Drew McManus on the orchestra business.
The fine folks over at The National Council of Nonprofits created a chart detailing how the GOP tax plan will impact nonprofits (h/t Opera America). It’s been updated to include the post conference committee version of the bill and goes so far as to examine the dynamic impacts as well as the big, obvious box of trouble it delivers on the doorstep of nonprofits. If you’ve been following the bill along …
In the wake of the economic downturn, we’ve heard a lot about large donor burnout. The large donor well running dry is a frequent talking point during labor disputes and it’s common to see employers leverage permanent concessions as a demand from one or more existing large donors as a condition for continued giving. What started as a call for “sustainability” has risen to the level of nonprofit sacrosanct. Is there …
As expected, the Federal Communications Commission voted to eliminate net neutrality by a partisan line 3-2 vote. The FCC live streamed the hearing and if you didn’t get an opportunity to listen, commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel (who voted against the measure to protect net neutrality) made certain to mention how much nonprofits and individual creators stand to suffer. On another hopeful note, a series of state attorney generals, such as New York’s Eric Schneiderman, …
In advance of an update article next week about composer and arts administrator Rob Deemer’s Women Composer Database Project, I wanted to make sure you knew what the project is all and just how important the database will be to the field as it continues to grow. To that end, this pair of articles will bring you up to speed on how Deemer started the idea and where it’s grown over …
I had the pleasure of talking to WWFM’s Rachel Katz for her program, A Tempo about the sensitive topic of sexual abuse and misconduct. Kudos to Katz and WWFM for tackling such a difficult subject. We talk about how nonprofit performing arts organizations should be responding to allegations and helping to make their environments safer for all artists. Board member responsibilities on institutional accountability. Institution vs. individual responsibility. Is it possible …