Americans for the Arts
http://www.artsusa.org
Americans for the Arts is the nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts in America. With 45 years of service, we are dedicated to representing and serving local communities and creating opportunities for every American to participate in and appreciate all forms of the arts.

Art in the Public Interest
http://www.apionline.org
Art in the Public Interest (API) is a nonprofit organization that supports the belief that the arts are an integral part of a healthy culture, and that community-based arts provide significant value both to communities and artists.

Association of Performing Arts Presenters
http://www.artspresenters.org
The Association of Performing Arts Presenters is a membership organization, dedicated to bringing performing artists and audiences together in every place and way imaginable. The Association achieves its goal by providing visionary thinking, professional development, resource sharing, and advocacy, in support of its members and all those who create and disseminate the performing arts.

California Alliance for Arts Education
http://www.artsed411.org
The California Alliance for Arts Education promotes, supports, and advocates visual and performing arts education for preschool through post-secondary students in California schools.

California Arts Advocates
http://californiaartsadvocates.org

California Arts Advocates (CAA), provides advocacy services for California’s arts community. CAA provides professional advocacy for all arts stakeholders in California, from the smallest troupe to the largest institution, from the solo artist to the largest organization, from the most diverse to the most mainstream, regardless of cultural segment or economic standing.

CAA provides the only full time professional lobbyist in Sacramento who represents the interests of all arts stakeholders in California. Our lobbyist monitors all state legislation and works to ensure that the interests of the arts are reflected in our laws, public policies and budgets.

California Arts Council
http://www.cac.ca.gov
The California Arts Council works for a broad public understanding of, and appreciation for, the positive impact the arts play in enriching cultural, economic, and intellectual life in our communities and schools.

The California Arts Council is a state agency governed by an 11-member council appointed by the Governor and the Legislature to advance the state through the Arts and creativity, with an emphasis on children and underserved communities. Council members and staff have expertise in the creative industries, arts education, community development, state and local government, and the nonprofit and for-profit sectors.

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California Lawyers for the Arts
http://www.calawyersforthearts.org
California Lawyers for the Arts is a non- profit service organization which provides lawyer referrals, dispute resolution services, educational programs, publications and a resource library to people in the creative arts and arts organizations. Founded in 1974 by lawyers and artists, C.L.A.'s programs and services are designed to help artists understand and apply legal concepts.

California Association of Museums
http://www.calmuseums.org
The California Association of Museums represents a diverse, dynamic community of individuals and institutions who seek to assure the future of California’s cultural and natural heritage. CAM connects industry professionals, timely information and practical resources to support the success of all California museums and to advance their interests.

California Community Foundation
http://www.calfund.org
Established in 1915, the California Community Foundation is one of the largest and most active philanthropic organizations in Southern California, with assets of more than $1 billion. The foundation offers a wide range of philanthropic services to individuals, families and institutions across Los Angeles County. In partnership with its donors, the foundation supports nonprofit organizations and public institutions with funds for health and human services, affordable housing, early childhood education, community arts and culture and other areas of need.

California Presenters
http://www.calpresenters.org
California Presenters, founded in 1985, is a statewide organization committed to advancing professional touring and presenting of the performing arts. As such, California Presenters pursues leadership, development and support of presenters, artists, artist managements and other arts organizations.

Community Arts Network
http://www.communityarts.net/index.php
The Community Arts Network (CAN) is a portal to the field of community arts, providing news, documentation, theoretical writing, communications, research and educational information. Headquartered at its Web site on the Internet, CAN is a program of Art in the Public Interest (API), a nonprofit organization based in North Carolina.

Creative Capital Foundation
http://www.creative-capital.org
Creative Capital, a New York City-based nonprofit organization, acts as a catalyst for the development of adventurous and imaginative ideas by supporting artists who pursue innovation in form and/or content in the performing and visual arts, film and video, and in emerging fields. We are committed to working in partnership with the artists whom we fund, providing advisory services and professional development assistance along with multi-faceted financial aid and promotional support throughout the life of each Creative Capital project.

Foundation Center
http://foundationcenter.org
The Foundation Center's mission is to strengthen the nonprofit sector by advancing knowledge about U.S. philanthropy.

Established in 1956, and today supported by more than 600 foundations, the Foundation Center is the nation's leading authority on philanthropy, connecting nonprofits and the grantmakers supporting them to tools they can use and information they can trust. The Center maintains the most comprehensive database on U.S. grantmakers and their grants—a robust, accessible knowledge bank for the sector. We also operate research, education, and training programs designed to advance philanthropy at every level. More than 37,000 people visit our web site each day, and thousands more are served in our five regional library/learning centers and our national network of more than 275 Cooperating Collections.

Grantsmakers in the Arts
http://www.giarts.org
Grantmakers in the Arts is a membership organization whose trade is discourse on ideas about arts philanthropy within a diverse community of grantmakers. Founded in 1985, GIA maintains a lightweight infrastructure that supports its members' work together. Members include private, community, corporate, and family foundations, as well as public sector grantmakers, regranting organizations whose primary purpose is arts grantmaking, and individual donors who give through eligible organizations.

GIA programs include an annual conference, a major periodical, research, and other convening and communication services. Over 1,300 individuals – both trustees and staff – participate in GIA, representing over 300 organizations. The key assets that members bring to GIA's work are knowledge and relationships.

International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies
http://www.ifacca.org
The International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA), the first global network of national arts funding bodies. Inaugurated in December 2000, our mission is to create an international resource and meeting ground for all those whose public responsibility it is to support excellence and diversity in artistic endeavour.

The Grantsmanship Center
http://www.tgci.com
When The Grantsmanship Center was founded in 1972, we began offering the world's first proposal-related training program. Thirty-four years later, more than 100,000 people have attended our workshops, enriching the lives of countless more individuals.

