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The following resource list includes many associations, service organizations, and technical assistance providers
in the New York City area. The list is not comprehensive, but rather is intended to serve as a starting point for
those in need of assistance.
When available, we provide direct links to an organization's Web site.
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Service Organizations and Associations:
- The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP)
AFP Greater New York Chapter
211 West 56th Street, Suite 7J
New York, NY 10019
Phone: (212) 582-8565
Fax: (212) 582-8492
Email: membership@nycafp.org
AFP Long Island Chapter
4250 Hempstead Turnpike, Suite 12A
Bethpage, NY 11714
Phone: (516) 520-5084
Email: jmcenterprises@hotmail.com
The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) represents 26,000
members in 174 chapters in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and China working to advance philanthropy through
advocacy, research, education, and certification programs. Its New York Chapter is the founding chapter of the AFP
and the nation’s largest association dedicated to harnessing the spirit of philanthropy. The AFP also boasts a Long
Island Chapter, whose stated objectives are to advance professionalism, foster ethical standards, and promote public
understanding of philanthropy and fund raising.
- New York Regional Association of Grantmakers
505 Eighth Avenue, Suite 1805
New York, NY 10018-6505
Phone: (212) 714-0699
Fax: (212) 239-2075
Email: info@nyrag.org
New York Regional Association of Grantmakers is a nonprofit membership organization for philanthropy in the
metropolitan area. Its mission is to strengthen philanthropy by offering programs and resources that support effective, strategic
grantmaking. NYRAG facilitates collaboration and knowledge sharing, and communicates the value of the philanthropic sector in our society.
- Cause Effective
505 Eighth Avenue
Suite 1212
New York, NY 10018
Phone: (212) 643-7093
Fax: (212) 643-0137
E-mail: info@causeeffective.org
Cause Effective provides consulting services for nonprofits in three major areas: board development, special events, and fundraising. It offers individual consultation and assessment, as well as workshops and other training. Learn more about the services and training offered in each of these areas of expertise on the organization's web site. Cause Effective can provide pro bono services to eligible organizations. Find out whether your organization is eligible here.
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Consulting, Training and Resources:
- Community Resource Exchange
42 Broadway, 20th Floor
New York, NY 10004
Phone: (212) 894-3394
Fax: (212) 616-4994
Email: info@crenyc.org
The Community Resource Exchange (CRE) is a New York City nonprofit management group that helps build local neighborhoods by building the capacity of community-based organizations. CRE provides guidance through planning, financial management, fundraising, board development, and human resources management. Our services are augmented by our publications, conference center, customized trainings and access to corporate volunteers. CRE also publishes management books and materials, offers customized workshops, and runs.
- Nonprofit Central NY/NJ
PO Box 514
Cranford, NJ 07016
Phone: (908) 272-1209
Fax: (908) 272-1359
Email: scgreen@npocentral.net
Nonprofit Central NY/NJ is a web site that connects nonprofit leaders in New York and New Jersey with consultants and other resources. On this web site, nonprofit leaders can use the "Quick Consultant Search" directory to find consultants who have references, post volunteer opportunities and jobs for free, and sign up for a free NY & NJ grant opportunities E-newsbrief.
- The Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York, Inc. (NPCC)
1350 Broadway, No. 1801
New York, NY 10018
Phone: (212) 502-4191
Fax: (212) 502-4189
Email: info@npccny.org
The Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York, Inc. (NPCC) is a not-for-profit organization established in 1984 to help
nonprofits meet common challenges and problems, to serve as a meeting ground, and to strengthen the nonprofit sector as a whole. NPCC publishes a monthly newsletter,
New York Nonprofits, offers workshops and roundtables on management issues, provides low-cost vendor services, convenes a monthly Government Relations Committee providing
a watchful eye over government and legislative issues affecting the sector, and maintains a website with writings on matters pertaining to operating a nonprofit.
- (NPCC) Space Available Listings
See above for complete listing. This piece of the site lists space available for rent
in the New York City area with nonprofit organizations.
- Resource Development Network
Phone: (908) 272-1209
Email: info@resourcedevelopmentnetwork.com
Resource Development Network, a thirteen-year-old fund raising consulting firm, is a network of consultants with offices
in New Jersey and New York City. Its area of specialization is proposal writing for youth, social service and education organizations in New York and New Jersey.
