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AIRmuse
Waters Running: A message from Sue Schardt, AIR Executive Director (7:08 minutes)
Spotlight
A View from the Treehouse:
Insights on Taking the 501(c)(3) Plunge
By Will Everett
There was a line from Isak Dinesen that I quoted when I was starting in radio eight years ago: "Through all the world there goes one long cry from the heart of the
artist: Give me leave to do my utmost.." I had just started producing a weekly program for our local NPR affiliate and had quit my newspaper job to make room for radio. I was cutting grass to make ends meet. I knew that eventually I'd have to find some real funding. Or find another day job.
One evening, a friend began listing off some of the larger grant-making foundations in our state. "You're a nonprofit, right?" Technically, I was very
nonprofit, but not in the eyes of the IRS. With a bit of research I found that funders nearly all had one thing ominously in common: No grants to
individuals.
It took about six months to set up Treehouse Productions. A local university had a nonprofit resource center that shepherded us through the process of
applying for a 501(c)(3), the IRS designation for a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization. I looked at a few templates, drafted some bylaws, and told my
friends they'd just become board members. I then filed a few forms with the state of Texas, scraped together the $500 filing fee, and six months later
received a letter from the IRS stating that the application had been approved.
That was eight years ago. Since then, I've spoken with many AIR members considering the nonprofit route, and the question invariably arises: Was it
worth it?
Calendar
Sounds Elemental: Fire
Monday–Friday, December 15–19
Slots available!
We've got two slots that have opened up for AIR's Sounds Elemental: Fire intensive, presented in partnership with
Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center
in New York City. This popular intensive attracts mid- to advance-level
producers looking for that rare opportunity to experiment with unconventional approaches to sound and telling story.
Apply now.
"Stations and our best and brightest producers ... what next?"
Friday, September 19, 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
PRPD, Hollywood, California
AIRsters Jad Abumrad, Curtis Fox, Amy O'Leary, and Dmae Roberts present sounds and shed insight for program directors in a session designed to
provoke new thinking. Executive Director Sue Schardt leads the charge.
This one will be a keeper. It follows on the heels of CPB Radio VP Bruce Theriault's keynote, "Reinventing Public Radio."
AIR's “Opening the Gate to Social Media"
Thursday, October 9
Contact erin@airmedia.org to see if there are slots still open.
Third Coast is just up around the bend, and AIR is ramping up for its daylong immersion to unlock the mysteries of social media. The session will
provide producers from all corners of the industry tools for taking the art and craft of public radio to new places. Learn more about it
here.
"Perfect Pitch" sessions, Third Coast Festival
Friday and Saturday, October 10 and 11
Back by popular demand, AIR 'pulls back the veil' on the art of the pitch. AIRster Neenah Ellis has invited two different panels of esteemed editors
from public radio to face off with your brave comrades selected to propose their story ideas. Watch them in action. Get savvy, hone your skills —
join us!
Cool Tools: Magical Mystery PDF Maker
You might be wondering what the big deal is about ExpressPDF especially since saving as a PDF is an option in most word processing programs. What's remarkable about this free little gizmo is that you can use it to not only convert Word or Excel docs but also entire Web pages into PDF format. Just paste the URL of the page you want converted, give them your e-mail address, and — voila! — within moments of hitting the magic "convert" button, you've got a message in your inbox with a link to your new PDF document. You can even select different paper sizes, orientations, or output quality. It's great when you're putting together reports or presentations. Take a look. — Erin Mishkin
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