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Programs & Services
Wisconsin Lawyers for the Arts
Wisconsin Lawyers for the Arts is a partnership program of the
Assembly, Wisconsin Arts Board, and the State Bar of Wisconsin,
providing legal technical assistance, information, and resources
to Wisconsin artists and arts organizations.
Government Offices and Service Organizations
Topics of Interest
Information for Individual Artists
Leadership
Financial Management
Intellectual Property
Copyright
Nonprofit Operations
Personnel
Other Resources
Some links are downloadable PDF files. PDF reading
software (free to download): 
Government Offices and Service Organizations
U.S. Patent
& Trademark Office
The Internal Revenue
Service created a surprisingly helpful
and well-organized site providing free publications and downloadable
forms. Highly recommended are the Guide to Free Tax Services (Publication
910), Your Federal Income Tax (Publication 17), and Tax Guide
for Small Businesses (publication 334).
Wisconsin
Bar Association
Probono legal services available through State
Bar Nonprofit Business Assistance Program.
Wisconsin Institute
of Certified Public Accountants
Wisconsin Department
of Financial Institutions: forms for articles of incorporation.
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Topics of Interest
Information for Individual Artists
- Starving
Artists' Law
Links to legal organizations, resource and information for artists
working to make it on their own
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Leadership
From the Art Law Memo
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Financial Management
From the Art Law Memo
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Intellectual Property
From the Art Law Memo
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Nonprofit Operations
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Personnel
From the Art Law Memo
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Other Resources
- Connecticut
Volunteer Lawyers information
- OSLA Arts
& Law Resource Page
- Internet
Nonprofit Center (INC)
INC offers information for and about nonprofit. Click on the "Nonprofit
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)" link for a range of nonprofit
topics including start-up. INC is a project of The Evergreen State
Society of Seattle, Washington.
- Online
Compendium of Federal and State Regulations for U.S. Nonprofit
Organizations
This site is a central resource for state and federal laws and
regulations controlling nonprofit organizations and also provides
information about start-up and other nonprofit issues.
Created by Eric Mercer, manager of services at DU Educational
Technology Services, this Web site provides information on financial-accounting
regulations, rules for non-profit postal rates, public-disclosure
requirements for charities, and the text of laws that regulate
non-profit organizations. The site plans to cover additional topics
in the future, such as the steps that organizations must take
to apply for tax-exempt status, registering as a charitable solicitor,
and the laws that govern fund raising, as well as to provide information
on non-profit regulations in each state.
This website, based on a free class taught in Seattle, Washington,
since 1995, is designed to help new non-profit organizations complete
IRS
Form 1023, the Application for Exempt Status Under Section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
- How
to start a nonprofit (Minnesota, but still relevant)
- How
to Start a Nonprofit
Sample Bylaws
- Sample
ByLaws Template
- Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts' (PVLA) Artist/Gallery
Check List
Points to Cover When Approaching a Gallery
- PVLA's The Artist as Creditor and Debtor: Collections,
Small Claims Court, Bankruptcy and Alternatives to Bankruptcy
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