The Problem with “Problemization” in Arts Funding
I discovered an excellent article on the weekend that really gets to the heart of matter when it comes to the whole notion of “project driven” and “problem driven” methods Continue Reading →
Category: fundraising
Is Sustainability Sustainable?
By the principal consultants of WolfBrown with Joanna Woronkowicz Historically, sustaining an arts organization meant generating enough earned and contributed revenue to fund current operations. With so much continued change Continue Reading →
Charities and non-profits still feel the pinch
Two years ago, an economic tsunami hit the world’s financial markets, sending everything — including B.C.’s non-profit sector — into a tailspin.The stock market crash of 2008 and the bailout Continue Reading →
British Columbians spend nearly $4 billion on cultural goods and services, over 4 times higher than government spending on culture in the province
Consumer Spending on Culture in Canada, the Provinces and 12 Metropolitan Areas in 2008, the 32nd report in the Statistical Insights on the Arts series from Hill Strategies Research, shows Continue Reading →
Few Canadians give to the arts
Individuals gave about $101 million to arts and culture organizations in 2007, but these donors represent a very small percentage of Canadians who make charitable donations, according to a new Continue Reading →
Camada’s cultural revenue down 3.9 B in 2009
“The global recession is expected to reduce revenues for cultural enterprises by approximately $3.1 billion in 2009“.This is one of the findings of “The Effect of the Global Economic Recession Continue Reading →
Charities and Digital Giving
Tod Cohen in a recent artlicle points out that from recent studies in the US, it seems that many charities are behind the times when using digital means for fundraising Continue Reading →