Also: clearing the decks for an important announcement in August It’s the end of May, which means that too many nonprofit arts organizations are beginning their annual “end of fiscal year” push for additional donations. There’s a lot on the line for these charities to meet their financial revenue goals and stuffing as much asking as you can into that final month might … [Read more...] about Just a Reminder — June 30 Is Only Meaningful to You
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What Was That? Your Arts Organization Needs Funding? Get In Line.
Sorry, it was hard to hear you above the din of civil destruction. Massive layoffs. Mass deportations, even of people who are here legally. De-funding Social Security. Enacting enormous tax cuts for the wealthy. Crashing the financial markets (worldwide). Eliminating Medicare. Destroying hope. Raising prices. Legislating inequity. Jettisoning … [Read more...] about What Was That? Your Arts Organization Needs Funding? Get In Line.
Nonprofit Arts Success in a Changing Environment, Tip 6 — Don’t Talk About It; Do It.
Doing the right thing is always the right thing to do. It’s right there in the phrase. In the new/old world order of Trumpian policy, your arts organization faces the real possibility that, in the face of anti-arts, anti-education, and anti-truth political muckraking euphemistically calling itself “populism,” it will be shut down. The most intelligent thing your nonprofit … [Read more...] about Nonprofit Arts Success in a Changing Environment, Tip 6 — Don’t Talk About It; Do It.
Nonprofit Arts Success in a Changing Environment, Tip 5 — You Can’t Do It Alone
The work to deprogram cultish minds is dangerous. Get help. Lots of it. In the new/old world order of Trumpian policy, your arts organization faces the real possibility that, in the face of anti-arts, anti-education, and anti-truth political muckraking euphemistically calling itself “populism,” it will be shut down. To combat that, we’ve talked about: The most … [Read more...] about Nonprofit Arts Success in a Changing Environment, Tip 5 — You Can’t Do It Alone
Nonprofit Arts Success in a Changing Environment, Tip 4 — You Can’t Tell Rhinoceroses They’re Dumb Animals
Nor can you force them to admit they were wrong. Because they’re, you know, rhinoceroses. In the new/old world order of Trumpian policy, your arts organization faces the real possibility that, in the face of anti-arts, anti-education, and anti-truth political muckraking euphemistically calling itself “populism,” it will be shut down. To combat that, we need ideas to … [Read more...] about Nonprofit Arts Success in a Changing Environment, Tip 4 — You Can’t Tell Rhinoceroses They’re Dumb Animals