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
Benefactor Level
- Advance
- Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
- Davis & Gilbert LLP
- Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
- Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
- HBO
- Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
- Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
- Latham & Watkins LLP
- Morgan, Lewis, & Bockius LLP
- Paul Hastings LLP
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
- Proskauer Rose LLP
- Shearman & Sterling LLP
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
- Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
- Troutman Pepper LLP
Sustainer Level
- Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP
- DLA Piper LLP
- Ernst & Young
- Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
- Haynes and Boone, LLP
- Jenner & Block LLP
- Leichtman Law PLLC
- Loeb & Loeb LLP
- Lowenstein Sandler LLP
- Mayer Brown LLP
- Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
- Pryor Cashman LLP
- Seyfarth Shaw LLP
- Shapiro Arato Bach LLP
- Withers Bergman LLP
Foundation, Government, and Corporate Support
Foundation Supporters
- BNY Mellon Foundation
- Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
- National Endowment for the Arts
- New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
- New York State Council on the Arts
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- The Cowles Charitable Trust
- The Lucille Lortel Foundation
- The Reed Foundation
- The Shubert Foundation
- The Venable Foundation
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
Government Supporters
- National Endowment for the Arts
- New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
- New York State Council on the Arts
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
Law Firm and Corporate Contributors
- Ballard Spahr LLP
- Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
- Kilpatrick Townsend
- Leason Ellis LLP
- Morrison & Foerster Foundation
- NBCUniversal Media, LLC
- Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
- The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
- Robins Kaplan LLP
*As of March 2022
2022 Gala Supporters
Platinum
- ASCAP — American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
- Latham & Watkins LLP
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Gold
- Advance
- Condé Nast
- MGM Studios
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
- Warner Bros. Discovery
Silver
- Axinn
- Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
- Jenner & Block LLP
- Paramount Global
- Proskauer Rose LLP
Bronze
- Bloomberg
- Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
- Eric H. Stern
- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
- Greenberg Traurig, LLP
- King & Spalding LLP
- Leichtman Law PLLC
- Loeb & Loeb LLP
- McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
- Perkins Coie LLP
- RIAA and SoundExchange
- Shapiro Arato Bach LLP
- The Miner-Romanoff Family
- Warner Music Group
Contributors
- Abbey Quigley
- BMI
- Bobby Schwartz
- Brad Phillips & Molly Milligan
- Christos Badavas
- Covington & Burling LLP
- Daniel Ilan
- Davis & Gilbert LLP
- Dechert LLP
- Deirdre McDonald
- Donna Daniels
- Edward Copeland
- Erika Stallings
- Gary Glaser
- Kelly Johnson
- Lowenstein Sandler LLP
- Michael E. Salzman
- Mintz & Gold LLP
- National Music Publishers’ Association
- O’Melveny & Myers LLP
- Peter R. Stern
- Richard Alsop
- Springer Law PLLC
- The Bostany Law Firm PLLC
- Winston & Strawn LLP
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