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Category: COVID-19 Resources

Navigating COVID-19 for Nonprofits: From Financial Triage to Scenario Planning

Nonprofit financial experts from Fiscal Management Associates offer information and resources in this free webinar sponsored by Wallace on Wednesday, April 15, 2020, from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM.

In these unprecedented times, many nonprofit organizations are being challenged in a variety of ways, including shifting staffing structures, sudden changes in service delivery or capacity, and current or future loss of revenue. These changes can put the financial health and resilience of nonprofits at risk. This webinar will review some of the key areas organizations should consider focusing on and provide tools they can use in navigating this process. More…

APAP: Making Sense of COVID-19 Relief

From the Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP): As you may be trying to make sense of the COVID-19 relief programs, we want to highlight these important, upcoming webinars.

Join us for “Putting the Puzzle Together: COVID-19 Relief for Performing Artists, Arts Workers, and Arts Organizations ” on Tuesday, April 14 at 1 p.m. (EDT) . In this joint webinar with the Alliance of Performing Arts Conferences, our expert panel will explain the complex web of programs available to performing artists, arts workers, and arts organizations. Register now .

Secondly, back by popular demand from the APAP|NYC conference, performance coach, management consultant, financial advisor and therapist Dana Fonteneau offers her insight and support in this special webinar, ” Pause, Pivot, Adapt: Finding Emotional Resilience in Times of Crisis ” on Wednesday, April 15 at 1 p.m. (EDT). This webinar will help you cultivate emotional resilience and provide guidance on how to thrive in times of uncertainty. Register now . More…

Podcast: Revolutionizing the Way You Hear Theatre with Iyvon Edebiri of The Parsnip Ship and Playwright Andrew Rincón

From HowlRound’s Adventures in Audio Fiction Podcast: The first half of this episode features Iyvon Edebiri (Baruch MA Arts Administration ’17), the Artistic Director and host of The Parsnip Ship, a series of new plays and new music performed live each month in Brooklyn and then released as a free podcast. The second half of this episode features Andrew Rincón, a playwright who was featured on The Parsnip Ship and whose play, I Wanna F**k like Romeo and Juliet is one of their most downloaded episodes. I Wanna F**k Like Romeo and Juliet will be produced on stage at New Light Theatre Project in New York City this May. More…

Forbes: How The CARES Act Increases The Charitable Deduction Without Helping Non-Profits Very Much

By Howard Gleckman | April 8, 2020

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act creates two new tax benefits for donors to non-profits. One will mostly benefit low- and middle-income households, but do little for the charities it is intended to support. The other mostly will benefit a relative handful of high-income givers and may accelerate their donations to non-profits. But it isn’t likely to increase overall giving in the long term. More…

Make more of screentime: Hire accomplished, dedicated practitioners from across the arts to share their knowledge or to help with both your creative and everyday needs

hireartists is a marketplace designed to facilitate creative exchange during an unprecedented economic crisis for the already-precarious arts and creative sector at large. Built by artists and for artists, hireartists connects buyers and supporters with experienced practitioners possessing decades of experience, for the purposes of online instruction or to help with creative and non-creative tasks. More…

American Theatre Wing Establishes COVID-19 Response Effort For Off Broadway & Regional Theater; Obie Awards Go Virtual

The American Theatre Wing has announced the first phase of its National COVID-19 Response Effort, including rapid funding mechanisms to support Off and Off Off Broadway as well as the nation’s regional theater community. More…