- Support Center for Nonprofit Management
305 Seventh Avenue, 11th Floor
New York NY 10001
Phone: (212) 924-6744
Fax: (212) 924-9544
The Support Center for Nonprofit Management helps organizations increase their impact. Building on agencies’ traditions, culture and strengths,
its mission is to help shape management and leadership solutions that support their mission and expand internal capacity. The Support Center provides management training and consulting,
disseminates information and practical resources to the sector, and works to build strategic alliances.
- The TA Clearinghouse
Technical Assistance Clearinghouse
c/o Bailey House, Inc.
275 Seventh Avenue, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Phone: (212) 633-2500
Email: tacadmin@baileyhouse.org
The TA Clearinghouse (TAC) is an online service for New York City and Tri-County (Westchester, Rockland, Putnam)
AIDS organizations and people living with HIV/AIDS. The TAC’s searchable databases bring together all kinds of information related to HIV/AIDS and
nonprofit organizations, including Web sites, books, publications, downloadable documents, and trainings.
See the Foundation Center’s FAQ on nonprofit consultants and training for further information.
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Legal/Accounting Services:
- The Clearinghouse for Volunteer Accounting Services (CVAS)
920 Hampshire Road
Suite A-29
Westlake Village, CA 91361
Phone: (805) 495-6755
Fax: (805) 374-2257
Email: info@cvas-ca.org
The Clearinghouse for Volunteer Accounting Services (CVAS) is a national organization that provides accounting services to nonprofit organizations by matching
accountants with organizations in need of accounting services. All accountants work on a volunteer basis and offer their services free of charge to eligible
nonprofits. This enables nonprofit organizations to obtain professional accounting services at no cost.
- Lawyers Alliance for New York
330 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10001
Phone: (212) 219-1800
Fax: (212) 941-7458
Email: info@lany.org
Lawyers Alliance for New York provides corporate and tax legal services for not-for-profits in New York City and helps organizations to incorporate and apply to the
IRS for 501©(3) charitable status. The screening fee is $375.00
- Legal Aid Society of New York
Legal Aid Society Headquarters
199 Water Street
New York, NY 10038
Phone: (212) 577-3300
Fax: (212) 509-8761
For offices in every city borough, please see Locations
Legal Aid Society's Community Development Project (CDP) provides support for three client groups: low-income nonprofit organizations, low-income entrepreneurs, and low-income housing cooperatives. Areas of service include:
Incorporation
Financing
Tax issues
Lease negotiations
Corporate governance
- New York Lawyers for the Public Interest
151 West 30th Street, 11th Floor
New York, New York 10001-4007
Phone: (212) 244-4664
Fax: (212) 244-4570
TDD: (212) 244-3692
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest works with more than 80 of the top law firms in New York City
to provide free legal assistance to community organizations.
- Northeast New Jersey Legal Services
Bergen County Division
61 Kansas Street
Hackensack, NJ 07601
Phone: (201) 487-2166
Fax: (201) 487-3513
Hudson Division
574 Summit Avenue
Jersey City, NJ 07306
Phone: (201) 792-6363
Fax: (201) 798-8780
Passaic County Division
152 Market Street, 6th Fl.
Paterson, NJ 07505
Phone: (973) 523-2900
Fax: (973) 523-9002
Northeast New Jersey Legal Services provides free legal services to low-income Bergen, Hudson, and Passaic County residents in a variety of civil law matters, including housing, family, public benefits, employment, consumer, and community and economic development. We seek to assure that access to the civil justice system is not denied to our clients simply because they cannot afford a private attorney.
- Pro Bono Partnership
New York Office
237 Mamaroneck Avenue
White Plains, New York 10605
Phone: (914) 328-0674
Fax: (914) 328-0538
New Jersey Office
744 Broad Street, Suite 1815
Newark, New Jersey 07102
Phone: (973) 273-0600
Fax: (973) 273-9833
Email: information@probonopartner.org
Pro Bono Partnership offers pro bono legal services to
eligible nonprofit organizations in the New York tri-state area that serve the poor and
disadvantaged, primarily in the areas of health and human services, affordable housing,
neighborhood revitalization, and economic development. Beyond providing pro bono legal
services, the Pro Bono Partnership offers workshops and materials on a variety of topics
affecting nonprofit organizations and volunteer attorneys.
- Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
1 East 53rd St, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10022-4201
Phone: (212) 319-ARTS, ext. 1
Fax: (212) 752-6575
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts is a New York-based organization that offers volunteer legal services to arts organizations and individual artists nationwide. Among the services is the Art Law Line, a multilingual hotline for art law-related questions, consultation services, and an attorney referral service.
See the Foundation Center’s FAQ on legal assistance for nonprofits for further information.
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Computer Technology:
- CompuMentor
435 Brannan Street, Suite 100
San Francisco, CA 94107
Phone: (800) 659-3579
Fax: (415) 633-9400
CompuMentor is a national nonprofit organization specializing in technology assistance for community-based
organizations and schools. It offers technology planning, implementation, and support services. CompuMentor is
also the home of TechSoup.org, the technology website for the nonprofit sector.
- The Fund for the City of New York
Center for Internet Innovation
121 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10013
Phone: (212) 925-6675
Email: info@fcny.org
The Fund for the City of New York is a private operating foundation launched by the Ford Foundation in 1968 with the mandate to
improve the quality of life for all New Yorkers. Through centers on youth, government and technology as well as core organizational assistance, the Fund introduces
and helps to implement innovations in policy, programs, practice and technology in order to advance the functioning of government and nonprofit organizations in New York
City and beyond.
- Groundspring.org
Presidio Building 1014
P.O. Box 29256
San Francisco, CA 94129
Phone: (415) 561-7807
Fax: (415) 561-6401
Groundspring.org, a Tides organization, helps to build the technological capacities of nonprofit organizations across the country.
As part of its mission, it offers a free fundraising management software package called Ebase, which is available for download from the Internet.
- NPower NY
145 West 30th Street, 8th Floor
New York, New York 10001
Phone: (212) 564-7010
Fax: (212) 564-7009
NPower NY helps nonprofits use technology more effectively in serving their communities.
Their direct services and online tools help to demystify the technology that sits on your desk and in your office.
NPower NY works to blend mission and technology effectively to produce high performing, high impact nonprofits.
- The Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network (N-TEN)
870 Market Street, #1264
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: (415) 397-9000
Fax: (415) 397-1833
The Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network (N-TEN) seeks to help nonprofits make more effective use of technology
to advance their missions. N-TEN supports the people who provide technology services to the nonprofit sector by creating opportunities to identify
peers and develop professional support networks, share information and resources, and work collaboratively on a range of projects. In cooperation with
TechSoup.org, N-TEN hosts Techfinder, a searchable online directory of technology service providers that helps nonprofits quickly identify the providers
that are best equipped to meet their specific needs.
- TechSoup.org
435 Brannan St., Suite 100
San Francisco, CA 94107
Phone: (415) 633-9300
Fax: (415) 512-9629
Email: info@techsoup.org
TechSoup.org offers nonprofits a one-stop resource for technology needs by providing free information,
resources, and support. In addition to online information and resources, we offer a product philanthropy service called TechSoup Stock.
Here, nonprofits can access donated and discounted technology products, generously provided by corporate and nonprofit technology partners.
- Per Scholas
1231 Lafayette Avenue
Bronx, NY 10474
Phone: (800) 877-4068
Fax: (718) 991-0362
E-Mail: info@perscholas.org
Per Scholas is a nonprofit organization founded by a consortium of foundations and corporations whose mission is to bring computers to
technology-deprived children and families at the lowest possible cost, to train disadvantaged community residents to become computer technicians and to provide
environmentally responsible recycling of end-of-life computer equipment.
- United Way of New York City
2 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10016
Phone: (212) 251-4104
Email: bjoyce@uwnyc.org
Through its KidSmart and Teaming for Technology programs, the United Way of New York City leads technology outreach to
help local nonprofits overcome the initial intimidation that new technologies can present; streamline their office procedures to save time and money;
integrate technology into their programs to ensure more consistent, quality services; plan long-term solutions rather than short-term fixes; obtain affordable,
quality hardware and software; and, finally, train staff and volunteers to use technology efficiently.
