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Profit +Purpose- Structuring Social Enterprise for Impact
Cultural Strategies Initiative is exploring the potential for partnerships between the arts and social enterprise. After our first event on the L3C, we decided to do some more homework. Also, an IRS ruling on Program Related investments, which was issued the day after our event, has upped the stakes on these discussions. We have been collecting research and posting it on our website. We have been reading up and going to educational events. We recently attended a workshop by Kyle Westaway and enjoyed it very much for its clarity, specificity,...
read moreWhat’s Next? And Who’s Bringing It? How are Young Artists Making It?
CSI and the Bronx Council on the Arts invite you to a Town Hall Meeting Shouting out to all young artists to come and talk with your peers and your elders: Who are your people? How do you reach them? What do you give them? What do they give you? Times are tough. Now, more than ever, we are all scrambling to keep our arts and culture careers and businesses alive. What lessons can we learn from the young? How do they practice, collaborate, distribute? Young means any age up to 40 years old. We are looking for an open, honest...
read moreTown Hall Discussion on the Proposed League of Independent Theater Fund
Wednesday, March 28th 6-8pm – Community Meeting League of Independent Theater (LIT) has announced their intention to create a plan that will establish a grants fund for the off-off theater sector from nickel-a-ticket contributions. Already, over 40 theater companies have committed to the idea, and will begin to participate as of August 1st. LIT has issued a challenge to Broadway and commercial producers to join the effort. There are many questions to think about, especially since the plan includes dispersal of funds. Come to an...
read moreHow The New L3C Business Structure Could Revolutionize Arts Support March 16th
Cultural Strategies Initiative, 3-Legged Dog & Americans for Community Development presents “A Teach In” How The New L3C Business Structure Could Revolutionize Arts Support Robert Lang – L3C creator Michael Martin – an attorney with extensive L3C and Nonprofit Knowledge And Michael DiFonzo- co-author of “L3C and the Arts” Come hear the experts present the fundamental concepts of the L3C and how it can expand your options for revenue, whether you are an individual artist or an existing arts organization, and whether...
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