Heritage Preservation
1012 14th Street, NW
Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20005
202-233-0800
www.heritagepreservation.org
Heritage Preservation is working to save the objects that embody our history, partnering with conservators, museums, civic groups, and concerned individuals across the nation who care about preserving pieces of our shared and individual pasts.

National Endowment for the Humanities
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20506
Tel: 1-800-NEH-1121; 202-606-8400
www.neh.gov
NEH is an independent grant-making agency of the United States government dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities. It funds research in many areas of the humanities including education, history, museums, television, radio and film.

National Register of Historic Places
1201 Eye St., NW
8th Floor (MS 2280)
Washington, DC 20005
202-354-2213
www.cr.nps.gov/nr/
The National Register of Historic Places is the Nation's official list of cultural resources worthy of preservation. NRHP is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect our historic and archeological resources. Properties listed in the Register include districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects that are significant in American history, architecture, archeology, engineering, and culture. The website lists over 2400 national historic landmarks, and offers information about registering historical sites, offers travel itineraries for a list of historic places in specific regions, provides lesson plans for educators about historic places, and offers several books and videos about historic places. Also provides topical itineraries, such as Historic Paces of the Civil Rights Movement (http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/) and Aboard The Underground Railroad (http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/underground/).

National Trust for Historic Preservation
1785 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20036
202-588-6000
Program for Art on Film
2875 Broadway, 2d Floor
New York, NY 10025
718-399-4206
www.nthp.org
THe National Trust champions preservation by providing leadership, education, advocacy, and resources to people working to preserve, improve, and enjoy places that matter to them. The organization provides travel itineraries that list historic preservation projects, provides funding for historic preservation for hurricane-damaged (and other) properties, and provides advocacy to protect historic places.

Libraries and Research

Montclair Public Library
50 South Fullerton Ave
Montlcair, NJ 07042
973-744-0500
TTY 973-780-2041
Fax: 973-744-5268
www.montlib.com
Online catalogue: Searchable catalogues of both Montclair Public Library branches; Bloomfield Public Library; the LE Brun Library at the Montclair Art Museum; and librarlies of many Montclair schools. The website includes a searchable database of historical Montclair photographs.

American Museum of Natural History Digital Library Project
www.library.amnh.org/diglib/index.html
The AMNH Digital Library was launched in 1999 to develop an integrated database of library resources and natural history collections. The digital library will enable scientists, scholars, and educators working anywhere in the world to study unique and rare research materials from the Museum's Library and scientific collections.

Archives of American ArtSmithsonian Institution
PO Box 37012
Victor Building, Suite 2200, MRC 937
Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
202-275-1961
www.artarchives.si.edu
The Archives of American Art seeks to illuminate scholarship of the history of art in America through collecting, preserving, and making available for study the documentation of this country's rich artistic legacy. Since 1954, the Archives has collected roughly 16 million letters, photographs, diaries, sketches, scrapbooks, business records, and other documentation that supports the study of the history of the visual arts in America. The Archives recently replaced microfilm with digitization to foster the widest accessibility to its collections and oral history interviews. Resources include searchable catalogues, oral history interviews, finding aids, online collections, image collections, online exhibitions and interlibrary loans.

Library of CongressMusic and Performing Arts Division
101 Independence Ave., SE
Washington, DC 20540
202-707-5000
www.loc.gov/rr/perform
www.loc.gov (main page)
The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution and serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with more than 130 million items on approximately 530 miles of bookshelves. The collections include more than 29 million books and other printed materials, 2.7 million recordings, 12 million photographs, 4.8 million maps, and 58 million manuscripts. The Library's mission is to make its resources available and useful to the Congress and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations. The online Performing Arts Reading Room offers a performing arts encyclopedia, searchable catalogues in music, theater and dance, and an "Ask a Librarian" service. The main website (www.loc.gov) includes  online library catalogues, exhibitions, maps, photographs, online newspaper archives, women's history resource, and much more.

New York Public Library
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, NY 10023-7498
212-870-1657
212-870-1869
www.nypl.org
Includes a wealth of digital databases, collections, online catalogues in addition to other resources.

Support for organizations

The Fund for Folk Culture
P.O. Box 303366
Austin, TX   78703
512-472-8757 - phone
512-472-8758 - fax
www.folkculture.org
Based in Austin, Texas, the Fund for Folk Culture (FFC) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the dynamic practice and conservation of folk and traditional arts and culture throughout the United States. In partnership with donors and colleagues, the FFC supports the work of folk and traditional artists and strengthens local, regional and national organizations in its field. Services include grantmaking, convening, research and publications.