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Volunteer Resources:
- Action Without Borders
360 West 31st Street, Suite 1510
New York, NY 10001
Phone: (212) 843-3973
Fax: (212) 564-3377
Action Without Borders (AWB) connects people, organizations and resources to help build a world where all
people can live free and dignified lives. AWB maintains a searchable database of international volunteer opportunities in its effort to
match volunteers with nonprofit groups from around the globe.
- New York Cares
214 West 29th Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Phone: (212) 228-5000
Fax: (212) 228-6414
New York Cares connects New Yorkers to volunteer opportunities. It helps bring volunteer support to over 850 nonprofit organizations, public schools, and other organizations in the City. More than 36,000 people volunteer their time through New York Cares every year and over 400,000 people are helped through these volunteer services. Find volunteering opportunities by using Search for Projects section of the web site.
- New York City Coalition Against Hunger
Volunteer Matching
16 Beaver Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10004
Phone: (212) 825-0028
The Coalition Against Hunger's volunteer matching system allows volunteers to find emergency feeding programs (soup kitchens, food banks, and other nonprofit groups) that are in need of volunteer assistance. The lookup tool allows volunteers to search by criteria matched to particular preferences, including borough, travel time, subway line, and professional skills.
- VolunteerNYC.org
Established by the Mayor's Volunteer Center in partnership with United Way of New York City, VolunteerNYC.org serves the dual purpose of providing meaningful volunteer opportunities for New Yorkers and providing nonprofit organizations in
New York City the opportunity to post their volunteer needs and publicize the services provided by their organizations. By tailoring this website specifically to
New York City, its database allows visitors to search within their own boroughs and zip codes and get travel information for posted opportunities.
The mission of VolunteerNYC.org is to help even the busiest New Yorker become a volunteer by giving them a great place to start.
- Volunteer Consulting Group, Inc.
6 East 39th Street
Suite 602
New York, NY 10016
Phone: (212) 447-1236
Fax: (212) 447-0925
Email: boardinfo@vcg.org
The Volunteer Consulting Group is a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening nonprofit boards of directors. The organization works as a consultant to nonprofits on issues of board structure, governance, and succession, as well as on board responsibility in terns of oversight of the organization and on board recruitment. Operates www.boardnetUSA.org, an online tool that connects nonprofit boards needing board members with and individuals who wish to serve in these leadership roles.
See the Foundation Center’s FAQ on volunteer opportunities for more information.
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Employment Resources:
- The Career Center at Idealist.org
The Career Center at Idealist.org offers useful advice and other helpful resources for those seeking employment in the nonprofit sector.
- Nonprofit Career Network
Nonprofit Career Network
P.O. Box 241
Haddam, CT 06438-0241
Phone: (888) 844-4870
Fax: (860) 345-3299
Email: nonprofitcareer@comcast.net
Nonprofit Career Network offers a number of services, including job listings and posting resumes.
- Professionals for NonProfits, Inc.
515 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Phone: (212) 546-9091
Fax: (212) 546-9094
Professionals for NonProfits, Inc. (PNP), based in New York City, is a staffing company that specializes
in providing temporary and permanent staff to nonprofits.
See the Foundation Center’s FAQ on nonprofit employment for further information.
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Academic Programs:
- The School of Public Affairs at Baruch College
137 East 22 Street, 3rd Fl., Suite 309
New York, New York 10010-5585
Phone: (212) 802-5900
Fax: (212) 802-5903
Email: stan_altman@baruch.cuny.edu
The School of Public Affairs at Baruch College of the City University of New York specializes in teaching, research
and service in the areas of municipal government, nonprofit administration, policy analysis and evaluation, health care policy and educational administration.
The School offers graduate, undergraduate and executive degree programs. The School operates nationally recognized research centers, including: Center for Innovation and
Leadership in Government, Center for Educational Leadership, Center on Equality, Pluralism and Policy, Center for the Study of Business and Government, and the Baruch Survey Research Unit.
