MY BACKGROUND
I have spent my professional life building community with artists, students and organizations as we navigate and support each other to thrive and find collective liberation. My work is always through a lens of economic and racial justice. I speak both ‘Artist’ and ‘Finance’. I teach financial well-being workshops, work one-on-one with clients doing tax preparation and giving financial advice, and consult with organizations and artists to problem-solve their specific issues. I work to dismantle the un-useful structures of the non-profit industrial complex.
Headlong always cared about community building, e.g. hosting and organizing free artist-run Dance Theater Camp, resource sharing, etc. In 2012 I started Headlong’s Incubated Artist program as a way to be more intentional and direct with our efforts to support artists who have been historically under-resourced, specifically women, trans artists, and artists of color. I am personally centered on artists, individuals, activists, and collaborative groups whose voices deserve amplification and have often been under-supported compared to their white male counterparts.
I offer a variety of services to artists, including business management, grant writing support, budget consultations, financial management, long-term financial planning, board and staff support, and strategic planning.
MY OFFERINGS
BUDGET CONSULTATIONS
Giving feedback on your current budget. Creating annual, professional, and touring budgets. Assessing your budget to reflect your values. Creating and/or maintaining accounting (Quickbooks).
BUSINESS & FINANCE MANAGEMENT
Consulting on & improving your current systems. Creating systems to pay artists. Generating 1099s. For long-term clients, managing 990s and partnership returns.
GRANT WRITING
Editing & giving feedback on grant drafts, including the narrative, budget, and work samples. Specializing in national grants.
LONG-TERM STRATEGIC PLANNING
May include: Supporting transitions, mediating collaborator challenges, board & staff support, creating an organizational structure that reflects values, making decisions about entity types, creating sustainable models in a fickle funding environment.