Entrepreneurial
• Artist Trust 
Seattle non-profit that offers grants, business practice programs, and resources for WA State artists of all disciplines. 
• Doris Duke Charitable Foundation 
Improve the quality of people's lives through grants supporting the performing arts, environmental conservation, medical research and child well-being, and through preservation of the cultural and environmental legacy of Doris Duke's properties.
• 4Culture 
4Culture is King County’s cultural services agency. 4Culture provides funding for King County organizations and individuals.
• IndieGoGo 
Crowdsourcing platform for artists to use to fund their projects and ideas. 
• Kickstarter 
Crowdsourcing platform for artists to use to fund their projects and ideas. 
• Women Arts 
Includes many resources for women artists including funding sources.
• Puffin Foundation 
The Puffin Foundation make grants that encourage emerging artists in the fields of art, music, photography, theater, video and literature whose works.
• How To Release A Record 
Quick guide through the maze of the release process.
• Sou'wester Artist Residency 
During winter months, they offer reduced weekly rates for artists wishing to devote themselves to their creative pursuits.
• Centrum Residency 
Residency projects can be focused on a single genre or be a multidisciplinary undertaking, and might be the creative work of an individual or encompass the collaborative work of a group.
• TransArtists Residence Guide
TransArtists.org is your platform for artist-in-residence information, resources and knowledge.
• Shunpike
Independent arts groups in Washington State with the services, resources, and opportunities they need to forge their own paths to sustainable success.
Essentials
• Allliance 
Mission is to ensure that residents thrive in safe, healthy, affordable homes. They accomplish this through advocacy, education, and organizing. 
• Capitol Hill Housing 
CHH builds vibrant and engaged communities through affordable housing and community development. CHH owns and manages 48 affordable properties throughout the Seattle area.
• MusicPro Insurance 
MusicPro Insurance Agency provides insurance for the music professional. Coverage for instrument & equipment, studio, tour or composer liability, travel accident and business as well as health insurance.
• Smash Seattle 
SMASH is a nonprofit organization dedicated to keeping our music community healthy and thriving, by providing health education, advocacy and healthcare to low-income Seattle area musicians.
• Sweet Relief 
Sweet Relief Musicians Fund provides financial assistance to all types of career musicians who are struggling to make ends meet while facing illness, disability, or age-related problems.
• Artist Health Insurance Resource Center 
Serve thousands of performing arts and entertainment professionals across the country every year, in person, and via online resources.
• Ventures 
Ventures helps potential entrepreneurs create businesses by offering: initial business training, access to small credit through a peer-lending model, ongoing technical assistance, and mentoring.
• DIY Venue Harm Reduction 
This is a working draft of incomplete, evolving suggestions for free and low-cost harm reduction strategies that venues can implement immediately.
• Jazz Foundation of America 
The Jazz Foundation offers a variety of programs and assistance to jazz and blues musicians in need. 
• Racial Equity Toolkit 
A glossary of racial equity terms and leading concepts to understand the landscape of racial issues.
• Equity vs Equality 
A quick infographic to better understand the difference between equity and equality.
• A Guide to Bullying: What you can do about it 
A resource on how to stand up to bullying.
• Washington Lawyers for the Arts 
Lawyers specializing in arts & entertainment law for artists and arts at low costs or free of charge.
• Legal Voice 
Talk to legally trained volunteers about legal matters.
• Tenants Union 
Information on tenants' rights. Office is open during business hours for consultations as well. 

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