The OSO players will be getting a briefing on the state of the orchestra’s finances tomorrow between rehearsals at the hall.\u00c2\u00a0 If I’m allowed to share some of that information, I will, but if not, I’ll give a broad-brush, impressionistic version (basically: thumbs-up, thumbs-down, or thumbs-sideways).\u00c2\u00a0 My hunch is that we’re going to be ok – the support from our donors and audiences is holding – but that some belt-tightening is going to occur.<\/p>\n
A recent New York Times article<\/a> has already raised the alarm about the financial crash and its supposed impact on arts organizations, but the way non-profits operate, any major shortfalls that are being reported now would have happened crash or no crash.\u00c2\u00a0 Similarly, the reports from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival<\/a> and the Peter Britt Festival<\/a> reflect events that took place in the fiscal year ending in October.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s what gets reported in the subsequent quarters that reflects the real-world impact of the recession and stock crash.<\/p>\n And above all, if people are passionate about your organization, the stock market doesn’t matter much, just look at Phil Knight’s huge gift<\/a> to the OHSU Cancer Institute – $100 million – to further endow the world-renowned cancer institute (where the revolutionary cancer-fighting drug Glivec<\/a> was developed in part by Dr. Brian Drucker, MD<\/a>, and also where one of Lance Armstrong’s oncologists was in residence until 2007).\u00c2\u00a0 If you’re performing a valuable service to your commmunity, and your supporters are passionate about what you’re doing, then you’ll thrive even in bad times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The OSO players will be getting a briefing on the state of the orchestra’s finances tomorrow between rehearsals at the hall.\u00c2\u00a0 If I’m allowed to share some of that information, I will, but if not, I’ll give a broad-brush, impressionistic version (basically: thumbs-up, thumbs-down, or thumbs-sideways).\u00c2\u00a0 My hunch is that we’re going to be ok […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[103,2],"tags":[585,3668,19],"class_list":["post-1346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fundraising","category-the-orchestra-world","tag-orchestras","tag-oregon-symphony","tag-philanthropy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/sa8kC-finances","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1348,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/10\/30\/symphony-finances-the-obama-effect\/","url_meta":{"origin":1346,"position":0},"title":"symphony finances – the obama effect","author":"Charles Noble","date":"October 30, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Photo credit: Cathy Cheney | Portland Business Journal Today at a lunch meeting with the musicians between our morning and afternoon rehearsals, OSO President Elaine Calder gave a short, no-nonsense talk on the state of the OSO's finances in light of the stock market crash, bank credit crisis, and other\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "fundraising"","block_context":{"text":"fundraising","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/fundraising\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/124254-0-0-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3200,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/10\/04\/classical-1-initial-thoughts\/","url_meta":{"origin":1346,"position":1},"title":"classical 1 initial thoughts","author":"Charles Noble","date":"October 4, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Last night was a bit of a strange concert, at least speaking for myself from my vantage point on the stage.\u00a0 First of all, there was the sobering sight of empty seats in the hall - lots of them.\u00a0 It's not as though this is a strange program - Brahms\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "appreciation"","block_context":{"text":"appreciation","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/appreciations\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":425,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2007\/09\/02\/waterfront-concert\/","url_meta":{"origin":1346,"position":2},"title":"waterfront concert","author":"Charles Noble","date":"September 2, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Sorry to be late with this posting, but life intervened and it wasn't possible to get time to do an entry on this right after the fact. 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