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The Freelancer’s Guide to Getting Paid on Time
Freelancers Union
Covers strategies including creating a contract, practicing prompt invoicing, pressuring clients to pay, filing a complaint, and taking legal action to ensure payment.
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Pay Rate for Access Workers Now (PRAWN)
Madison Zalopany and Alison Kopit
This project came out of a series of conversations among disabled access workers whose advocacy, counsel, expertise, and labor specifically focused on transforming cultural spaces in the US to be disability-centered. We aimed to collect, document, and share current pay rates to build collective power and create clearer industry standards.
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Working Artists for a Greater Economy (W.A.G.E)
Working Artists for a Greater Economy (W.A.G.E)
The first model of its kind — and the first in the U.S. — to establish a sector-wide minimum standard for compensation, as well as a clear set of guidelines for the conditions under which artistic labor is contracted.
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Business Expenses Worksheet
Philadelphia Tax Prep for Artists
A worksheet to track unreimbursed business expenses for self-employed/1099 workers, to be used as a reference when inputting deductions on their tax forms.
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The Good Foot Podcast
The Good Foot Podcast
The Good Foot Podcast is an educational platform for individuals motivated by the artists who pave their path through the street dance community. It serves as a hub for honest conversation about the diverse perspectives on the origins, dissemination, current state, and future of the culture.
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Glossary of Nonprofit Finance Terms and Concepts
Nonprofit Finance Fund
NFF’s business and finance related glossary of terms and concepts for nonprofit individuals and organizations.
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Dancers Alliance Rates
Dancers Alliance
Recommended standard rates for dancers for commercial/film projects.
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Making Your Life as an Artist
Artists U
A guide to building a balanced, sustainable artistic life.
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Solidarity Economy Principles
Solidarity Economy Principles
An organizing framework for those who wish to create a systemic commitment to and practice of interdependence and collective liberation in the economic activities that meet our material needs.
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Emergency Preparedness: A 4-Step Action Plan
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)
NYFA, Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CEFF+), and National Coalition for Arts Preparedness and Emergency Response (NCAPER) join forces to help you protect yourself and your assets before an emergency.
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6 Achievable Ways Freelance Dancers Can Nail Their Taxes This Year
Danceplug
An article outlining the how-to’s for dancers to file their taxes.
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Guide to Artist Contracts and Agreements
ArtConnect
Contracts and agreements play a major role in the administrative side of working as an artist. To help you through the process, we’ve put together this guide outlining some common ones, as well as useful resources.
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