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October 22, 2020
Wallace Foundation Publishes Scenario-Planning Toolkit to Help Arts Groups Cope With Pandemic and Other Challenges
The Wallace Foundation has released Navigating Uncertain Times: A Scenario-Planning Toolkit for the Arts and Culture Sector, developed by AEA Consulting and designed to help arts and culture organizations approach planning for a future marked by uncertainties, including the COVID-19 pandemic, social justice movements, climate change, emerging technologies, and other unforeseen circumstances.
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June 16, 2011
Audience Growth Initiative
Performing arts organizations have known that long-term audience members are incredibly loyal and generous and have mainly assumed that the challenge was in attracting newcomers to the experience. It turns out that orchestras are attracting large numbers of newcomers, but are not effectively converting them to long-term customers and supporters.
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December 9, 2020
Conference Constituency and Volunteer 2018 Highlights
"Creating the Greatest Impact" - Constituency Meetings and Volunteers
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December 7, 2020
A Guide to Congressional Gift Rules
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January 22, 2021
At a Glance: National Endowment for the Arts
Through direct grants, support to state arts agencies, and national leadership initiatives, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is a critical source of federal support for orchestras nationwide. The NEA’s FY19 Grants to Organizations included 100 grants to orchestras and communities they serve.
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January 22, 2021
At a Glance: International Cultural Exchange
The U.S. State Department encourages links among cultural organizations and communities around the world by providing grant opportunities for cultural exchange and promoting cultural diplomacy.
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January 22, 2021
At a Glance: Travel with Musical Instruments
Orchestras and individual musicians travel with their instruments to bring the experience of live music to audiences in every corner of the globe.
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January 22, 2021
At a Glance: Equitable and Inclusive Music Education
Orchestras work at the national, state, and local levels to build support for music education in schools. The League is a leader in national efforts to preserve arts education funding and to improve arts education policy through implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act.
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January 22, 2021
At a Glance: Visa and Tax Policies for Foreign Guest Artists
The League is a global leader in helping artists - and the organizations that present them - as they navigate the U.S. visa process and tax withholding requirements. In a coordinated effort with other national performing arts organizations, orchestras are working with the White House, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), State Department, Treasury, and Congress to urge ongoing improvements to the visa process and tax procedures.
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January 22, 2021
At a Glance: Nonprofit and Artist Tax Policies
Orchestras, in close partnership with the broader nonprofit community, seek to protect and improve incentives for charitable giving. As Congress considers follow-up to tax reform, and as policy leaders intensify their focus on potential new regulations for nonprofit governance, administration, and demonstrating community benefit, the League makes the case for orchestras’ public impact.