In 2022, U.S. #companies donated 0.9% of pretax #profits, compared with 2% in 1986. That seemingly small percentage is actually a 50% cut.

#Arts orgs are feeling the (sometimes fatal) pinch, as #corporate giving now often skews in favor of boosting #environmental initiatives and tackling urgent social issues.

https://www.startribune.com/businesses-helped-make-minnesotas-arts-scene-can-they-unmake-it/601185218?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Businesses%20helped%20make%20Minnesota%E2%80%99s%20arts%20scene.%20Can%20they%20unmake%20it%3F&utm_campaign=Essential%20Minnesota?utm_source=gift

#philanthropy #artsorganizations #socialissues #fundraising #minnesota

I grow increasingly weary of #ArtsOrganizations that give lip service to supporting "women and #gendernonconforming artists" but have no #amab or #genderfluid artists on their social media or seasons. You can't say you have #trans friendly programming and only have artists that are "femme presenting".

#lgbt #transfemme #twospirit #nonbinary

#introduction time!  

I'm Alison, a music obsessive with a penchant for #songwriting, #MusicTheory, #ElectronicMusic, and #guitar.

I also partake in some #writing and #blogging. For work I make websites for #artists, #ArtsOrganizations, and small/medium-sized businesses.

I've been away from social media for about ten years b/c in its corporate forms it is incredibly damaging. I'm hoping that #mastodon has managed to bring some humanity to social media!