Re: [Organizers] Organizers Digest, Vol 33, Issue 1

Hooray for donations to dance organizations! Our series organization isn't a formalized group (so there's no actual budget or minutes that anyone from outside is looking at.) And we're the same committee members as originally started the series, so there hasn't been turnover, or new members --- yet! We were given an anonymous foundation grant in four separate years. The first year, I (as the person contacted) was the only person who knew the individual's name (the source of the foundation grant) but the other three committee members knew the foundation name. In subsequent years, all committee members know the individual, but we don't write it down anywhere. (Not that anyone but us reads the minutes...) We haven't publicized it at all, but our fiscal agent does also know of the grantor/grantee relationship we have w the foundation. (This foundation asks for no public recognition, so there's no need to even tell anyone we have received grants, although we do share it w some folks such as other dance organizers.) In our own minds, we've used much of the funding for outreach (school programs and other public offerings) but we credit our dance organization as being the donor for those. Chrissy Belfast, ME website www.chrissyfowler.com dance series www.belfastflyingshoes.org