Sorting the 501(c)(3) Arts Basket
Claudia Bach We might look more critically at how our current structure lumps radically different entities into this single basket labeled the nonprofit arts organization: very large institutions such...
View ArticleThe Power 7: A Checklist For Future Business Models in Arts & Culture
Patricia Martin Open talk about new business models in the arts is a cultural signal. It’s a watermark that tells us the tides are shifting. Digital culture is eroding some of art’s traditional value...
View ArticleCircus Mojo – Part Two
Paul Miller Circus as an industry has been incredibly exploitative. When I joined the circus as a college drop-out in the late 1990s, the Soviet Union fell and with it, went their highest art form—the...
View ArticleWhat IS Your Business Model?
Maud Lyon Business structures are one thing; business models are another. For all nonprofit arts and culture organizations, there are six sources of revenue: Gifts from individuals; gifts from...
View ArticleWhat is Your Community Benefit?
Rebecca Novick The reason for the tax break for nonprofits is that nonprofits are meant to provide a “community benefit.” When you apply for nonprofit status, the forms you have to fill out include...
View ArticleArts Organizations and Community Management
Kevin Clark Last month I attended the first XOXO festival in Portland, OR. The event was intended to bring technologists and artists together to explore new ways of working that are possible on the...
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