Planning/Management

Spending Basics

Courtesy of New York Foundation for the Arts

In Money Basics, we asked you to figure out a very basic math question. Namely, how much do you spend?

Now, in Spending Basics, you'll get to analyze some of your spending routines. Specifically, you'll be looking at the basics of buying a home, purchasing a car, and the way you use a piece of plastic called a credit card to buy nearly everything else.
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Selected Articles

No More Starving Artists!

Script for "Marketplace" commentary

National Public Radio
13 August 2003

Poetry Magazine, the long-struggling publication, received a 100 million dollar bequest recently from pharmaceutical fortune heir Ruth Lilly. It’s stirred up a hornets nest in circles that frown on mixing art and money. But commentator and arts critic Ann Daly says it’s about time.

David Sharp: Artists And Finance

In this column, NYFA Program Officer Edith Meeks interviews performing artists about issues relating to their working careers. Here, she speaks with David Sharp about artists and finance.

Edith Meeks: You’ve made a pretty unusual career combination of dancing and corporate financial consulting. Do you make any connection between the two?

Money Basics - What is a Budget?

A budget is simply a plan for how you earn, spend, save and invest your money. Creating your budget is one of the first things you should do as you begin to organize your personal finances.

Why? Because having a budget is the key to making your money work for you. Until you actually calculate how much money you earn after taxes - and until you figure out how much money you spend every month - it's impossible to establish a savings or investment plan that will work.

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Selected Chicago-City Links

Ecenter of Columbia College Chicago AEMM Department Workshops

The Ecenter's Express Business Loan Program facilitates access to start up and small business capital and includes workshops on Express Business Loan Preparation which prepares artists to apply for bank financing and Express Business Loan Application in which artists can apply for their small or start up business loans.

Executive Service Corps of Chicago

Financial management consulting for nonprofits, schools and governments in strategic planning, human resources, endowment planning, marketing, performance coaching, and other important areas.

Illinois Pro Bono: A Debt Guide for Illinois Consumers

A manual on debt collection issues.

SmART Start: Self Assessment Tools

The Arts and Business Council's proprietary on-line self-assessment for the arts. Helps arts groups to pinpoint improvement and growth needs in seven major management areas.

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