APAP offers a number of different membership levels ranging from a student level at $60 per year to presenter level at $300 and up per year.
Dance/USA is based in Washington D.C. and serves the dance field through core programs in areas of engagement, advocacy, research, and preservation. Leadership and learning opportunities include face-to-face opportunities through annual conferences. Dance/USA offers additional programs and services to enrich members of the dance ecosystem. The organization serves over 500 organizational and individual members nation-wide. Members include agents, managers, producers, presenters, professional dancers, students, and more.
National Performance Network (NPN)
The National Performance Network (NPN) is based out of New Orleans, LA and seeks to provide performing and visual artists with resources needed to develop and tour new work and ensure arts leaders have the skills and opportunities to be successful. They have a network of more than 100 arts organizations throughout the U.S., Latin America, and Asia. They work to showcase artists that are not only pushing the boundaries of their artistic fields but also influencing the world at large. Membership type differs depending on the organization, and includes National Partners, New Orleans Local Network, National Relationships, and Colleagues.
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