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Ways to support VLA
No gift is too big or too small. Donations of $25, $50, or $100 today really can make a difference tomorrow. All donations are tax deductible to the extent allowable by law. Your personal contribution to VLA will help us continue and expand our services:
- Legal services to low-income artists
- Legal services to arts nonprofit organizations
- Educational programming
- Scholarship programs for artists
- Outreach programming
- Maintain lower fees for legal services and educational programs
Organizing a fundraiser?
Whether you are coordinating a lecture, party, or concert, donating the proceeds to VLA is simple and guarantees the continuation of our services to the arts community. If you plan to support us with a fundraiser, please contact Kathryn E. Wagner, Esq., registrations@vlany.org.
CONTACT: 212.319.2787, ext.1
MEMBERSHIP PACKAGES
Artist and Arts Organization Membership
Membership for artists and non-profit or for-profit arts organizations. Find out more about the levels and benefits of membership.
Attorney Membership
Membership for attorneys at any point in their career. Find out about the levels and benefits of membership, and become a member.
Institutional Membership
We extend special benefits for law firms and corporate donors. Click below for more information on corporate and law firm membership benefits.
Supporters*
Our sincerest thanks to all our supporters. VLA is a nonprofit legal service organization supported in part with public funds, by state agencies, and through generous gifts from all our wonderful supporters.
Institutional Members
Patron Level
A&O Shearman
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Benefactor Level
- Advance
- Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP
- Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
- Covington & Burling LLP
- Davis & Gilbert LLP
- Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
- Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
- Jenner & Block LLP
- Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
- Latham & Watkins LLP
- Loeb & Loeb LLP
- Morgan, Lewis, & Bockius LLP
- Paul Hastings LLP
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
- Proskauer Rose LLP
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
- Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP
Sustainer Level
- DLA Piper LLP
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Leichtman Law PLLC
- Lowenstein Sandler LLP
- Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
- Perkins Coie LLP
- Pryor Cashman LLP
- Shapiro Arato Bach LLP
- Winston & Strawn LLP
Foundation, Government, and Corporate Support
Foundation Supporters
- Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS
- The Cowles Charitable Trust
- The Jean & Louis Dreyfus Family Foundation
- The Lucille Lortel Foundation
- Mellon Foundation
- The Shubert Foundation
- The Springer Family Fund
- The Venable Foundation
Law Firm and Corporate Contributors
- Ballard Spahr
- BNY
- Comcast
- Farrell Fritz PC
- Leason Ellis LLP
- Morrison & Foerster Foundation
- NBCUniversal Media, LLC
- Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP
*As of July 2025
Public Support
VLA is supported in part by public funds from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with The City Council.
2025 Gala Supporters
Platinum
Charter Communications
HarbourView Equity Partners
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Gold
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
Latham & Watkins LLP
Proskauer Rose LLP
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Silver
A+E Global Media
Advance
Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP
Jenner & Block LLP
Lauren and Alan Klein
Perkins Coie LLP
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP
Bronze
ASCAP
Bloomberg
Covington & Burling LLP
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, LLP
Great Point Studios
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
The Hoberman-Brenner Family
King & Spalding LLP
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
O’Melveny
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
Shapiro Arato Back LLP
Sidley Austin LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
The Walt Disney Company
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