tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post3440662297769922184..comments2024-01-07T06:59:04.212-05:00Comments on The Playgoer: Too Big to Succeed?Playgoerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-63227341774743848892010-02-03T16:41:30.881-05:002010-02-03T16:41:30.881-05:00As noted, most theatres qualify by having an educa...As noted, most theatres qualify by having an educational component (theatre classes) or by maintaining an outreach program (taking plays to schools or community centers, for example). The program has to be clearly defined in your organization's mission statement; you can't just say "hey, we sell tickets to schools, too!" You have to have a mechanism to ensure the program achieves its goal. Maybe it's busing underprivileged kids in for a free performance; or going to a senior center to teach improv.<br /><br />And this is within the original intend of the organizational definition for this kind of corporation.C.L.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01734352657431970430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-25191526548779252272010-02-03T13:43:52.793-05:002010-02-03T13:43:52.793-05:00Good point, Ralph. Thanks for the correction--inde...Good point, Ralph. Thanks for the correction--indeed I assumed too hastily.<br /><br />Let me broaden my point then to say that the 501(c)3 appears to have been originally intended for, shall we say, basically "do-gooders." (charity, churches and schools). <br /><br />And we all know, theatre don't do nobody no good. At least, when it's good.Playgoerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-250089558572466192010-02-03T13:37:25.917-05:002010-02-03T13:37:25.917-05:00'Indeed the whole 501(c)3 was created to help ...'Indeed the whole 501(c)3 was created to help "charities" not art, right?'<br /><br />Not sure if that's completely correct. I mean, it is correct, but I'm not aware that theater is considered "charities". At least, I hope not. lol.<br /><br />"Corporations, and any community chest, fund, or foundation, organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, or educational purposes, or to foster national or international amateur sports competition (but only if no part of its activities involve the provision of athletic facilities or equipment), or for the prevention of cruelty to children or animals,..."<br /><br />My understanding is that theater comes under "educational", so it alters your suggestion in the sense that going from what it is to what you suggest it should become is a more skewed leap.RLewisnoreply@blogger.com