2024 Tax Preparation Assistance
Posted Jan 15, 2024 | Financial Matters,
Our volunteer accountants aren’t available to prepare tax returns for our pro bono clients until May. As a courtesy, here are are some options to consider if you need assistance: STL Tax Counselors at the Salvation Army STL Tax Counselors are preparing tax returns (by appointment only) at the...
Recordkeeping Resolutions
Posted Jan 02, 2024 | Financial Matters,
By Sue Greenberg, executive director As we begin 2024, here’s a suggestion that will pay off: Take deliberate control of your creative business by making a commitment to recordkeeping. A complete set of records will help you track your income, assets, and expenses. Additionally, your records (including how you...
Sister Mary Reflections
Posted Dec 04, 2023 | News & Events,
by Sue Greenberg, executive director A vile diatribe against all things Catholic? Not this time. Stray Dog Theatre’s production of Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You is up and running without any public outrage. That was not the case when Theatre Project Company (TPC) produced Christopher Durang’s...
Celebrating the Freedom to Read
Posted Sep 19, 2023 | News & Events,
LIBRARIANS RESPOND Thursday, October 5 at NoonHigh Low Listening Room, 3301 Washington in Grand Center It’s Banned Books Week. Join Rachelle Brandel (Missouri Library Association), Kathleen Gallagher (Richmond Heights Public Library), and Joe Monahan (St. Louis Public Library) with moderator St. Louis Public Library Board President Vincent Volpe, and...
Anti-Harassment Policy & Procedures Tips
Posted Jul 07, 2023 | Legal Issues,
With allegations of sexual harassment and assault in the workplace still making headlines, your nonprofit arts organizations may want to take these action steps: • Ask a qualified employment law attorney to draft a clearly written policy or to review and revise your existing policy and procedures. If you’re...
Missouri’s Nonresident Entertainer Tax
Posted Jul 05, 2023 | Financial Matters,
by Sue Greenberg, executive director Like most other states, Missouri requires visiting entertainers and professional athletes to pay state income taxes. The tax, known as the “jock tax” in the sports world, is of special interest to nonprofit arts organizations not only because its proceeds should be funding the...
When Public Art & Historic Preservation Collide
Posted May 04, 2023 | News & Events,
by Sue Greenberg, executive director Among the thousands of stressful details involved in mounting the 6-mile Counterpublic art exhibition was a St. Louis City Preservation Board meeting that was held just a few weeks before the show’s April 14 grand opening. Simiya Sudduth’s mural was on the agenda. The hearing...
Trademarks, the First Amendment & The Slants
Posted Feb 15, 2023 | News & Events,
WHAT DO ROCK ‘N ROLL, OPERA AND THE SUPREME COURT HAVE IN COMMON? Monday, March 6 at 4:00 p.m. Saint Louis University School of Law, 100 N. Tucker, Room 1130 Co-sponsored by Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Saint Louis University School of Law and St. Louis Volunteer Lawyers and...
Celebrating 40 Years of Service
| Posted Dec 08, 2022 | News & Events,
It all began in 1981 with Zia Gipson, who worked for the City’s Arts & Humanities Commission (which later became the Regional Arts Commission). Zia knew our arts community needed access to pro bono legal services. So she asked Saint Louis University School of Law’s dean to help her...
