Big protests about the war and immigration, but the arts? Just a little Monday night shindig. Before that, a subtle announcement. In early 2024, we laid out the problem and gave you a path. In late 2024, we gave you discussion prompts and rules to help you figure out the answers on your own. And now, in late 2025, we show you that not only can success happen when you … [Read more...] about For Nonprofit Arts Organizations, It’s August and the Fan Is Clogged with S**t
SUMMER RERUN: Advocacy for the Nonprofit Arts Sector is Currently Meaningless
Lost amid a string of inside-baseball phrases and ideologies, officials have little idea as to why they would possibly fund institutions that serve themselves first. This article was originally posted in April, but things have only managed to get worse. For further evidence of that, click here and read an article that came out about a month later: "NO. JUST NO." With … [Read more...] about SUMMER RERUN: Advocacy for the Nonprofit Arts Sector is Currently Meaningless
SUMMER RERUN: Art Doesn’t Need to Be Served. People Do.
From 2024: The Mellon Foundation almost got it right for nonprofit arts leadership in the 2020s. Why don't people subscribe to nonprofit arts organizations anymore? Because you can’t get good seats from inside a coffin. You may not have heard about this, mostly because the news has not been reported as much as it should have been, but the Mellon Foundation, the … [Read more...] about SUMMER RERUN: Art Doesn’t Need to Be Served. People Do.
SUMMER RERUN: “The Planet Will Be Fine. It’s the People Who Will Be F**ked.” — George Carlin
From December 2024 (just after the election): the comedian’s late-career epiphany and the nonprofit arts sector begs the question: what happens when you eliminate “hope?” We’re rounding the turn and heading into the home stretch of 2024. Your nonprofit arts organization is well into its year-end, give now while you can still get a tax deduction, do it for the children … [Read more...] about SUMMER RERUN: “The Planet Will Be Fine. It’s the People Who Will Be F**ked.” — George Carlin
SUMMER RERUN: The Con Is On – Raising Emergency Money at the Expense of Everyone Else Is Not a Heroic Act
Especially when you leave the premises just before the devastation and claim victory I can’t believe that this is not only still happening, but that you’re allowing it to happen. On Thursday, May 8, 2025, Portland Center Stage launched a $9 million emergency fundraising campaign — another company utilizing the corrupt Oral Roberts School of Fundraising concept — … [Read more...] about SUMMER RERUN: The Con Is On – Raising Emergency Money at the Expense of Everyone Else Is Not a Heroic Act