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American Arts Alliance The American Arts Alliance is a nationwide consortium of nonprofit performing, presenting and exhibiting arts organizations. Its mission is to advocate for America's professional nonprofit arts organizations and their publics before Congress and other branches of the federal government. Member organizations include the Association of Art Museum Directors, the Association of Performing Arts Presenters, Dance/USA, OPERA America, and Theatre Communications Group.
Americans for the Arts Americans for the Arts is dedicated to representing and serving local communities and creating opportunities for every American to participate in and appreciate all forms of the arts. Americans for the Arts is focused on three primary goals: increasing public and private sector support for the arts; ensuring that every American child has access to a high-quality arts education; and strengthening communities through the arts. To achieve its goals, Americans for the Arts partners with local, state, and national arts organizations; government agencies; business leaders; individual philanthropists; educators; and funders throughout the country.
Association of Art Museum Directors The Association of Art Museum Directors aids its members in establishing and maintaining high standards for museums they represent, thereby increasing the contribution of art museums to society. It serves as a forum for the exchange of information and the exploration of ideas.
Association of Midwest Museums The Association of Midwest Museums provides career development and networking opportunities to strengthen individuals in the museum profession, and serves as a regional forum for the exchange of information and new ideas to shape the future of museums. AMM serves Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin, and has a central office in St. Louis, Missouri.
Creative Clusters Creative Clusters examines the growth of the cultural industries and their role in economic development and regeneration. We provide a network and events for people engaged in the development of the creative industries to: * Showcase their work * Learn from each other * Identify and articulate policy issues * Connect to development resources
Creative Coalition Non-profit, non-partisan organization comprised of members of the arts and entertainment community dedicated to educated and advocating on behalf of social and political issues, specifically in the areas of the First Amendment, arts advocacy and public education.
Cultural Commons The Cultural Commons, created by the Center for Arts and Culture, is a virtual commons, or open meeting place, designed to engage all who care about creativity and culture. The Cultural Commons seeks to attract new interest and new thinking about arts and cultural issues, engage a broad and diverse constituency in a lively exchange of ideas, and provide resources and ideas for further involvement -- such as event participation, employment in the cultural policy sector, research, or even new partnerships for organizations.
FedGrants: Federal Funding Opportunities This site gives grantors a means to post solicitations for grants. It also gives applicants a single site for obtaining these solicitations.
The Independent Sector Independent Sector is committed to strengthening, empowering, and partnering with nonprofit and philanthropic organizations in their work on behalf of the public good. Its membership of nonprofit organizations, foundations, and corporate philanthropy programs collectively represents tens of thousands of charitable groups serving every cause in every region of the country, as well as millions of donors and volunteers.
Innovations in State Cultural Policy Innovations in State Cultural Policy is a project designed to help cultural leaders and decision makers strengthen their states' cultural activity. Through illustrative studies, guides and covenings, the project aims to spark collaborations—state-level coalitions that span the arts, humanities, folklife and historic preservation—that can then work with state policy makers to increase the audiences and funding for culture.
The Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums (MAAM) MAAM is dedicated to serving museums, museum professionals, and related institutions and individuals by providing vision, enrichment, intellectual challenge and a forum for communication and interaction. MAAM represents museum communities in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C. and advocates, promotes and supports the role of museums in bettering and enriching the diverse and dynamic cultural life of the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
Mountain-Plains Museums Association Mountain-Plains Museums Association is an organization for those engaged in museology - that means staff (paid or not), volunteers, trustees, students, those in museum training. Members represent all types of museums in our ten-state region of Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Wyoming.
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies As the membership organization of the nation's state and jurisdictional arts agencies, the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies works to advance the arts in local communities and empower state art agencies through strategic assistance programs aimed to foster leadership and increase resources.
National Endowment for the Humanities NEH is an independent grant-making agency of the United States government dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities.
New England Museum Association NEMA serves New England museums of all sizes and the people who work for and with them. As a member you'll find professional development opportunities, news, information, and the experience of more than 1,700 of your colleagues. Services include NemaNews, NemaJobs, a series of one-day workshops throughout the year, an Annual Conference, an annual Publications Competition, a Salary and Benefits Survey, the Employers Handbook, the Resource Loan Service, Resume File, and more.
The Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC) SEMC is a nonprofit membership organization that serves 12 states throughout the Southeast - Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia - and Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. SEMC fosters professionalism, mutual support, and communication among its members and the larger museum community. SEMC programs and services include an annual conference, Jekyll Island Management Institute, Professional Development, Quarterly newsletter, and the SEMC/Jobs Brochure.
Urban Institute The Urban Institute is a nonprofit policy research organization established in Washington, D.C., whose mission is to sharpen thinking about society's problems and efforts to solve them, improve government decisions and their implementation, and increase citizens' awareness about important public choices. The Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy is one of the Institute's nine centers. It sponsors and hosts the National Center for Charitable Statistics and the Unified Database of Arts Organizations.
Visitor Studies Association The Visitor Studies Association provides a forum for the exchange of information in the field of visitor studies. VSA welcomes all professionals who are interested in understanding and making use of new knowledge about the visiting public. Fields of interest include: Visitor orientation, Exhibit and program evaluation, Development of methodology for visitor studies, Visitor surveys and audience development, Evaluation of visitor services.
Western Museums Association WMA encourages museum professionals to create strong institutions by providing them with growth opportunities, forums for interaction, and fresh ideas. The Western Museums Association serves Arizona, Alaska, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington and is the only association in the west serving all types of museums -- art, history, natural history, science, and children's, along with zoos, botanical gardens, and related institutions.
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