- Institute for Not-for-Profit Management
Executive Education, Columbia Business School
Armstrong Hall, 4th Floor
2880 Broadway
New York, New York 10025
Phone: (212) 854-6018
Fax: (212) 531-4743
Email: inm@columbia.edu
The Institute for Not-for-Profit Management at Columbia University offers graduate-level management education for nonprofit professionals. Programs are divided into two categories. Open Enrollment programs are available to everyone and focus on leadership development and management skills for middle managers and senior executives. Custom Programs are designed for specific organizations and provide training for the employees of those organizations.
- The Hunter College School of Social Work
129 E 79th Street
New York, NY 10021
Phone: (212) 452-7000
The Hunter College School of Social Work, established in 1958, offers several pathways leading to the master of social work degree. The M.S.W. program is
accredited by the Council on Social Work Education. The primary goal of the program is to prepare students for responsible, advanced, and creative practice in social work. As a public
graduate school of social work in New York City, the School recognizes a special responsibility toward serving the urban community under social agency auspices.
- The School of Social Work at Columbia University
1255 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10027
Phone: (212) 851-2300
Email: socialwork@columbia.edu
The School of Social Work at Columbia University offers a variety of programs that ultimately lead to the Master of Science in Social Work (The MS in Social
Work at Columbia is the equivalent of the MSW). Programs are organized around in-depth study of one of five social work methods and on focused study of one of seven fields of practice.
The School also offers a doctoral program in social work.
- Milano Graduate School
72 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011
Phone: (212) 229-5311
Fax: (212) 229-5354
Milano Graduate School at the New School for Social Research in New York City offers master’s degree programs oriented toward public
policy and nonprofit management, including Health Services Management and Policy, Human Resources Management, Nonprofit Management, Organizational Change Management, and Urban Policy Analysis and
Management. The Graduate School also offers a Ph.D. in Public and Urban Policy, as well as various professional development programs.
- The Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
295 Lafayette Street
New York, NY 10012-9604
Phone: (212) 998-7400
Email: wagner@nyu.edu
The Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University offers advanced programs leading to the professional degrees of Master of
Public Administration, Master of Urban Planning, Master of Science in Management, and Doctor of Philosophy. Through these rigorous programs, NYU Wagner educates the future leaders of public,
nonprofit, and health institutions as well as private organizations serving the public sector. NYU Wagner prepares serious, talented professionals to face the constantly changing challenges of public service.
- The Wurzweiler School of Social Work
Belfer Hall
2495 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10033
Phone: (212) 960-0800
The Wurzweiler School of Social Work at Yeshiva University is dedicated to education, social work practice, and research. The School offers flexible Master’s, Doctoral, and Certificate programs in Social
Work with an emphasis on social work values and ethics.
See the Foundation Center’s FAQ on colleges and universities with academic programs in fundraising, philanthropy, or nonprofit management for further information.
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Resources for Small Businesses and Start-ups:
- Audubon Partnership for Economic Development
503 W. 207th Street
New York, NY 10034
Phone: (212) 544-2100
Fax: (212) 544-0248
Email: info@audubonpartnership.org
Audubon Partnership for Economic Development’s Commercial Revitalization Initiative Program consists of strategies to encourage
local merchants, property owners and entrepreneurs to improve their performance. The CRI has a commercial improvement loan fund, which provides low-cost loans of up to $25,000, and offers financial incentives and co-cost
technical assistance, such as architectural design, business counseling, training, legal referrals and workshops.
- Business Outreach Center Network
Central Office
85 South Oxford Street, 2nd Fl.
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Phone: (718) 624-9115
Fax: (718) 246-1881
Email: info@bocnet.org
Business Outreach Center Network’s BOC Capital Corporation Small Business Loan Fund provides flexible loans of up to $25,000. Special products include order-based financing with pre-approval for small
manufacturers. The agency’s Crunch Program uses a combination of counseling and computer technology to build spreadsheets that identify mismatches between planned actions and hoped-for results in sales, expenditures and timing.
- New York Business Development Corporation
50 Beaver Street
Albany, NY 12207
Phone: (800) 923-2504
Fax: (518) 463-0240
New York Business Development Corporation is a privately owned corporation that works closely with member banks to make business loans that conventional lenders normally wouldn’t undertake alone. Interest rates are floating or fixed. Loans range from $25,000 to $1.3
million. Closing takes place within 30 to 60 days of application date.
