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Seedco Arts Training and Advisory Services

I recently met with Seedco Financial and went over some of their services. I wanted to post it because the services are very helpful for startups and those forming a non-profit organization. Here’s some information about the great services they offer.

Through Seedco Financial and its New York City ArtBusiness Initiative, you may be eligible for low cost financing and free consulting services!

Free customized training and business advisory services on various topics including financial management, marketing & business planning, resource development, facilities development, and other topics. Services will be provided through intensive group sessions, workshops and one-on-one consultations in collaboration with specialized arts technical assistance providers.

Seedco Financial also provides below market rate loans ranging from $25,000 to $1.5 million with interest rates as low as 3%. Loan funds may be used for long-term working capital, expansion, cash flow needs, financial restructuring, and real estate projects.

Seedco Financial is a nonprofit community development financial institution that offers technical assistance and below market-rate loans to community organizations, nonprofits, and businesses in economically distressed communities. Since February 2005, the ArtBusiness Initiative has disbursed over $4.8 million in loans and worked with more than 450 arts groups in New York City.

To access services or to get more information, contact Edgar Zavala at (646) 843-6510 or ezavala@seedco.org

Member Profile #7: Sweet Home New Orleans

Name: Sweet Home New Orleans
Website: www.sweethomeneworleans.org
Hometown: New Orleans, LA
Artistic Discipline: Arts Service Organization
Fractured Atlas Member Since: July 2007
Fractured Atlas Services Used: Liability Insurance

Sweet Home New Orleans is an organization that connects the culture bearers of New Orleans with 14 local and national non-profits. They help New Orleans musicians, Mardi Gras Indians, and Social Aid & Pleasure Club members stabilize their lives through housing and financial assistance, performance subsidies, and social services. One of their goals is to help New Orleans’ musical and cultural tradition-bearers realize their dream of returning to their families, their neighborhoods, and their roots in order to revive, uphold, and perpetuate New Orleans’ unique culture.

We asked Sweet Home New Orleans, led by Kate Benson, a few questions about their company and its work….

What/who are your biggest influences?
“The musicians and culture bearers who we work with everyday are our greatest influences. They make up the storied culture that is New Orleans. Without these wonderful individuals, New Orleans would not be the diverse and cultural city that it is today.”

What have been your greatest successes to date?
“Being able to support more than 1,600 New Orleans musicians, Mardi Gras Indians, and Social Aid & Pleasure Club Members since September of 2005,” is Sweet Home’s most noteworthy success, Kat Dobson, their Communications Director, replies. “It is a great success to watch the recovery of our clients and our city and know that we had a small hand in that.”

Finish this sentence: A world without art is….
“…. a world without life.”

How can we see, experience, or learn more about your work?
You can visit Sweet Home New Orleans’ website at www.sweethomeneworleans.org or, better yet, visit New Orleans and its outstanding cultural venues!

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