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AMY’S
RESOURCES
FINANCIAL
& TAX
ARTIST & COMMUNITY
ACTIVISM & SOCIAL JUSTICE
Amy’s Resources
Valuing Your Time
Know how much your life costs so you can negotiate for fair compensation.
Download a blank spreadsheet to make your own here or download a PDF version here!
Taxes for Artists Guide
Tax and expense tracking tips
Profit & Loss (Example Sheet)
Download a blank spreadsheet to make your own here or download a PDF version here!
Compound Interest, Debt, and Savings
Business Deductions for Artists
Recommended Resources
FINANCIAL & TAX
Get Shameless
Talking about money is no longer a source of shame. It becomes a conversation about tools, strategies, and resources you can share.
Tax Girl | Kelly Phillips Erb @ Forbes
Because paying taxes is painful but reading about them shouldn’t be.
Internal Revenue Service
Don’t be afraid! The IRS has a good website that may actually answer your questions. If not, contact me, maybe I can answer your questions.
Guidestar
Because non-profits have to file form 990 with the IRS each year, and they are public, we can peek at them. And should.
Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America (NACA)
NACA is a non-profit, community advocacy, and homeownership organization. NACA’s primary goal is to build strong, healthy neighborhoods in urban and rural areas nationwide through affordable homeownership.
Debt Collective
A membership organization working to transform our individual financial struggles into a source of collective power.
Bank for Good
There are great banks, credit unions, and other financial institutions committed to a fossil-free future, and we wanted to make it easy for you to find them and join the movement.
Ride Free Fearless Money
Be honest: for most of us, money is loaded. Handling your money and sorting your finances will make your life less stressful. Make your financial life work better and align with your values!
ARTIST & COMMUNITY
Artist U
Artists U is an incubator for changing the working conditions of artists. Everything is artist-run and open-source.
The Simple Art of Fundraising
A book on fundraising by Damien Sinclair, about building a circle of individual donors and supporters instead of relying on fickle foundations. Download for free through the link.
Howlround
We amplify progressive, disruptive ideas about theatre and facilitate connections between diverse practitioners.
Nonprofit AF
Exploring the fun and frustrations of non-profit work.
W.A.G.E. – Working Artists and the Greater Economy
WAGE’s mission is to establish sustainable economic relationships between artists and the institutions that contract our labor and to introduce mechanisms for self-regulation into the art field that collectively bring about a more equitable distribution of its economy.
Artist Communities Alliance
The Alliance’s mission is to advocate for and support artist communities, to advance the endeavors of artists.
ACTIVISM & SOCIAL JUSTICE
Arts Administrators of Color Network
Service network for arts workers of color that focuses on networking and community building through the arts.
artEquity
Providing tools, resources, and training to support the intersection of art and activism.
Creating New Futures
A manifesto and working group envisioning a more equitable future for the dance ecosystem.
Dismantling Racism Works
Dismantling Racism workbook & additional resources
Layla F. Saad
Me & White Supremacy Workbook, Good Ancestor Podcast & more