Still Worth a Look for Arts Organizations: Small Business Travel Rewards Programs
In December 2022, ArtsHacker published a guide to three small business travel rewards programs. Two of these three programs (the two airline programs) have had significant changes to the point where the programs we wrote about in 2022 no longer exist, and the two airlines have entirely new programs in their place. Here we provide information about the current programs, and revisit one useful hotel program. If you ever have employees or artists traveling to ...
How to Interact (or Not) with the Political Process
What is the difference between campaigning, lobbying, and advocating for a certain policy position and on which of them, if any, should a nonprofit arts organization spend time and resources? As always, consult an attorney for legal advice, an auditor for the reporting requirements, and take the following as a starting point to those conversations. Campaigning Campaigning, broadly, is an effort to influence voters in elections. This includes messaging for or against a particular candidate ...
Fundraising Events on Form 990
If your nonprofit arts organization hosts any fundraising events (that raise more than $5,000), you will need to complete Schedule G, “Supplemental Information Regarding Fundraising or Gaming Activities,” with your annual Form 990. For reasons of tax law regarding deductibility of charitable donations that are beyond the scope of this article, the way we report the revenue and expenses associated with galas and other fundraising events on Schedule G is somewhat misaligned with how we ...
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