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Your Group’s Benefits
What’s New
New at Camp in 2026 and 2027
Exciting things are on the horizon for CDSS camps! Over the next two years, we’ll incorporate a number of changes and additions to our regular lineup of camp sessions. From shorter, more affordable options (including a new mini-session at Pinewoods) to a beautiful new-to-CDSS location in the Pacific Northwest, there’ll be more to experience and explore! Learn more here.
CDSS Camps Spread to the Northwest!
Starting in 2027, CDSS will take over the long-standing Lady of the Lake June Music and Dance Week in Harrison, ID. The Lady of the Lake board invited us to assume responsibility for June Week to ensure that the beautiful and successful camp they created continues far into the future.
Grant funding for 2025 events and projects is still available!
Thanks to your generous giving to our recent appeals and to demonstrated value and need in our community, the CDSS Board recently approved a $10,000 increase in available grant funding for this year.
See our Community Grants page for more information and how to apply.
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Promote Your Events
- Events Calendar
Our crowd-sourced online calendar of events contains both in-person and virtual events across North America and beyond. See the listings and submit your events here. - CDSS News Ads
Our magazine is published twice per year and reaches about 10,000 people in print and online. Ads for dance and music events are welcome in all issues, and affiliates receive a discounted rate. Find out more about ads here. - Promoting Events Elsewhere
Check out the “promotions” tag in the Resource Portal for ideas about other places to market your events. - CDSS Affiliate Logos
Add these special logos just for affiliates to your website and other publications.
- Events Calendar
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Create Connections
- Web Chats for Organizers
A few times a year, we host Web Chats on a range of topics of interest to dance and music organizers, offering insight and distilled wisdom from other organizers and experts. See the full archive of recordings here. - Camp
Our camps are a great way to meet new people and build community connections across the continent! Camps also often include special training courses for callers, musicians, and organizers. See this summer’s schedule here. - Resource Portal
The CDSS Resource Portal contains a vast range of resources by and for the dance, music, and song community. - Affiliate Surveys
We’ve conducted a number of surveys of our affiliates and other constituents. Find the reports from those surveys here.
- Web Chats for Organizers
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Find Funding
- Community Grants
CDSS grant funding is available to affiliates for a wide range of acitivities such as workshops (including DEI and equity training), publications, research, startup funds, and more. Find out more about grants here. - Non-profit Exemption/501(c)(3) Status
All US affiliates are eligible to receive 501(c)(3) status, which provides all the benefits of tax exemption including accepting tax-deductible donations, access to some grant funding, preferential rates at some venues, and more. You must apply specifically to become a part of this exemption. Find out more here.
- Community Grants
Contact Us
Matt Reyna
Affiliate Coordinator
- group affiliation and renewals
- insurance and 501(c)(3) coverage
- community grants