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Creative Readers: Arts Programming for Special Needs Inclusion at the Public Library
Creative Readers, an arts & literacy inclusion program and winner of the 2017 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award, turns books into a multi-sensory experience for K- 6th grade students offering all learners the ability to be challenged, motivated and successful.
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NY Legal Alerts
A regularly updated list of legal alerts relevant to the New York nonprofit community.
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Data Protection Best Practices for Nonprofits
A resource for today’s digital age. Many nonprofits collect and store valuable and sensitive information about their client base and stakeholders, this guide serves as a resource for best practices.
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Goddard Riverside Community Arts Program Artist Residency
DEADLINE: June 15, 2025 The GRCAP Artist Residency is designed to support community-based event organizers and ensembles showing exceptional artistic and social merit exemplifying our mission-based criteria.
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DEI Insights and Practical Guidance for Nonprofits Following Recent Executive Orders – Zoom Recording
View this Zoom Recording of a webinar highlighting the effects of recent executive orders for nonprofits. Led by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.
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Teach and Create—Art Education Resources
Teach and Create is a library of over 250 easily accessible art education teaching resources that can be filtered for audiences, grade bands, media, themes, learning frameworks, and more. These resources include single-class lesson plans, multi-lesson sequential unit plans, and teaching tools for teachers, as well as activities and sequential lessons for students and families in all age groups.
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Sample Written Testimony Template for City Council – Spring 2025
Access this sample written testimony to prepare you to testify for New York City Council.
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Safeguarding New York City’s Nonprofit Sector
This report on safeguarding the nonprofit sector was generated by lawyers and nonprofit staff at all levels, volunteers, and funders in a collaborative setting to address urgent threats, foster cross-sector resilience, and equip nonprofits with actionable resources.
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Bridges with ArtsConnection
Research-based teaching and learning arts-integration resources for teaching the arts, literacy, & social emotional learning through hands-on, age appropriate & process-oriented activities. Includes theoretical supports as well as an bank of activities, tools, and resources for classroom teachers, teaching artists, and administrators.
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Developing English Language Literacy Through the Arts (DELLTA)
DELLTA is a model for teaching arts and language acquisition through a structured artmaking process, embedded with strategies and supports for Multilingual Learners (MLs). The research-based DELLTA model effectively supports English language acquisition. MLs develop language skills in an engaging, authentic context that provides opportunities for self-expression and ownership of learning.
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2025 Center for Craft Teaching Artist Cohort
DEADLINE: 3/17/2025. Thirty mid-career craft artists who teach will receive $10,000 grants and join a 6-month cohort experience that supports their artistic and teaching career development with programs, mentorship, and peer-to-peer learning creating an enriching impact on the communities they engage, developing a network of teaching craft artists.
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Letters to Chief State School Officers on Arts Education
In September of 2022, President Biden shared a commitment to enhance access to the arts and humanities for every child in America. In October 2, 2024, this letter was released on the topic. It is made available now via The Wayback Machine.
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FY24 Support for Arts Instruction Initiative Report
The 2023-2024 school year marks the second year of the equity-rooted Support for Arts Instruction Initiative, funded by the New York City Council, and administered by NYC Arts in Education Roundtable in partnership with NYC Public Schools Arts Office. This report outlines the impact of this citywide initiative to support standards-based arts instruction programs for […]
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Guidance to Nonprofits Regarding Immigration Enforcement
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest and Lawyers Alliance for New York have issued an updated guidance to nonprofits outlining best practices for assisting and protecting immigrant clients amidst heightened immigration enforcement under the incoming second Trump administration.
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Nonprofit Toolkit: Get Ready for New Federal Government Policies and Enforcement Priorities
Nonprofits and their communities are gearing up for the profound changes in our federal government that will come in 2025. The incoming administration has discussed plans for intensive oversight and investigation of organizations perceived as opposing its policies or supporting certain communities. Lawyers Alliance for New York and New York Lawyers for the Public Interest have partnered to educate, advise, and represent nonprofit organizations during this significant transition. This legal alert identifies a few ways your organization can prepare before Inauguration Day.
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