Resource Center

Non-Profit and Management Resources

The Assembly's Resource Center helps arts-related nonprofit organizations focusing on technical assistance matters to foster the effectiveness of the organization as a whole.

Take your pick of categories from the array of choices listed below, to answer many or most of your questions about boards of directors, community partnerships, financial management, fundraising, assessment, and planning.

Links to the galaxy of resources from the arts and community development world:

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  Community Arts Leaders Resource Center -- your one-stop portal for community arts links, articles and consultants! Brought to you by the Wisconsin Assembly for Local Arts, Illinois Arts Alliance and Michigan Association of Community Arts Agencies
• Online resources for the arts:

  Wisconsin Folks	Portal Wisconsin	Art: Ask for More

• links to many more state, regional and national organizations that focus on nonprofit, arts, management assistance
  

Topics of interest:

• Starting a nonprofit organization
• General information
• Forming a Non-Profit Organization: A Checklist
• Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions information and forms
• Internal Revenue Service's "Tax Information for Charitable Organizations".
• FAQs from the Foundation Center
• How to start a non-profit, from About
• Common roles of arts and artists organizations in community arts development
• Organizational management and stability
  • Planning
  • Leadership
  • Board of directors
  • Partnerships
  • Preparing a budget for your project and/or organization
  • Financial management
  • Fundraising
  • Marketing
  • Community Engagement
  • Arts Education
    • The Wisconsin Educators Arts Resource, a tool for Wisconsin educators to easily access arts education programs for their classroom.
  • Best practices in non-profit management
  • Legal Resources (from Programs and Services)
  • Assessment
• Small Business/Economic Development/Entrepreneurship information
  • UW-UWExtension Small Business Development Center
  • UW Extension Center for Community Economic Development
  • Wisconsin Entrepreneurs Network (complete information coming soon), from the Wisconsin Department of Commerce
  • Wisconsin Women's Business Incubator Corporation
• Technology and how it can help non-profits achieve their mission

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