- New York City Department of Finance
66 John Street, 13th Floor
New York, NY 10038
Phone: (212) 639-9675
New York City Department of Finance’s Commercial Expansion Program offers a partial real property tax abatement for tenants that directly lease space
in nonresidential or mixed-use parcels in areas zoned C4, C5, C6, M1, M2 or M3 in Manhattan, north of 96th Street, or in the other four boroughs. The agency’s Commercial Revitalization Program is a partial, real property
tax abatement for tenants who directly lease space in nonresidential of mixed-use parcels built before 2975 and located in lower Manhattan. It’s Industrial and Commercial Incentive Program is a partial, real property tax exemption and/or abatement
of taxes for property owners of industrial or commercial buildings that are constructed, rehabilitated, expanded or otherwise physically improved.
- New York City Department of Small Business Services
110 William Street
New York, NY 10038
Phone: (212) 639-9675
New York City Department of Small Business Services’ Commercial Revitalization Program helps communities strengthen commercial districts through commercial revitalization planning, business improvement and district planning,
storefront/streetscape improvements, real estate development, business attraction and retention, pilot promotion. The Department’s Empire Zones Program encourages private capital investment and job growth in 10 designated areas by offering incentives to new and expanding firms.
- New York City Economic Development Corporation
110 William Street
New York, NY 10038
Phone: (888) NYC-0100 or (212) 312-3600
New York City Economic Development Corporation stimulates job growth with a variety of programs in each of the five boroughs with an eye toward strengthening the City’s competitive position and facilitating investments that build capacity, generate
prosperity and catalyze the economic vibrancy of city life as a whole.
- The Regional Alliance for Small Contractors, Inc.
New York Office
625 Eighth Avenue, 2nd Floor
Port Authority Bus Terminal - North Wing
New York, NY 10018
Phone: (212) 268-2991
Fax: (212) 268-7509
Email: regionalalliance.ny@verizon.net
New Jersey Office
150 West State Street, Suite 310
Trenton, New Jersey
Phone: (609) 392-5600
Fax: (609) 392-7092
Email: rascnj@regional-alliance.org
The Regional Alliance for Small Contractors, Inc. is a nonprofit organization serving small, minority and women construction contractors.
Its Financing Small Contractors Program provides help in preparing applications for bonding and loans.
- The Service Corps of Retired Executives
26 Federal Plaza, Room 3100
New York, NY 10278
Phone: (212) 264-4507
Fax: (212) 264-4963
Email: info@scorenyc.org
The Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) is a non-profit volunteer association of businesspeople who provide
counseling on how to start a business and offer help to people who are in business and experiencing difficulties. The service is free. Walk-in service is available at some sites.
- Suffolk County Department of Economic Development
H. Lee Dennison Building
100 Veterans Highway
P.O. Box 6100
Hauppauge, NY 11788
Phone: (631) 853-4800
Fax: (631) 853-4888
Suffolk County Department of Economic Development’s Industrial Development Agency offers financial assistance by issuing tax-exempt and/or taxable bonds, as well as incentives such as real
property tax abatements, sales tax exemptions and mortgage recording tax exemptions.
- U.S. Small Business Administration
SBA Region II Office
26 Federal Plaza Suite 3108
New York, NY 10278
Phone: (212) 264-1450
New York District Office
26 Federal Plaza, Suite 3100
New York, NY 10278
Phone: (212) 264-4354
Fax: (212) 264-4963
U.S. Small Business Administration Financial Assistance
Program makes loans available for purposes such as expansion, equipment purchases, working capital and inventory.
- Washington Heights and Inwood Development Corporation
57 Wadsworth Avenue
New York, NY 10033
Phone: (212) 795-1600
Fax: (212) 781-4051
Email: WHIDC@aol.com
Washington Heights and Inwood Development Corporation’s BO$$ Business Development Loan Program provides direct loans of up to $25,000 to small community-based existing and new businesses, primarily in upper Manhattan.
See the Foundation Center’s FAQ on for-profit enterprises for further information.
