Back-to-Basics Approach Helps Charities Weather the Bad Economy
A return to the basics is helping many nonprofit groups increase donations and cut their fund-raising costs.
By Sue Hoye
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For an Increasing Number of Charities, There’s an App for That
More charities are developing applications for Apple’s iPhone — and reaching more potential supporters in the process.
By Sue Hoye
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Nurturing Natural Wonders in a Time of Scarcity
(Photograph by Bob Daemmrich/Lady Bird Johnson WIldflower Center) Green isn’t just a plant color at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, in Austin, Tex. It’s part of the institution’s mission. The botanical garden helps local companies and government agencies develop landscapes of plants native…
By Sue Hoye
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Hard-Hit Arts Groups Hope Federal Funds Will Help Preserve Jobs
As the tight economy forces more arts and cultural groups to lay off employees, many are holding out hope that the $50-million earmarked for arts jobs in the economic-stimulus law will stem the wave of layoffs, at least in the short-term. Arts groups have been particularly hard hit by the downturn…
By Sue Hoye
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Recession and the Arts: Act II
One of the nation’s biggest cultural institutions, the Walker Art Center, in Minneapolis, announced in March that it was cutting its operating and program expenses, freezing salaries, instituting a mandatory furlough, and eliminating seven jobs that were already vacant. The center’s director, Olga…
By Sue Hoye
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After years of investing in new technology and online communications, many arts and cultural groups are finally seeing a payoff, just in time to help them weather the worst economic climate most charities have ever seen — and one that disproportionally threatens arts groups. For several years,…
By Sue Hoye
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Kennedy Center Leaders Offer Advice to Arts Groups
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in Washington, has started a $500,000 program designed to help struggling arts groups by providing them with free consulting and emergency planning advice. As the economic crisis has unfolded, the endowments of arts groups have fallen sharply, and…
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Despite strong attendance at many nonprofit museums and theaters in recent months, arts charities around the country are laying off workers or declaring hiring freezes and cutting other expenses in response to a falloff in support from companies, individuals, and governments. And most are bracing…
By Sue Hoye
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Survival Tips for Cash-Strapped Arts Groups
Arts experts say that communicating to the public the value of arts and culture is more important than ever for the survival of these institutions. They offer the following suggestions for steps groups can take now to get through these tough financial times and be ready to go full speed when the…
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Most NY Arts Groups Face Cuts Amid Weak Donations, Survey Finds
Most NY arts groups face cuts amid weak donations
By Sue Hoye
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