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The A-Corp Foundation
The public-interest home for Artist Corporations.
A-Corps are now law in Colorado. The next step is making them usable everywhere.
The A-Corp Foundation builds the legal, technical, educational, and political infrastructure creative people need to form companies around their work — without giving up control of the art, the mission, or the future.
Why we exist
Creative people have always made value in ways the economy struggles to recognize.
A song, a film, a book, a performance, a studio, a collective, a game, a catalog, a community — these are not just projects. They are worlds of ownership, collaboration, trust, reputation, and intellectual property.
But the legal structures available to artists were built for other kinds of businesses.
LLCs can protect liability, but they do not protect creative control. Corporations can raise capital, but they often separate ownership from the people who made the work. Nonprofits can hold a mission, but they are not designed for artists building sustainable creative enterprises.
The A-Corp Foundation exists to close that gap.
We are building the structures that allow artists and creators to organize around their work with ownership, dignity, mission protection, and long-term economic power.
The law is only the beginning
In 2026, Colorado became the first state to create the Artist Company: a new legal form for creative people.
That law gives artists a structure where:
- Artists keep majority control.
- The artistic mission can have legal weight.
- Creative work and intellectual property can be protected.
- Collaborators can share in upside.
- Investors can participate economically without taking creative control.
- Formation can become simple enough for ordinary artists to use.
But passing the first law is not the end of the work. It is the beginning of a new system.
The Foundation exists to make A-Corps real in practice — for artists, lawyers, accountants, legislators, cultural organizations, funders, and communities.
What we do
Pass A-Corp laws
We work with artists, advocates, attorneys, and public officials to bring Artist Corporation legislation to more states and countries. Colorado proved the model. Now we are helping other places adapt it to their own creative economies.
Learn about the law →Build the tools
A-Corps only matter if artists can actually use them. We are building the practical infrastructure creative people need: registration flows, formation guides, ownership templates, calculators, education materials, and plain-language tools that make the law understandable. The goal is simple: artists should not need expensive lawyers to understand their options or begin organizing around their work.
Explore the tools →Tell the stories
The creative economy is not abstract. It is made of people trying to build lives around what they make. We collect and share stories from artists, collectives, studios, collaborators, and communities to show where existing structures fail — and what becomes possible when artists have better ones.
Read stories →Support local leaders
A-Corps will grow through local leadership. We support organizers, artists, lawyers, cultural institutions, and public officials who want to bring this work to their own states, cities, countries, and creative communities. The Foundation provides research, materials, strategy, coalition support, and a shared home for the movement.
Get involved →Who this is for
The A-Corp Foundation is for:
- Artists who want to own and protect their work.
- Creative collaborators building something together.
- Studios, labels, collectives, crews, publishers, and creative companies.
- Lawyers and accountants serving creative clients.
- Legislators and public officials working on creative economy policy.
- Funders and institutions investing in cultural infrastructure.
- Communities that want artists to have more power, not just more exposure.
Support the work
We are building a new layer of economic infrastructure for creative people.
You can help by adding your name, sharing your story, bringing A-Corp legislation to your state, partnering with the Foundation, or funding the work.
Every artist, collaborator, lawyer, policymaker, funder, and institution that joins makes the case stronger.
A new structure for creative life
Artists don’t need pity. Artists need power.
The A-Corp Foundation exists to help creative people build companies, communities, catalogs, and careers that keep faith with the work itself.
The law has begun. Now we build the system.