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Arts Resources:
- Americans for the Arts
New York Office
One East 53rd Street
New York, NY 10022
Phone: (212) 223-2787
Fax: (212) 980-4857
Email: webmaster@artsusa.org
With offices in Washington and New York, and more than 5,000 organizational and individual members and stakeholders across the country,
Americans for the Arts is focused on three primary goals: fostering an environment in which the arts can thrive and contribute to the creation of more livable communities;
generating more public- and private-sector resources for the arts and arts education; and, finally, building individual appreciation of the value of the arts.
- Bronx Council on the Arts
1738 Hone Avenue
Bronx, NY 10461-1486
Phone: (718) 931-9500
Fax: (718)409-6445
e-mail:bronxart@bronxarts.org
Services provided by the Bronx Council on the Arts (BCA) include direct financial support to individual artists and non-profit organizations; information services and technical
assistance; education and community programming; advocacy and the operation of our Longwood Arts Project; an exhibition gallery and cyber arts program; and the Bronx Writers Center, an initiative dedicated to the creative and professional development of our writers.
- Brooklyn Arts Council
195 Cadman Plaza West
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Phone: (718) 625-0080
Fax: (718) 625-3294
Email: bac@brooklynartscouncil.org
In the firm belief that culture contributes to the health of the community, Brooklyn Arts Council takes a leadership role in creating an environment conducive to the arts, and provides grants, resources, referrals, networking opportunities, seminars,
and other activities that support and encourage the arts.
- Council on the Arts & Humanities for Staten Island
Snug Harbor Cultural Center
1000 Richmond Terrace
Staten Island, NY 10301
Phone: (718) 447-3329
Fax: (718) 442-8572
Email: info@statenislandarts.org
The mission of the Council on the Arts & Humanities for Staten Island is to develop, foster and promote the arts,
cultural and humanities activities on Staten Island.
- Creative Capital
65 Bleecker Street, 7th Floor
New York, NY, 10012
Phone: (212) 598-9900
Email: info@creative-capital.org
Creative Capital, a New York City-based nonprofit organization, acts as a catalyst for the development of adventurous and imaginative
ideas by supporting artists who pursue innovation in form and/or content in the performing and visual arts, film and video, and in emerging fields.
- The Foundation Center Library in New York
79 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10003-3076
Phone: (212) 620-4230
The Foundation Center Library in New York is well equipped to aid artists and arts organizations looking for funding. Grantseekers in the arts
may wish to search the online catalog of the Library’s holdings or preview the calendar of educational opportunities and events offered at the Library.
- Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
One Wall Street Court
Second Floor
New York NY 10005
Phone: (212) 219-9401
Fax: (212) 219-2058
Email: info@lmcc.net
The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council serves artists and art audiences in New York City’s financial district and throughout the city’s diverse neighborhoods and cultural communities. This is accomplished in four ways: supporting artists and arts organizations with funding, career support and audience development; fostering public participation in
the arts through free events in visual, performing and new-media arts; arts advocacy; and cultural planning.
- New York Foundation for the Arts
155 Avenue of the Americas, 14th Floor
New York, NY 10013-1507
Phone: (212) 366-6900
Fax: (212) 366-1778
Email: nyfainfo@nyfa.org
The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is a statewide service organization for artists that provides this free national information resource for artists in all
disciplines and for those who support them in any way.
- The New York State Council on the Arts
175 Varick Street
New York, NY 10014-4604
Phone: (212) 627-4455
TDD: (800) 895-9838
The New York State Council on the Arts hosts a web page listing resources for artists in New York State, from resources offering very general support to those specific to the individual arts.
The site also provides link to local community arts groups as well as information about funding for artists.
- Queens Council on the Arts
One Forest Park at Oak Ridge
Woodhaven, NY 11421-1166
Phone: (718) 647-3377
Fax: (718) 647-5036
Email: qca@queenscouncilarts.org
The Queens Council on the Arts is a non-profit arts organization founded in 1966 to support, promote, and develop the arts in Queens County. Its mission is to assist arts organizations and individual artists and to present our diverse cultural resources to the two million residents of our borough,
to residents of other boroughs, and to visitors to New York City.
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