Network of Cultural Centers of Color
Snug Harbor Cultural Center
1000 Richmond Terrace Box #14
Staten Island, New York 10301
718-556-6282
jcthorpe@hotmail.com
www.folk.org/NCCC/membership.htm
The Network of Cultural Centers of Color (NCCC) is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to serving the needs of community-based organizations and artists of color. The NCCC can help you broaden your program outreach, build box office sales, promote your organization, develop partnerships with other organizations and much more!

Nonprofit Finance Fund
Greater Philadelphia & New Jersey Program
163 Madison Ave., Fifth Floor
Morristown, NJ 07960
phone: 973-285-9446
fax: 973-285-9923
e-mail: NJ@nffusa.org
www.NJ@nffusa.org
NFF has provided financial and advisory services to nonprofit organizations in the state of New Jersey since 1999. Services are available to nonprofits representing every sub-sector, including, arts & culture organizations, community centers, community development organizations, educational institutions, health organizations, social service organizations, including youth servers, child care providers, and religious organizations. Programs include funding in the form of grants and loans, business analysis, endowment planning, workshops.

Dance New Jersey
P.O. Box 200123
Riverfront Plaza
Newark, NJ 07102-0303
973-222-8844
www.dancenj.org
email: info@dancenj.org
New York chapter:
Dance/NYC
63 Greene Street, #506
New York, NY 10012
212-966-4452
212-966-6424 (fax)
www.dancenyc.org
email: info@dancenyc.org
Dance New Jersey is a service organization committed to reaching new audiences and promoting the energy, excitement, and excellence of dance and dance education in New Jersey. Supports dancers, choreographers, dance educators, dance students, dance companies, private dance studios, schools, universities, presenters, sponsors, and dance enthusiasts by providing information about  advocacy issues, education topics, events and job/volunteer opportunities.

Dancers Responding to AIDS (DRA)
165 West 46th Street, #1300
New York, NY 10036
Tel. 212-840-0770
Fax 212-840-0551
Email: dra@bcefa.org
www.dradance.org/index.html
Founded in 1991 by Denise Roberts Hurlin and Hernando Cortez, DRA is a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, the nation's leading industry-based AIDS fundraising and grant-making organization. The funds raised are distributed to seven programs of The Actors' Fund of America and as grants to over 400 AIDS and Family service organizations across the United States. Since its founding in 1988, BC/EFA has raised over $100 million for critically needed services for people with HIV/AIDS.

Professional Development

Career Transition For Dancers
The Carolina and Theodore Newhouse Center for Dancers
165 W. 46th St., Suite 701
The Actors' Equity Building
New York, NY 10036-2501
212-764-0172
212-764-0343 (fax)
www.careertransition.org
email: info@careertransition.org
The mission of Career Transition For Dancers is to empower current and former professional dancers, as well as their younger counterparts, with the knowledge and skills necessary to clearly define their career possibilities after dance, and to provide the resources to help make these possibilities a reality. They serve students, pre-professionals, and professionals. With offices in New York City and Los Angeles, CTFD offers services free of charge to dancers from all disciplines by virtue of their professional employment history. In addition to one-on-one career-counseling, CTFD offers a comprehensive range of related services including scholarships, career seminars and counseling, and mentoring programs.

Dance Theater Workshop
219 W. 19th St. New York, NY 10011
212-691-6500
fax: 212-633-1974
box office: 212-924-0077
www.dtw.org/
Dance Theater Workshop remains vigorously committed to maintaining its uncompromising mission: to identify, present, and support independent contemporary artists and companies to advance dance and live performance in New York and worldwide. DTW provides promotional, managerial and technical support services to artists and dance companies. Programs strengthen creative and professional development through workshops, forums and other programs.


Legal Support

U.S. Copyright Office
101 Independence Ave. S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20559-6000
202-707-3000
www.copyright.gov/
The Copyright Office  promotes progress of the arts and protection for the works of authors. The website offers extensive information about how to copyright original works in many media,  law and policy, searchable copyright records and other services.

Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
1 East 53rd Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10022
212-319-2787 Phone
752-6575 Fax
www.vlany.org
E-mail: vlany@bway.net
Legal services: VLA delivers pro bono and low cost legal services and information to over 10,000 members of the arts community each year. Education: VLA plays an important role in educating individual artists, arts professionals within arts and cultural institutions, attorneys, students and the general public about legal and business issues that affect artistic and creative endeavors. MediateArt: MediateArt pairs artists with mediators to mediate or resolve arts-related disputes outside the traditional legal framework. Advocacy: From its inception, VLA has played an important role as an advocate on behalf of the arts community in different ways, ranging from participation in litigation, making public statements about matters of interest to the arts community, and making recommendations about pending legislation.

Research and Libraries

Archives of American Art
Smithsonian Institution
PO Box 37012
Victor Building, Suite 2200, MRC 937
Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
202-275-1961
www.artarchives.si.edu
The Archives of American Art seeks to illuminate scholarship of the history of art in America through collecting, preserving, and making available for study the documentation of this country's rich artistic legacy. Since 1954, the Archives has collected roughly 16 million letters, photographs, diaries, sketches, scrapbooks, business records, and other documentation that supports the study of the history of the visual arts in America. The Archives recently replaced microfilm with digitization to foster the widest accessibility to its collections and oral history interviews. Resources include searchable catalogues, oral history interviews, finding aids, online collections, image collections, online exhibitions and interlibrary loans.

Dance Heritage Coalition
1111 16th St., NW
Suite 300
Washington, D.C. 20036
Phone: 202-223-8393
Fax: 202-833-2686
www.danceheritage.org
Founded in 1992, the DHC was established to address problems identified by a field-wide study of the current state of preservation and documentation of American dance. The DHC focuses on four areas: ACCESS to materials; the continuing DOCUMENTATION of dance employing both traditional methods and developing technologies; PRESERVATION of existing documentation; and EDUCATION regarding methods, standards, and practice for access, documentation, and preservation.

Library of Congress
Music and Performing Arts Division
101 Independence Ave., SE
Washington, DC 20540
202-707-5000
www.loc.gov/rr/perform/
www.loc.gov (main page)
The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution and serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with more than 130 million items on approximately 530 miles of bookshelves. The collections include more than 29 million books and other printed materials, 2.7 million recordings, 12 million photographs, 4.8 million maps, and 58 million manuscripts. The Library's mission is to make its resources available and useful to the Congress and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations. The online Performing Arts Reading Room offers a performing arts encyclopedia, searchable catalogues in music, theater and dance, and an "Ask a Librarian" service. The main website (www.loc.gov) includes  online library catalogues, exhibitions, maps, photographs, online newspaper archives, women's history resource, and much more.

New York Performing Arts Library
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, NY 10023-7498
212-870-1657
212-870-1869
www.nypl.org/research/lpa/dan/dan.html
Main site: www.nypl.org/
email: dance@nypl.org
The Jerome Robbins Dance Division of The New York Public Library is the largest and most comprehensive archive in the world devoted to the documentation of dance. Chronicling the art of dance in all its manifestations - ballet, ethnic, modern, social, and folk - the division is much more than a library in the usual sense of the word. It is part museum, part film production center, and part consulting service to the professional dance community. It preserves the history of dance by gathering diverse written, visual, and aural resources, and it works to ensure the art forms continuity through an active documentation program. The Dance Division is used regularly by choreographers, dancers, critics, historians, journalists, publicists, filmmakers, graphic artists, students, and the general public. Working with the division's vast resources, a user can reconstruct an Elizabethan court dance, a 19th-century Italian tarantella, or a 20th-century Ceylonese devil dance; determine what makeup Nijinsky wore in Scheherazade; learn the problems Picasso faced in working on the ballet Parade from letters in his own hand; or compare the modern dance styles of Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, and Doris Humphrey.

C.A.R.T.S.
Cultural Arts Resources for Teachers and Students
www.carts.org
CARTS (Cultural Arts Resources for Teachers and Students) is a project of City Lore, a cultural organization dedicated to the documentation, presentation, and preservation of New York City's — America's — living cultural heritage. C.A.R.T.S. provides training and workshops for educators and parents, publications, and offers local New Jersey events and programs.

International Association of Jazz Educators
P.O. Box 724
Manhattan, KS 65505-0724
785-776-8744
785-776-6190 (fax)
www.iaje.org
The mission of the International Association for Jazz Education is to assure the continued worldwide growth and development of jazz and jazz education. As a means of advancing its mission, IAJE initiates programs that nurture and promote the understanding and appreciation of jazz and its heritage, provide leadership to educators regarding curricula, aesthetics and performance; assists teachers and practitioners with information and resources; and takes an active part in organizing clinics, festivals and symposia at local, regional, national and international levels. Further, the International Association for Jazz Education encourages research, provides financial assistance, and advocates for jazz in all appropriate forums, thereby building a larger group of both audience and artists.

