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It's Not You: It's Your (Lack of) Capacity
Nonprofit Management
Arreon A. Harley-Emerson

It’s Not You: It’s Your (Lack of) Capacity

Many performing arts organizations are facing a familiar and exhausting pattern: stretched staff, constant burnout, stalled progress, and strategic plans that never quite get implemented. Leadership turnover, funding gaps, and unclear roles only make it harder to move forward. If your organization feels stuck in transition, overwhelmed by daily operations, or unclear on how to actually build capacity, you’re not alone—and you’re not the problem.

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Art Under Fire: How to Fight Back When Your NEA Grant Is Terminated
Nonprofit Management
Arreon A. Harley-Emerson

Art Under Fire: How to Fight Back When Your NEA Grant Is Terminated

Nonprofit arts organizations across the country are reeling. In a stunning move, hundreds of previously awarded or pending grants from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) were abruptly terminated on Friday, May 2, 2025. These notices hit inboxes just hours after the Trump administration unveiled a new federal budget proposal calling for the elimination of the NEA entirely.

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Music in our Schools Month
Music Education
Alexander Nguyễn

Keeping the Beat: Celebrating Music in Our Schools Month

March is Music in Our Schools Month—but this year, it’s more than a celebration; it’s a call to protect a vital part of education. In times when the Department of Education is being threatened, how do we guarantee the continuation of music education in our schools?

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