BOOKKEEPING & FISCAL SPONSORSHIP SERVICES

Arts Services Inc. (ASI) offers financial support services designed to empower organizations, collectives, and artists in the arts and cultural sector. Our services are tailored to meet your financial management needs and include bookkeeping services and fiscal sponsorship opportunities.

BOOKKEEPING SERVICES

ASI provides expert bookkeeping services to help you manage your finances effectively and focus on your creative mission. Services include:

  • Organized Financial Records: Maintain accurate financial records and assist with budgeting using QuickBooks or your preferred record-keeping system.

  • Financial Reporting: Produce detailed financial statements and reports for your Board of Directors, funders, or other financial stakeholders.

  • Flexible Scheduling: We offer support on a schedule that works for you – weekly, biweekly, or monthly.

Our bookkeeping services are ideal for nonprofits, for-profit businesses in creative fields, and independent artists or creative entrepreneurs. Services are billed at an hourly rate.

To learn more, please contact our Fiscal Manager, Mark Banaszak at [email protected] or (716) 833-3004 x.513

HELP US EXPAND OUR BOOKKEEPING SERVICES!

ASI is exploring an opportunity to expand our bookkeeping services in 2025, but we need your input! If your arts or cultural nonprofit could benefit from bookkeeping support, please take a moment to complete our quick survey. Your feedback will help us assess the need, plan for the future, and advocate for resources to better serve our community.

FISCAL SPONSORSHIP SERVICES

Fiscal sponsorship is a valuable tool for individuals, groups, and organizations looking to access the benefits of nonprofit status for their fundraising efforts. Through ASI’s fiscal sponsorship program, you can:

  • Grant Access: Utilize ASI’s 501(c)(3) status to become eligible for local, regional, and national grants.

  • Donation & Ticket Processing: Simplify donation and event revenue management with our processing services.

  • Grant Applications: Apply for funding opportunities, such as the New York State Council on the Arts annual grant program (which requires a fiscal sponsor).

Fiscal sponsorship fees are based on a percentage of funds raised.

For more details, please contact our Development and Engagement Manager, Dr. Andrea Nero at [email protected] or (716) 833-3004 x.511

* Please note, these services are limited to projects taking place in and directly benefiting those within our services area.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS HAVE TO SAY

“The SGAA would really like to grow and thrive in WNY. The organization has been surviving over the last 10 years at our previous home, but we see our move to Buffalo as the start of a new chapter for us. Using the services of ASI in the area of fiscal responsibility is another crucial first step in getting us on the right track and we’re immensely grateful that this service exists.”

Stained Glass Association of America

“As an organization with a small staff, ASI’s Bookkeeping Services have been crucial to our success. Mark is knowledgeable, easy to work with, and dedicated to both CEPA and every other organization lucky enough to work with him. We are so appreciative of ASI’s Bookkeeping Services for all they do, and, in turn, what it allows us to do!”

CEPA Gallery

“ASI’s bookkeeping services provide a much needed and very reasonably priced resource for cultural organizations that is not available anywhere else.”

MusicalFare Theatre

“Arts Services’ Bookkeeping Services provides Explore Buffalo with a professional level of bookkeeping that we would be challenged to have on our own. This high-quality service helps us to operate efficiently and make the best use of our limited resources, while maintaining a high standard of financial reporting.”

Explore Buffalo

“Neglia Ballet has appreciated the monthly bookkeeping services of Mark & ASI over the years.”

Neglia Ballet

OUR CURRENT CLIENTS

Fiscally Sponsored Projects & Initiatives

  • Aitina Fareed-Cooke

  • Anna Costonguay

  • Anna Scime – 2025 NYSCA Individual Artist Awardee

  • Aravah Berman-Mirkin – 2025 NYSCA Individual Artist Awardee

  • Art 247

  • Asian Pacific American Public Affairs – Buffalo Niagara

  • B.flo-Girls

  • Beatriz Flores – 2025 NYSCA Individual Artist Awardee

  • Bleu-Ruby Daniels Taylor – 2025 NYSCA Individual Artist Awardee

  • Brenda Feldstein

  • Buffalo Hive

  • Catherine Miller – 2025 NYSCA Individual Artist Awardee

  • Celeste Lawson

  • Christine Marie – 2025 NYSCA Individual Artist Awardee

  • CS1 Curatorial Projects

  • Cynthesis Studios

  • Dianiz Roman – 2025 NYSCA Individual Artist Awardee

  • Eunmi Lee – 2025 NYSCA Individual Artist Awardee

  • Fernando Alvarez-Perez – 2025 NYSCA Individual Artist Awardee

  • Fotini Galanes

  • Foundlings Press

  • Gerald Trentham – 2025 NYSCA Individual Artist Awardee

  • Greater Buffalo Cultural Alliance

  • The Gypsy Theatre

  • INCIPIO

  • JazzBuffalo

  • Jeremy Miklas – 2025 NYSCA Individual Artist Awardee

  • Jodi Lynn Maracle – 2025 NYSCA Individual Artist Awardee

  • Jozef Bajus – 2025 NYSCA Individual Artist Awardee

  • Jun Wang-Tiedemann – 2025 NYSCA Individual Artist Awardee

  • Kyla Kegler – 2025 NYSCA Individual Artist Awardee

  • Madeline Bartley – 2025 NYSCA Individual Artist Awardee

  • Mama Birdie Charitable Fund

  • Michaela Neild – 2025 NYSCA Individual Artist Awardee

  • Minou Lallemand – 2025 NYSCA Individual Artist Awardee & Onion Contemporary Ballet

  • Moshe Shulman – 2025 NYSCA Individual Artist Awardee

  • Muhammad Zaman – 2025 NYSCA Individual Artist Awardee

  • Nada Odeh – 2025 NYSCA Individual Artist Awardee & Arabesques

  • Noah Falck – 2025 NYSCA Individual Artist Awardee

  • Prairie

  • Queer Mockumentary Project

  • Rithvik Ravichandran – 2025 NYSCA Individual Artist Awardee

  • Ryan Matthews – 2025 NYSCA Individual Artist Awardee

  • SAIRA Creative Arts

  • Sally Schaefer – 2025 NYSCA Individual Artist Awardee

  • Sass Studio

  • Sondra Loring – 2025 NYSCA Individual Artist Awardee

  • Sukanya Burman – 2025 NYSCA Individual Artist Awardee

  • Thank You For Thinking of Me (Film Project)

  • Tiffany DuMouchelle

  • Tyler Bagwell – 2025 NYSCA Individual Artist Awardee

  • Valerie Walawender

  • William Walawender

Bookkeeping Clients

  • Buffalo Arts Studio

  • Buffalo Niagara Nikola Tesla Council, Inc.

  • CEPA Gallery

  • Community Music School of Buffalo

  • Explore Buffalo

  • Just Buffalo Literary Center

  • MusicalFare Theatre

  • Neglia Ballet

  • Stained Glass Association of America

  • Theodore Roosevelt National Inaugural Historic Site

  • The Western New York Book Arts Center

CONTACT US FOR MORE INFORMATION

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Contact: Mark BanaszakFiscal Manager
Call (716) 833-3004 x513 or email [email protected] for additional information.

THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS

We’re deeply grateful to our donors, contributors, and partners whose support makes these resources possible for the Western New York arts and cultural sector. Their generosity empowers us to provide essential financial services and opportunities.