Music Educators National Conference
1806 Robert Fulton Drive
Reston, VA 20191
800-336-3768 (toll-free, general inquiries)
800-828-0229 (toll-free, member services)
703-860-4000 (local and international)
703-860-1531 (local fax)
www.menc.org
MENC’s Mission is to advance music education by encouraging the study and making of music by all. Programs: National Standards for Music Education; Publications; Music In ouR Schools Month and program funding.

Center for Asian American Media
346 Ninth Street,Suite 350
San Francisco, CA 94103
Tel: 415-863-0814
Fax: 415-863-7428
www.asianamericanmedia.org
The Center for Asian American Media is a non-profit organization dedicated to presenting stories that convey the richness and diversity of Asian American experiences to the broadest audience possible. They do this by funding, producing, distributing and exhibiting works in film, television and digital media. They provide funding for Asian American film and media projects and sponsor an annual Asian American Film Festival, as well as other programs.

International Documentary Association
1201 West 5th Street, Suite M320
Los Angeles, CA 90017-1461
Tel: 213-534-3600
Fax: 213-534-3610
www.documentary.org
The IDA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the documentary form, supporting documentary film and video makers, and increasing public appreciation and demand for nonfiction programs.
The mission of the International Documentary Association is to promote nonfiction film and video around the world by supporting and recognizing the efforts of documentary film and video makers, increasing public appreciation and demand for the documentary, and providing a forum for documentary makers, their supporters and suppliers.

Independent Feature Project
104 West 29th Street, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10001-5310
Tel: 212-465-8200
Fax: 212-465-8525
www.ifp.org
IFP is a 28-year old, not-for-profit membership and advocacy organization that supports and serves the independent film community by connecting creative talent and the film industry. Wide-reaching programs provide invaluable information, resources, networking and support to filmmakers while promoting film as a vital and influential public art form. Programs include conferences, mentorship programs, screenings, seminars, diversity grants, and discounts to members.

Latino Public Broadcasting
6777 Hollywood Boulevard, Suite 512
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Tel: 323-466-7110
Fax: 323-466-7521
www.lpbp.org
Latino Public Broadcasting supports the development, production, acquisition and distribution of non-commercial educational and cultural television that is representative of Latino people, or addresses issues of particular interest to Latino Americans. These programs are produced for dissemination to the public broadcasting stations and other public telecommunication entities. By acting as minority consortium, LPB provides a voice to the diverse Latino community throughout the United States. Services include funding, advocacy, and other programs.

National Black Programming Consortium
68 East 131st Street, 7th floor
New York, NY 10037
Tel: 212-234-8200
Fax: 212-234-7032
www.nbpc.tv
Since 1979, NBPC has been a leading provider on American public television of quality, intelligent and compelling programming that celebrates the cultural heritage of African Americans and the African Diaspora in many media.

Native American Public Telecommunications
P.O. Box 83111
Lincoln, NE 68501
800-571-6885
Fax: 402-472-8675
www.nativetelecom.org
Native American Public Telecommunications (NAPT) supports the creation, promotion and distribution of Native public media. We accomplish this mission by: Producing and developing educational telecommunication programs for all media including public television and public radio; distributing and encouraging the broadest use of such educational telecommunications programs; providing training opportunities to encourage increasing numbers of American Indians and Alaska Natives to produce quality public broadcasting programs; promoting increased control and use of information technologies by American Indians and Alaska Natives; providing leadership in creating awareness of and developing telecommunications policies favorable to American Indians and Alaska Natives; and building partnerships to develop and implement telecommunications projects with tribal nations, Indian organizations, and native communities.

Sundance Institute
PO Box 3630
Salt Lake City, Utah 84110-3630
Tel: 801-328-3456
Fax: 801-575-5175
www2.sundance.org
In 1981 Robert Redford gathered a group of colleagues to discuss new ways to enhance the artistic vitality of the American film. The result was the establishment of the Sundance Institute, a non-profit organization, dedicated to the support and development of emerging screenwriters and directors of vision, and to the national and international exhibition of new, independent dramatic and documentary films.

