Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts Inc.
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts Inc.
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About this organization
Mission
VLA provides pro bono legal services, mediation, educational programs, and advocacy to the arts community in New York and beyond. Last year, VLA served more than 8,500 members of the arts community and facilitated the contribution of more than $19 million of free legal services to artists in need and arts & cultural organizations (ACOS) in need from all artistic disciplines.
About
Legal services: VLA's department of legal services provides the arts community with access to services through legal clinics and in-house consultations. Here, artists and ACOS can seek advice on arts-related legal issues from VLA staff and volunteer attorneys. They also offer pro bono placements for low-income artists and ACOS with one of approximately 1,365 volunteer attorneys. In FY19, VLA provided more than 35,000 hours of pro bono legal work to the New York arts community. More than 1,365 volunteer attorneys, 4 staff attorneys, and 82 law student interns and legal fellows provided vital information and legal counseling to thousands of artists and arts and cultural organizations on issues affecting their art. For example, VLA attorneys review a wide range of contracts including gallery consignment agreements, talent release agreements, licensing agreements for musicians and fashion designers, and collaboration agreements for choreographers. VLA also assists arts organizations such as dance and theatre companies with incorporating as nonprofits and receiving 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. Additionally, VLA attorneys represent its artists and ACOS in copyright and contractual disputes before courts and mediators.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The purpose of the non-profit, as set forth in the filing, is “Vla's mission is to ensure access to dedicated legal representation and education to individual artists and arts and cultural organizations (acos). focusing on new york state and the new york metropolitan area, vla strives to protect the livelihoods, businesses, and creative works of the artistic community. to achieve these goals, vla provides pro bono legal representation to low-income individual artists and acos. vla also offers educational programming and a range of other services such as legal counseling, advocacy, alternative dispute resolution, and training of lawyers in arts and entertainment law.”.
When discussing its purpose, they were characterized as: “Vla provides pro bono legal services, mediation, educational programs, and advocacy to the arts community in new york and beyond. last year, vla served more than 8,500 members of the arts community and facilitated the contribution of more than $19 million of free legal services to artists in need and arts & cultural organizations (acos) in need from all artistic disciplines.”.
- The state in which the non-profit is legally authorized to operate is NY, as reported.
- The filing confirms that the non-profit's address in 2020 was 1 EAST 53RD STREET 6TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY, 10022.
- The form of the non-profit reports 7 employees as of 2020.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $257,537.
- The organization has 37 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1969.
- The organization pays $778,430 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $140,002 in fundraising expenses.
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