360 Degrees of Financial literacy is a free online resource. It is national volunteer effort of the nation’s Certified Public Accountants to help Americans understand their personal finances and develop money management skills. It focuses on financial education as a lifelong endeavor—from children learning about the value of money to adults reaching a secure retirement.

Email: financialliteracy@aicpa.org
For information about the American Institute of CPAs, call 888-777-7077 or go to www.aicpa.org

ArtistShare is a crowdfunding service, a business model for musicians which allows them to fund their projects outside of the traditional recording industry model. It utilizes a "fan-funding" model to allow the general public to directly finance, watch the creative process of the recording, and gain access to extra material from an artist. ArtistShare is a platform that connects creative artists with fans in order to share the creative process and fund the creation of new artistic works. It has been allowing fans to show appreciation for their favorite artists by funding their projects in exchange for access to the creative process, LTD Edition recordings, VIP access to events/recording sessions and even credit listing on the final product.

Artstaxinfo.com is a service of Riley & Associates, P.C., based out of Massachusetts. In addition to a reference section, and blog, it offers discipline-specific information for "actors, directors and performers," "musicians and singers," "writers" and "visual artists."

Bankrate, Inc. is an aggregator of financial rate information, offering a depth and breadth of rate data and financial content. Bankrate continually surveys approximately 4,800 financial institutions in all 50 states in order to provide clear, objective, and unbiased rates to consumers. Bankrate.com provides free rate information to consumers on more than 300 financial products, including mortgages, credit cards, new and used automobile loans, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, checking and ATM fees, home equity loans and online banking fees.

Chicago Artists Resource (CAR) is an excellent source of information for artists' professional development. It includes legal, financial and education information as well as artist opportunities.

The Cleveland Action to Support Housing (CASH) formed as a non-profit in the late 1970s. Their mission is to encourage the revitalization of Cleveland’s neighborhoods. They do this through repair and/or rehabilitation lending. CASH collaborates with local lenders, making it easier for you to improve your home or property with a low interest rate. They will also assist in qualifying contractors and determining a fair price for home repairs.

CINEMA is a non-profit organization that empowers independent filmmakers, screenwriters, actors, and artists in the greater Cleveland area through networking, funding, showcasing and education.

Address: 815 Superior Avenue, Suite 616 Cleveland, OH 44114
Phone: (440) 503-2777
E-mail: info@cinemacleveland.com

A local nonprofit providing focused leadership in the arts community by developing strategic research, providing business training programs for artists and nonprofits, and working with the public sector to develop sound public policy around arts and culture.

Address: 1900 Superior, Suite 130, Cleveland, OH 44114
Phone: (216) 575-0331
E-mail: info@cpacbiz.org

Creative Capital is a New York based non-profit dedicated to supporting individual artists in pursuit of innovation. It is a national nonprofit organization that provides integrated financial and advisory support to artists pursuing adventurous projects in all disciplines. Their approach combines funding, counsel and career development services to enable a project's success and foster sustainable practices for our grantees.

Address: 65 Bleecker Street, 7th Floor New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212) 598-9900
Email: connect@creative-capital.org

Feed The Muse is a simple and safe way for fans, friends and family to support your creative ideas online. We supply you with all the tools you need to effectively reach out to your community and raise funds to accomplish your next project. YES, you can raise money if you’re a band, musician, artist, writer or filmmaker, and YES, you can also raise money if you’re a teacher trying to impact your community.

FirstGiving is dedicated to one purpose: empowering passionate nonprofit supporters to raise more money than they ever thought possible for the causes they care about. They partner with nonprofit organizations to allow them to plan, execute, and measure successful online fundraising campaigns and charity fundraising events with fundraising software.

Phone: (877) 365-2949
Email: sales@firstgiving.com

A national organization offering classes and other tools to assist individuals and nonprofits in finding funding.

Address: 1422 Euclid Avenue, Suite 1600 Cleveland, OH 44115
Phone: (216) 861-1933

Fractured Atlas provides resources on professional development, marketing, health care, funding, events, jobs and other artist opportunities.

Address: 248 West 35th Street, Suite 1202 New York, NY 10001
E-mail: support@fracturedatlas.org

IndieGoGo is a crowdfunding service. Originally for film projects, the platform provides artists and creative project leaders the tools for project funding, recruiting, and promotion, while enabling the audience to discover, connect fund projects directly.

Phone: (415) 534-4646
Address: 301 8th Street, Suite 225, San Francisco, CA 94103

sources articles from nearly 200 writers located around the world with expertise ranging from active trading to frugal living and everything in between. The site offers a dictionary of financial terms with both a definition, and an interpretation of how the term is used in practice. It also offers articles, tutorials and free investment guides and packages.

The Small Business and Self-Employed Tax Center of the IRS provides access to tax information useful to small businesses with assets of $10 million or less. It contains a section that offers the basics on your tax responsibilities if you are self-employed or an independent contractor.

June Walker, Tax and Financial Advisor to the Self-Employed. Useful financial information in various self employed situations.

KickStarter is a crowdfunding service focused on creative ideas and ambitious endeavors. Artists, filmmakers, musicians, designers, writers, illustrators, explorers, curators, performers, and others bring their projects, events, and dreams to life. Kickstarter is powered by a unique all-or-nothing funding method where projects must be fully-funded or no money changes hands.

LINC is an organization that strives to improve the working conditions for artists in all disciplines. LINC's site provides connections to other organizations with the same mission.

Address: 450 W 37th Street, Suite 502 New York, NY 10018
Phone: (646) 731-3725

MyArtProfile is a Free website dedicated to visual artists and art appreciators that lets them share advice wtih other artists, connect with art buyers, display work and create networks.