The Academy of American Poets
584 Broadway, Suite 604
New York, NY 10012-5243
(212) 274-0343
www.poets.org
Poets.org is the website of the Academy of American Poets. The site holds thousands of poems as well as hundreds of poet biographies, essays, interviews, and poetry recordings—with new material being added constantly. Also available are resources such as the National Poetry Map, a national events calendar, and poetry lesson plans for teachers. The site allows visitors to create their own anthologies of content from the  site. Log in and create a Notebook, then fill it with text and audio to make your own poetry library on the web. There is a special resource area for educators.

Jersey Clicks
www.jerseyclicks.org
Jersey Clicks is New Jersey's statewide portal that features federated searching of the statewide full-text databases offered by the New Jersey State Library, the New Jersey Network, and funds from the Library Services and Technology Act.

Montclair Editors and Writers (MEWS)
MEWS website

National Writers Union
(UAW/AFL-CIO)
113 University Pl. 6th Fl.
New York, NY 10003
212/254-0279
www.nwu.org
mail: nwu@nwu.org
The National Writers Union is the trade union for freelance and contract writers: journalists, book authors, business and technical writers, web content providers, and  poets. The Union works to defend the rights and improve the economic and working conditions of all writers. Member benefits include advocacy, job hotline, insurance, press passes and other services.

WritersNet
www.writers.net
WritersNet is a World Wide Web site in progress that helps build relationships between writers, publishers, editors, and literary agents. It gives writers, both published and unpublished, a chance to get writing assignments from publishers and editors looking for writers. It also provides an opportunity for writers to be represented by literary agents looking for new talent to represent, and the chance to form friendships and alliances with other writers.

Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
8271 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90048
voice: 323-782-1010
fax: 323-782-1892
Email: scbwi@scbwi.org
www.scbwi.org
The SCBWI acts as a network for the exchange of knowledge between writers, illustrators, editors, publishers, agents, librarians, educators, booksellers and others involved with literature for young people. There are currently more than 19,000 members worldwide, in over 70 regions, making it the largest children's writing organization in the world. The SCBWI sponsors two annual International Conferences on Writing and Illustrating for Children as well as dozens of regional conferences and events throughout the world. It also publishes a bi-monthly newsletter, offers awards and grants for works in progress, and provides many informational publications on the art and business of writing and selling written, illustrated, and electronic material. The SCBWI also presents the annual Golden Kite Award for the best fiction and nonfiction books and the Sid Fleischman Humor Award.

Sweet Relief Musicians Fund

65 South Grand Ave., #209
Pasadena, CA 91105
626-792-2858
fax: 626-792-2899
Toll-free: 888-955-7880
email: info@sweetrelief.org
www.sweetrelief.org
MySpace: www.myspace.com/sweetreliefmusiciansfund
Sweet Relief provides financial assistance to musicians of all kinds for medical expenses, alternative therapies, prescriptions, and living expenses if the artist is unable to work. Sweet Relief also provides grants for retired or semi-retired older musicians, which helps pay living expenses.

Professional Organizations

American Choral Directors' Association
545 Couch Drive
Oklahoma City OK 73102
405.232.8161
405.232.8162 (fax)
www.acdaonline.org
Founded in 1959, the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) is a nonprofit music-education organization whose central purpose is to promote excellence in choral music through performance, composition, publication, research, and teaching. In addition, ACDA strives through arts advocacy to elevate choral music's position in American society.

American Composers Alliance
648 Broadway, Room 803
New York, NY 10012
212-362-8900
212-925-0458
212-925-6798 (fax)
www.composers.com
The American Composers Alliance is a membership organization serving over 200 professional American composers of concert music. Founded in 1937, by Aaron Copland, to protect the rights of its members and to promote the use and understanding of their music, it is the oldest national organization of its kind. ACA provides a wealth of valuable services to its distinguished composer members. ACA has historically had a diverse membership, and has often championed the work of African-American and women composers.

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
(ASCAP)
One Lincoln Plaza
New York, NY 10023
Tel: (212) 621-6000
Fax: (212) 724-9064
www.ascap.com
ASCAP is a membership association of more than 275,000 U.S. composers, songwriters, lyricists, and music publishers of every kind of music. Through agreements with affiliated international societies, ASCAP also represents hundreds of thousands of music creators worldwide. ASCAP protects the rights of its members by licensing and distributing royalties for the non-dramatic public performances of their copyrighted works. ASCAP's licensees encompass all who want to perform copyrighted music publicly. ASCAP makes giving and obtaining permission to perform music simple for both creators and users of music.

