This Will Change Arts Funding Forever

If your organization serves 100 students, what happens to those students? In this episode, Alan Harrison, author of Scene Change, delivers a sobering truth: producing art is no longer enough. In a post-NEA world, funders will demand data, not anecdotes. We unpack: Why arts nonprofits are losing funding—and relevance The difference between teaching and educating What it means to become a movement instead of just a mission How to survive this shift by measuring impact in real-time This episode is for arts leaders, funders, and policymakers who know it's time to stop justifying the arts—and start proving them. [00:00] Cold Open: "So what? What did they get out of it?" [01:20] The truth about 501(c)(3)s and arts orgs [07:50] Why arts orgs are failing funders [15:00] What comes after the NEA [22:00] Introducing a new tool to prove impact [27:00] Impact Squared explained Alan Harrison, Author Scene Change, Scene Change 2 https://www.artsjournal.com/scenechange/about-scene-change/