Resources

Many organizations creating the most exciting work out there are strapped for cash. BA provides an ever-growing set of resources accessible online, for free or at very low cost. Even if you can’t afford to work with us right now, we are still working for you.

BA Sessions

Hands-on workshops where you can learn and build key materials under our Consultants guidance and alongside peers.

BA Conversations

Hosted by our CEO, this is an ongoing chats series on industry updates, strategies suggestions and provide space to share perspectives.

Simplifying Grants Fundraising e-course

We’ve heard your pleas! Being an independent artist, arts administrator, or both doesn’t give you a ton of free time in your schedule. While working with you in-person is so important to us, we want to be sure our resources can reach you no matter where you are and what your schedule.

To that end, we’re thrilled to share the first in our online course series, Simplifying Grants Fundraising in the Arts!

For just $29.99, this course will teach you:

  • How to research the RIGHT grants for your work;
  • How to cultivate funder relationships;
  • How to organize your grants program in order to make the most of your limited time; and
  • How to build a year-round grants fundraising program.

Modules are just 5 to 15 minutes long and include some resources to help you get organized. The best part? This is just the beginning! We hope you’ll give us feedback as you go, allowing us to improve these to better suit your needs in the coming years.

Happy fundraising!

 

cropped-BA-logo-2-1.pngNeed Extra Eyes on that Big Proposal?

Writing a grant proposal can be daunting. We can help! Check out the sample forms on our Services page – fill it out with your verbiage and for a small fee, we’ll review what you’ve written and help you make it even better. Or, you can simply upload your proposal for us to assess.

External Resources

Fundraising
The Foundation Center  - www.foundationcenter.org
Guidestar - www.guidestar.org
Chronicle of Philanthropy - www.philanthropy.com
Community Centric Fundraising - www.communitycentricfundraising.org
Nonprofit and Arts Management
Fractured Atlas - www.fracturedatlas.org
Nonprofit Finance Fund - www.nonprofitfinancefund.org
Americans for the Arts - www.americansforthearts.org
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts - www.vlany.org
Individual Artists
The Field - www.thefield.org
New York Foundation for the Arts - www.nyfa.org
Pentacle - www.pentacle.org
Fresh Arts - www.fresharts.org
Producer Hub - www.producerhub.org
Genre Service Providers
Theatre Communications Group - www.tcg.org/index.cfm
League of American Orchestras - www.americanorchestras.org
Dance/USA - www.danceusa.org
Institute of Museum and Library Sciences - www.imls.gov
Opera America - www.operaamerica.org
American Composers Forum - composersforum.org
Association of Performing Arts Presenters - www.apap365.org
Chamber Music America - www.chamber-music.org
Chorus America - www.chorusamerica.org
Conductors Guild - www.conductorsguild.org
National Guild for Community Arts Education - www.nationalguild.org
National Performance Network - www.npnweb.org
New Music USA - www.newmusicusa.org
International Society for the Performing Arts - www.ispa.org
ART/New York - www.art-newyork.org
Theatre Development Fund - www.tdf.org
Regional Arts Organizations

WESTAF - www.westaf.org

Mid-Atlantic Arts - www.midatlanticarts.org

Arts Midwest - www.artsmidwest.org

NEFA - www.nefa.org

Mid-America Arts Alliance - www.maaa.org

South Arts - www.southarts.org

Make Art Thrive | We Are United Arts of Central Florida - www.unitedartscfl.org

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