Fiscal Sponsorship
Independent Arts & Media offers fiscal sponsorship to individuals, collectives and emerging organizations seeking support from major funding sources that only make grants to projects with nonprofit status.
Indy Arts is developing its sponsorship program in a producer's co-op context. This means we are more than a passthrough agency, but rather seek to build cross-promotional and shared services that boost the efforts of our entire community.
Current Indy Arts Sponsorees
924 Gilman Street/Alternative Music Foundation
"The 924 Gilman Street Project is an all-ages, non-profit, collectively organized music and performance venue that hosts shows on Fridays, Saturdays, and occasionally on Thursdays and Sundays. It is located in North Berkeley, about 1 1/2 miles from the North Berkeley BART station, at the corner of 8th St. and Gilman. Gilman strives to provide a violence, alcohol and drug-free environment, and will not book or support racist, misogynist, or homophobic bands or performances."
Broccoli BlueBroccoli Blue is a free magazine for kids. It seeks to educate, entertain and inspire, and publishes stories across different languages, exposing children to stories from around the world, and engaging local artists to create stories and art for children and parents from all ethnicities and cultures.
CounterCorp Film FestivalA project that seeks to document, reduce, and ultimately prevent the corrosive political, economic, and social effects that large corporations have in the United States and around the world. Organizes the annual CounterCorp Anti-Corporate Film Festival.
Friends of KUSF-FM "FoKUSF is a non-profit association assisting the radio station KUSF 90.3 FM in San Francisco with finances, fundraising, advocacy, organization and promotions."
Hyphen Magazine
Hyphen: Asian America Unabridged is a smart, sleek and stimulating independent publication -- with some truly gorgeous art direction -- addressing pop, politics, culture and community. One of our oldest sponsorees -- we are honored to support them.
maximumrocknroll
"Maximumrocknroll is a widely distributed monthly fanzine dedicated to supporting the underground punk rock scene. MRR's 20-year plus history and large, obsessed all-volunteer staff has made its punk rock coverage the most consistently up-to-date and reliable around. Several major media conglomerates control most music produced today. In contrast, MRR reinforces the values of the punk underground by remaining independent and not-for-profit."
No Boss
The newsletter of the Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives advances dialogue and resources about economic independence and the co-op movement.
Oakland Speaks: East Side Stories
"'Building Community, Making Meaning, Enriching Place' ... Oakland Speaks: Eastside Stories is an integrated public art project at the new East Oakland Community Library (EOCL) at 81st Avenue and Rudsdale Street in Oakland. The project's artwork is developed around the theme of Mutuality + Transformation, to highlight the interrelation between individuals and their actions, and address the social fragmentation symptomatic of community civic crisis."
Old Growth Arts Residencies
Old Growth Arts support artists, thinkers and writers who are young or old, homegrown or international, by providing space and time in an atmosphere that is conducive to reflection, meditation, study and creative labor. Old Growth Arts' purpose resonates with a larger mission to expand civic dialogue by increasing access to independent voices. We especially welcome those artists and writers with indigenous roots in the area, as well as to those from abroad; each is a voice deepening the dialogue on place.
The San Francisco Public Press
The San Francisco Public Press is a new nonprofit local news organization whose aim is to increase the coverage of important but under-covered news topics through a daily print newspaper and the Web. The paper will stress government and private-sector accountability, consumer protection and issues of social inequality. We are developing a business model unique in the newspaper world, balancing subscription revenue with public-broadcasting-style pledges and philanthropy.
The San Francisco Women's Film Festival
The SFWFF's mission is to honor, showcase and facilitate the creation of films that are directed or co-directed by women.
The Bay Bridged
"Founded in January 2006 as a way for two music fans to learn about the music in our community, TheBayBridged.com has become recognized as the leading resource for the best in San Francisco Bay Area independent rock, pop, folk and punk music. Through a daily music news blog, weekly podcast, and regular series of live concerts, The Bay Bridged has spotlighted over 200 of the best bands from the Bay Area and continues to discover and promote great music from the best in undiscovered and up-and-coming local musicians."
Prior sponsorees:
ArtSFA vibrant arts exhibition and development space in the heart of San Francisco's Mission District, with an emphasis on local and emerging artists.
The Burma Photo Project
A project by New York-based photographer Kate Moxham.
The Cyclown Traveling Cirus
A bicycle-powered performance troupe touring refugee camps in Europe -- bringing laughter and circus arts to those who need it most.
Madhappys
A free, artist-driven comix newspaper that provides a new home sequential narrative art in the Bay Area and beyond.
The New Institute
In response to the cultural climate and particular urban condition of the Bayview Hunter's Point neighborhood The New Institute aims to provide a platform for cultural activity that addresses alternatives to dominant ideologies and points towards social change. As an organization, The New Institute aims to offer an established structure that allows for sustained dialogue and critique through a long-term investment in the community.
New Spark Productions
An independent documentary film crew with a focus on politics and communities.
The Yearly Kos
"Netroots" community organizing.
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