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Categories

National Volunteer Lawyers For The Arts
Pro-Bono Legal Services
Arts Services
Government
Business Start-up and Not-for-Profit Assistance
Laws
Intellectual Property


PRO-BONO LEGAL SERVICES

Nonprofit Legal Support Project
The American Bar Association’s Division of Legal Services
American Bar Association
Center for Disability & Elder Law
Chicago Bar Foundation
Chicago-Kent Patent Hub
Chicago-Kent, Other Legal Resources
Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights
Coordinated Advice & Referral Program for Legal Services (CARPLS)
First Defense Legal AID (FDLA)
Illinois Legal Assistance Referrals
Illinois State Bar Association
Illinois Legal Aid Online
Law Center for Better Housing
Legal Aid Chicago
Legal Council for Health Justice
UIC Law Community Legal Clinics


BUSINESS START-UP AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT ASSISTANCE

Fiscal Sponsorship Resources:

Starting Your Business in Illinois Handbook
Illinois Secretary of State Business Services
Illinois Business Publications and Forms
American Nonprofit Academy
Arts Administrators of Color
The Association of Consultants to Nonprofits
Adler & Colvin – Nonprofit Resources
The Back Office Cooperative
Building Movement Project
Catch A Fire
Chicago African Americans in Philanthropy
Chicago Booth School of Business
Center for Nonprofit Excellence
Compass
TechSoup
See3
Executive Service Corps
Forefront
Latin Policy Forum
North Park University – Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management
Northern Illinois Center for Nonprofit Excellence
SCORE Chicago
Taproot Foundation
University of Illinois Springfield – Non Profit Resource Center


ARTS SERVICES

Chicago Artists Coalition
Chicago Independent Venue League (CIVL)
Chicago Music Scene
Entertainment Community Fund
Illinois Arts Alliance
League of Chicago Theaters
Season of Concern
See Chicago Dance
UIC Health in the Arts Program


GOVERNMENT

Illinois Arts Council
Illinois Secretary of State
State of Illinois
Illinois Attorney General
City of Chicago
Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
Chicago Film Office
Illinois Film Office
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)


LAWS

Supreme Court Shadow Docket Tracker
Arts Alliance Illinois – Bill Tracker
U.S. Copyright Act
U.S. Trademark Law
Visual Artists’ Rights Act
General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986 (805 ILCS 105)
Solicitation for Charity Act (225 ILCS 460)
Illinois Consignment of Art Act
Illinois Right of Publicity Act


INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Copyright Alliance
Copyright Clearance Center
International Trademark Association
U.S. Copyright Office
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
World Intellectual Property Organization

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