IRIS Database
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/iris
IRIS - Illinois Researcher Information Service - is available free of charge to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign community. Subscriptions are available to other colleges and universities for a low annual subscription fee. If you are on a campus of a subscribing institution, you can access IRIS to search for grant opportunities. If your institution is not a subscriber, you can try IRIS for 1 month free, by having a representative such as your librarian, Research Officer, Grants Administrator, etc., contact us.

Meet the Composer, Inc.
http://www.meetthecomposer.org
Meet The Composer was founded in 1974 as a project of the New York State Council on the Arts. Led by the visionary composer John Duffy, Meet The Composer sought to enable composers to make a living writing music, and to increase their visible presence as creative artists. In its first two decades, Meet The Composer has grown to become a national organization, serving composers of every kind of music throughout the United States. Through a range of commissioning, residency, education, and audience interaction programs, Meet The Composer has revolutionized the environment for composers in this country, establishing broadly accepted standards of payment and opening the doors for them to work in cultural institutions of all kinds.

Meet The Composer's mission is to increase opportunities for composers by fostering the creation, performance, dissemination, and appreciation of their music.

National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture
http://www.namac.org
The National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture (NAMAC) is a nonprofit association whose membership comprises a diverse mix of organizations and individuals dedicated to a common goal: the support and advocacy of independent film, video, audio and online/multimedia arts.

Collectively, NAMAC's members provide a wide range of services in support of independent media, including education, production, exhibition, distribution, collection-building, preservation, criticism and general advocacy. Our members include media arts centers, production facilities, university-based programs, community technology centers, museums, film festivals, media distributors, film archives, after-school programs, community access TV stations and individuals working in the field. Combined, these organizations serve approximately 400,000 artists and other media professionals nationwide. Please refer to our Member Directory for details.

NAMAC was founded in 1980 by an eclectic group of media arts centers that realized they could strengthen their social and cultural impact by working as a united force. Their idea was as bold as it was simple: to create a national organization that would provide support services to its institutional members and advocate for the field as a whole. Since its founding, NAMAC has worked to raise the profile and influence of the media arts on behalf of its ever-expanding membership.

National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
http://nasaa-arts.org
The National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA) is the membership organization that unites, represents and serves the nation's state and jurisdictional arts agencies. Each of the 56 states and jurisdictions has created an agency to support excellence in and access to the arts.

NASAA's mission is to advance and promote a meaningful role for the arts in the lives of individuals, families and communities throughout the United States. We empower state arts agencies through strategic assistance that fosters leadership, enhances planning and decision making, and increases resources.

National Endowment for the Arts
http://www.arts.gov
The National Endowment for the Arts is a public agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts, both new and established; bringing the arts to all Americans; and providing leadership in arts education. Established by Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government, the Endowment is the nation's largest annual funder of the arts, bringing great art to all 50 states, including rural areas, inner cities, and military bases.

New York Foundation for the Arts
http://www.nyfa.org
The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) helps artists turn inspiration into art by giving more money and support to individual artists and arts organizations than any other comparable institution in the U.S. Our goal is to provide the time and resources for the creative mind and the artistic spirit to think, work, and prosper.

NYFA stands out as a leader in serving the philanthropic community. By matching donor interest and values with creative people and projects, NYFA gives artists and the organizations that serve them the opportunity to realize their dreams. And, as an advocate for the arts, we play a pivotal role in engaging and educating the public about the visual, performing, literary, and media arts.

From its inception in 1971, NYFA has functioned as a creative development corporation, helping the arts to flourish in New York State as well as nationally. Each year, NYFA provides more than $11 million in grants and services and offers fellowships to as many as 170 New York State originating artists. We also invest in small and mid-sized arts organizations, seeding the growth of innovative programs and strengthening the artistic community.

Theatre Communications Group
http://www.tcg.org
Mission: To strengthen, nurture and promote the professional not-for-profit American theatre.

Programs and Services: Increase the organizational efficiency of our member theatres, cultivate and celebrate the artistic talent and achievements of the field and promote a larger public understanding of and appreciation for the theatre field.  - Artistic Programs awards grants to theatres and theatre artists (approximately $3 million in 2005-2006), and offers career development programs for artists. - Management Programs provides professional development opportunities for theatre leaders through conferences and teleconferences, forums, publications, and workshops, as well as through industry research on the finances and practices of the American not-for-profit theatre. - Advocacy guides lobbying efforts and provides member theatres with timely alerts about legislative developments. - Publications produces American Theatre magazine, the ARTSEARCH employment bulletin, and publishes plays, translations and theatre reference books. TCG is the nation's largest not-for-profit publisher of dramatic literature, with seven Pulitzer-prize winning plays on our booklist.

University of California Office of Research
http://www.ucop.edu/research/about/welcome.html
Arts and Humanities Funding Opportunities
http://www.ucop.edu/research/funding/artshum_funds.html

Western Arts Alliance
http://www.westarts.org
Western Arts Alliance (WAA) is a membership association of touring and performing arts professionals engaged in promoting and presenting performing arts throughout the western states and provinces. serving members since 1967, WAA's annual booking conference and its year-round programs are essential for artists, artist managers, presenters, and other performing arts professionals in the west. More than 680 artists, managers, presenters, arts service organizations, and state arts agencies know WAA as a trusted and vital resource.

Western States Arts Federation
http://www.westaf.org
WESTAF, the Western States Arts Federation, is a nonprofit arts service organization dedicated to the creative advancement and preservation of the arts. Based in Denver, Colorado, WESTAF fulfills its mission to strengthen the financial, organizational and policy infrastructure of the arts by providing innovative programs and services to artists and arts organizations in the West and nationwide.