Welcome to nextSteps, a new Pentacle initiative offering free administrative support to artists, such as access to back-office resources and research data, downloadable templates, and instant one-on-one assistance through Live Chat!
Below is our growing list of useful resources, tutorials, and guides. Don’t see something you’re looking for? Fill out this form to request additional resources…we add new resources every week!
Arts Relief
- Financial Resources for Artists Impacted by COVID-19
- Financial Urgent Care
- Arts Action Fund: Updated Covid Resources Table (including PPP, SVOG, EIDL)
- Lawyer’s Alliance of NY: Loan Forgiveness under the PPP
- SBA:
- APAP+: Dr. Anthony Fauci – Public Health & the Re-opening of the Performing Arts
- Actors Fund: Emergency Financial Assistance
- Harkness Center Offers Arts Relief, Including Free Injury Prevention Assessments and Virtual Telemedicine Visits
- The Dance Union: NYC Dancer’s Relief Fund
- Investing during COVID-19
- Paycheck Protection Flexibility Act Adds Key Features to Existing PPP
- SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan
- Payment Protection Program for Contractors & Sole Proprietors
- Payment Protection Program for Businesses
- Workshops:
501(c)3 Non Profit
- What is a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit?
- What is the difference between a Non-Profit and a For Profit?
- 5 Ways That You Can Benefit From Fiscal Sponsorship
- New York City Fiscal Sponsors
- GuideStar: Up-to-date Nonprofit Data
- Help! I need new Board Members!
- Questions to Ask Potential Board Members
- How to Keep Your Board Members Inspired
- What is a C Corp?
- What is a S Corp, and how does it differ from other corporate structures?
- What is a LLC?
- Empowering Dance Artists through Fair Hiring Practices
- Lawyers Alliance of NY: Earned Safe and Sick Time Act
- Workshops:
Fundraising for the Performing Arts
- What is a Year-End Appeal?
- What is GivingTuesday?
- Tips for Writing your First Grant Letter of Inquiry (LOI)
- Finding the Right Grant Funders for You: Essential Tips
- Grant Writing for Individual Artists: Writing a Project Description
- Grant Writing for Individual Artists: Writing an Artistic Statement
- Grant Writing for Individual Artists: Creating Your Grant Proposal Toolkit
- National Council of Nonprofits: Fundraising Resources
- Exponent Philanthropy:
- Network for Good: 3 Strategies to Make Your Virtual Fundraising Sustainable
- Dance Business Weekly: What It Takes to Run a Successful Crowdfunding Campaign
- Workshops:
Virtual Performance
- Using Zoom for Virtual Performances
- How to use YouTube Premiere for Virtual Performance Streaming
- TechSoup: Nonprofit Tech Marketplace
- Dance/USA: Documenting Your Experience During Covid-19
- Promoting Your Program: 4 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Writing An Event Description
- NYC Studio Space: What’s Open Now
- The Wallace Foundation: How Some Arts Organizations are Using Data to Understand their Audiences
- Stanford Law School:
- Workshops:
Accounting
- Financial Urgent Care
- New York City Fiscal Sponsors
- What is Fiscal Sponsorship?
- 5 Ways That You Can Benefit From Fiscal Sponsorship
- Bookkeeping vs. Accounting
- What is a Chart of Accounts?
- Checklist for Processing 1099’s and W2s
- Worker Classification and Your Taxes: Why Does it Matter?
- 5 Questions to Ask Your Auditor
- What is the Definition of Accrual Basis Accounting?
- What is the Definition of Cash Basis Accounting?
- Investing during COVID-19
- Financial Resources for Artists Impacted by COVID-19
- Unemployment Benefits for Freelancers
- Payment Protection Program for Contractors & Sole Proprietors
- Payment Protection Program for Businesses
- The Wallace Foundation:
- ArtsPool: Fiscal Controls Policy
- Workshops:
Social Media
- Five Tips for Increasing Social Media Engagement
- Essential Tips for Promoting Your Art on Social Media
- What is Branding, and how does it relate to marketing your artistic work?
- Creating Your Artist Website: Top 10 Do’s and Don’ts
- SEO: how to increase organic traffic to your website
- How to Increase Advertising Traffic through Paid Search
- Network for Good: How to Make a Big Impact on Social Media as a Small Nonprofit
- Capacity Interactive:
- Promoting Your Program: 4 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Writing An Event Description
- Workshops:
Latest Blog Posts
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Arts Action Fund: Covid Arts Resources Table
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Pentacle’s nextSteps is supported, in part, by public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Pentacle receives private support for nextSteps from the Booth Ferris Foundation, the Howard Gilman Foundation, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and the New York Community Trust.
