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Nonprofit Arts Success: Out of Hand Theater Shakes the Trees of Social Justice

And they’re changing Atlanta for the better every minute.

6 min read6 days ago

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Nonprofit Arts Success: Out of Hand Theater Shakes the Trees of Social Justice

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Behold LO: The Louisville Orchestra Walks the Walk of a Nonprofit Arts Organization

Bourbon, bats, and basketball. Mint juleps, fast horses, and “Keep Louisville Weird.” Muhammad Ali, Jennifer Lawrence, and Mitch McConnell…

6 min readApr 30, 2024

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Behold LO: The Louisville Orchestra Walks the Walk of a Nonprofit Arts Organization

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The Mellon Foundation Did a Nice Thing. Next Time, Look at Where the Action Is.

If the Mellon Foundation would start to look at the next-level budgets, they’ll find transformation is the purview of better-run…

7 min readApr 23, 2024

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The Mellon Foundation Did a Nice Thing. Next Time, Look at Where the Action Is.

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Art Doesn’t Need to Be Served. People Do.

The Mellon Foundation ALMOST got it right for nonprofit arts leadership in the 2020s.

5 min readApr 16, 2024

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Art is a tool, not a product.

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Useful Idiots, Harmless Kitsch, and Nonprofit Arts Organizations Doing the Right Thing, No Matter…

A two-part column about you, your nonprofit arts company, and the power of your choices

5 min readApr 9, 2024

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Useful Idiots, Harmless Kitsch, and Nonprofit Arts Organizations Doing the Right Thing, No Matter…

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Alan Harrison
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Useful Idiots, Harmless Kitsch, and Nonprofit Arts Organizations Doing the Right Thing, No Matter…

A two-part column about you, your nonprofit arts company, and the power of your choices

4 min readApr 2, 2024

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Useful Idiots, Harmless Kitsch, and Nonprofit Arts Organizations Doing the Right Thing, No Matter…

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The Con Is On — Raising Emergency Money at the Expense of Everyone Else Is Not a Heroic Act

Especially when you leave the premises just before the devastation and claim victory

7 min readMar 26, 2024

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The Con Is On — Raising Emergency Money at the Expense of Everyone Else Is Not a Heroic Act

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Nonprofit Arts Marketing — Drive for Image First; The Road to Revenue Follows

Or, Drive for Money First; The Road to Oblivion Follows

6 min readMar 19, 2024

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Nonprofit Arts Marketing — Drive for Image First; The Road to Revenue Follows

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You Cannot Be Serious

Sackler Donations Are Back… And No, That’s Not Good News

6 min readMar 12, 2024

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You Cannot Be Serious

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Nonprofit Arts Leaders: One Final Note About the Upcoming War

…until, of course, the catalyst event happens, at which point you’ll probably think to yourself, “How did Alan know?”

6 min readMar 5, 2024

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Nonprofit Arts Leaders: One Final Note About the Upcoming War

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Alan Harrison

Alan Harrison

alan@501c3.guru | Alan Harrison writes on nonprofits, politics, and the arts. Cogito, ergo scribo, ergo sum. | Buy me a coffee? https://ko-fi.com/alanharrison

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