Equity Uprise · The Resource Pack
Digital resource pack · pay what's fair
The Identifier
Resource Pack
Not a call. Not a session. A pack — sent straight to your inbox. It's the exact order-of-operations map McCluster Corp used to earn its M-Verified badges: every registry, every step, every link, so you set up your own business and creative identifiers right the first time.
Sent by email after checkout · PDF + live links · yours to keep
What's in the pack
The order of operations
Which identifier to get first, second, third — because order matters. Your EIN unlocks your state filing, which unlocks your ALEI; your ISRC prefix and DDEX DPID set up your SoundExchange payouts. The pack lays the whole chain out so you never get stuck halfway.
Every registry, direct
- EIN (IRS) · State business filing · ALEI
- ISRC registrant prefix (US ISRC Agency) · DDEX DPID
- SoundExchange — rights-owner and performer accounts
- ISNI · ORCID · SSRN for your creative and research record
- Charity registration · UEID (SAM.gov) · CAGE / NCAGE for grants and federal work
The direct link to each issuer, what to click, and what to enter.
The paperwork checklist
What you need in hand before you start each one — so you fill it out once, not three times.
Field-by-field guidance
The confusing fields on each form, answered in plain English — the ones that make people quit and pay someone else.
Cost & timing table
What's free, what costs, and how long each identifier takes to come back, so you can plan your rollout instead of waiting blind.
Rights & royalties primer
Why the rights-owner and performer sides of SoundExchange are separate even when they're the same person, how ISRC coding matches plays to owners, and why the DPID matters the day you distribute.
Copy-paste templates
The emails and requests that speed up the slow registries — ready to send.
How it works
- 1. Give what you think is fair to the nonprofit — one time, any amount supports the cause. If you want a number, $20 covers what it took to map.
- 2. It lands in your inbox — a PDF with every live link.
- 3. You follow it and register your own identifiers.
- 4. When you're set, apply for your M-Verified badge →