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    In Partnership with Stage Door Society

    The arts,
    within reach

    Access to experience it. Protection to make it. The Legacy Foundation and Stage Door Society work for the artists making the work and the young people who come to see it.

    The Legacy Foundation

    Access and advocacy.

    We put young people in the seats and protect the artists on the stage — through Seat Forward's ticket access and The Creative Trust's pro-bono legal counsel and advocacy.

    Stage Door Society

    Arts-funding intelligence.

    Our partner curates a deep library of arts and music grants, fellowships, and competitions — so the artists we serve can find the funding their work deserves.

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    Whichever side of the stage you are on.

    Whether you want to experience the arts or protect the work you make, one of these is yours.

    Experience the arts.

    Seat Forward turns unused tickets — Broadway, concerts, performing arts — into first experiences for young people who would never otherwise be in the room.

    Explore Seat Forward

    Protect your art.

    The Creative Trust gives emerging artists free legal counsel, IP and trademark protection, and advocacy — so you keep ownership of your work and your career.

    Explore The Creative Trust

    Arts Funding

    Opportunities, curated
    by Stage Door Society.

    A live, hand-curated selection of open arts grants, fellowships, and competitions.

    Our partner's funding library is being connected. Soon, open arts grants and competitions will appear here.

    Our Partner

    Stage Door Society

    About Stage Door Society.

    Stage Door Society champions artists and the institutions that support them, maintaining one of the most comprehensive libraries of arts and music funding anywhere. Together, we connect the artists we serve with the opportunities they've earned.

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    Support both sides of the curtain.

    A gift here supports seats for young people who would not otherwise be in the room, and the counsel that keeps artists in ownership of what they make.

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