National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences
3402 Pico Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90405
310-392-3777
310-392-2778 (fax)
www.grammy.org

Music Educators

International Association of Jazz Educators
P.O. Box 724
Manhattan, KS 65505-0724
785-776-8744
785-776-6190 (fax)
www.iaje.org
The mission of the International Association for Jazz Education is to assure the continued worldwide growth and development of jazz and jazz education. As a means of advancing its mission, IAJE initiates programs that nurture and promote the understanding and appreciation of jazz and its heritage, provide leadership to educators regarding curricula, aesthetics and performance; assists teachers and practitioners with information and resources; and takes an active part in organizing clinics, festivals and symposia at local, regional, national and international levels. Further, the International Association for Jazz Education encourages research, provides financial assistance, and advocates for jazz in all appropriate forums, thereby building a larger group of both audience and artists.

Music Educators National Conference
1806 Robert Fulton Drive
Reston, VA 20191
800-336-3768 (toll-free, general inquiries)
800-828-0229 (toll-free, member services)
703-860-4000 (local and international)
703-860-1531 (local fax)
www.menc.org
MENC’s Mission is to advance music education by encouraging the study and making of music by all. Programs: National Standards for Music Education; Publications; Music In ouR Schools Month and program funding.

National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc.
1151 S. Laflin Street
Chicago, IL 60643
773-568-3818
773-779-1325 (fax)
www.nanm.org

The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation
15125 Ventura Blvd., Suite 204
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
818-784-6787
Fax: 818-784-6788
email: info@mhopus.org
www.mhopus.org
The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation (MHOF) supports music education and its many benefits through the donation of new and refurbished musical instruments to underserved school and community music programs and individual students nationwide. To date, MHOF has donated $4 million worth of new and refurbished instruments to 739 music programs and individuals across the country, effectively helping over 100,000 students and hundreds of dedicated teachers. In addition, MHOF has served 89 schools in six states affected by Hurricane Katrina, donating approximately $1.5 million worth of new and refurbished instruments.

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

165 West 46th Street, Suite 1300
New York, NY 10036
212-840-0770
212-840-0551 (fax)
www.broadwaycares.org
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA) is the nation's leading industry-based, not-for-profit AIDS fundraising and grant making organization. BC/EFA is the on-going, committed response from the American Theatre community to an urgent worldwide health crisis. By drawing upon the talents, resources, and generosity of this community, BC/EFA raises funds for AIDS-related causes across the United States. Since its founding in 1988, BC/EFA has raised over $100 million for critically needed services for people with AIDS, HIV or HIV-related illnesses.

Costume Society of America
203 Towne Centre Drive
Hillsborough, NJ 08844
1-800-CSA-9447 or 908-359-1471
www.costumesocietyamerica.com
The Costume Society of America advances the global understanding of all aspects of dress and appearance. they work to stimulate scholarship and encourage study in the rich and diverse field of costume. CSA a serves its members and promotes goals with national symposia and publications including the annual journal Dress, its newsletter CSA News, its electronic newsletter CSA E-News, and the Membership Directory.

National Alliance for Musical Theatre
520 Eighth Avenue, Suite 301
New York, NY 10018
212-714-6668
212-714-0469 (fax)
www.namt.org
The National Alliance for Musical Theatre is the only not-for-profit service organization dedicated to musical theatre. They serve member organizations by pursuing their mission to nurture the creation, development, and recognition of new and classic musical theatre. Programs include conferences, business services, networking, and research.

Professional Organizations

Actors' Equity Association
165 West 46th Street
New York, NY 10036
212-865-8530
212-719-9815 Fax
www.actorsequity.org
Actors' Equity Association ("AEA" or "Equity"), founded in 1913, is the labor union that represents more than 45,000 Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions and provides a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans, for its members. Actors' Equity is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions.

Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers
1501 Broadway, Suite 1701
New York, NY 10036
212-391-1070 Phone/302-6195 Fax
www.ssdc.org
Promotes and develops the artistry of professional stage directors and choreographers. Workshops, seminars, publication.

United Scenic Artists, L.U. 829
16 West 61st Street
New York, NY 10023
212-581-0300 Phone
212-977-2011 Fax
www.usa829.org
Professional union representing scenic designers, art directors, lighting designers, and stylists for theatre, film and television.