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The Resources section is an ongoing collaborative effort at the Entertainment Community Fund to provide a one-stop database of services and organizations that meet the unique and essential needs of the arts and entertainment professional. You can use the Category and/or State filter OR use the map above to find all resources by State.

Theater Breaking Through Barriers

TBTB is the only Off-Broadway theater, and one of the few theaters in the country, dedicated to advancing actors and writers with disabilities and changing the image of people with disabilities from dependence to independence.

Theatrical Stage Employees, IATSE, Local 1

Represents theatrical stagehands.

Theatrical Wardrobe Union, IATSE Local 764

Represents wardrobe workers in film, television and live performance in the New York City area, as well as child actor guardians on Broadway, at Radio City Music Hall and Lincoln Center Theatre.

Treasurers and Ticket Sellers Union, IATSE Local 751

Represents professional Box Office personnel within the jurisdiction of New York City.

Treasurers and Ticket Sellers Union, IATSE Local 751

Represents professional Box Office personnel within the jurisdiction of New York City.

Trevor Project 24/7 Hotline

Founded in 1998 by the creators of the Academy Award®-winning short film TREVOR, The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25. Hotline: 866.488.7386

Unemployment Benefits in New York

This site explains who is eligible for unemployment benefits, how to file online, and how to claim weekly benefits.

United Scenic Artists, IATSE, Local USA 829

Represents Designers, Artists, and Craftspeople in the entertainment and decorative arts industries. The members of Local USA 829 are Artists and Designers working in film, theatre, opera, ballet, television, industrial shows, commercials and exhibitions. 

Volunteers of Legal Service (VOLS)

Promotes pro bono legal services for a variety of projects to help low income residents in the New York City area including the Elderly Project, assisting seniors age 60 and older living in Manhattan, HIV Project, Children's Project and Micro-enterprise Project.

Why Hunger

Connects people in need to food programs and services in their community, and supports grassroots solutions that inspire self-reliance and community empowerment.

Workers' Compensation

Provides information for employees, employers, insurers and medical providers about Workers' Compensation benefits and work-related injuries and illnesses.

Working Artists and the Greater Economy (WAGE)

Our mission is to establish sustainable economic relationships between artists and the institutions that contract our labor, and to introduce mechanisms for self-regulation into the art field that collectively bring about a more equitable distribution of its economy.

Writers Guild of America-East

Represents writers for television, film and digital media in the U.S. Before you send your work to agents, producers and actors, protect your material with the Writers Guild Online Script Registration service.

Wyckoff Heights Medical Center (Brooklyn)

Services include crisis counseling and rape crisis advocates on call service for Emergency Dept. No cost. Contact Danielle Probst (coordinator) at 718.906.384 or Indira Parmar (care coordinator) at 718.963.7221.

Zero to Three

A national nonprofit multidisciplinary organization that informs, educates and supports adults who influence the lives of infants and toddlers.

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