Finance call
Georgia Lawyers for the Arts
Finance Call
Call details
What we'd like to talk about
I'd like strategic advice on capturing new donors for a fundraising campaign that is hosted by the city of Atlanta. We have participated in the past and need new ideas to increase donations.
Additional context
The City of Atlanta hosts a campaign for nonprofits that begins September 1. The city will match $1 for $1 every donation given up to the amount of $10,000. We have raised $5,000 in the campaign last year which was matched and our organization received $10,000. This year, we would like to raise $10,000 and have the city of Atlanta match those dollars so that we can double our amount.
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Posted by
Shayla J.
Nonprofit Operations Fellow
Our mission
To further creativity by protecting and advising Georgia's artists and inventors.
What we do
Through our staff attorneys and network of more than 700 volunteer attorneys, Georgia Lawyers for the Arts provides pro bono legal assistance to artists from all disciplines and arts organizations with an annual budget of less than $1 million. In 2017 alone, GLA provided more than a $2,000,000 (over 3,200 hours) in pro bono legal services to Georgia's arts community.
GLA provides three types of services to artists: (1) Pro Bono Attorneys: for artists and arts organizations with a discrete legal issue, GLA in-house attorney will either handle the matter or the organization will match the artist-client with a pro bono attorney; (2) Legal Clinics: on a monthly basis, GLA volunteer attorneys provide on-the-spot legal advice during 30-minute counseling sessions; and (3) Legal Seminars: GLA attorneys present seminars on numerous legal and business-related topics. These topics include copyright and trademark law, corporate formation, and industry-specific topics targeting photographers, musicians, and those in the film industry. Through its legal hotline, pool of volunteer attorneys, and numerous educational workshops and seminars, GLA serves thousands of artists and arts organizations in Georgia, and act as a critical link between members of the legal and arts communities.
