Error: I'm afraid this is the first I've heard of a "trackback" flavoured Blosxom. Try dropping the "/+trackback" bit from the end of the URL.
SCFD
SCFD (Scientific and Cultural Facilities District) is a fund in the Denver area, supported by earmarked local sales taxes, that provides funding to museums and orchestras and such.
Last weekend at the concert, they announced that the Boulder Philharmonic was within $30,000 of donations of qualifying for tier II SCFD support ($100,000) instead of tier III ($20,000).
I usually make two donations a year: half when I buy my season tickets and half in December, and I bought my season tickets for next season several weeks ago. Because of the possibility of matching funds, it made sense to make the second donation now, when it would have leverage, instead of waiting until December.
I just received a phone call thanking me for the donation. They reached the goal and will get the additional funding. This is very good: funding for cultural organizations dropped dramatically after 9/11 and the Phil has been cutting back and cutting back to try to stay solvent. Maybe now they can start growing again. Or at least stop shrinking.
The orchestra has also been named Best Classical Music in Boulder by one of the local papers.
I may make another donation to the Philharmonic in December anyway. Last year my charitable donations were roughly 10% of my takehome pay. This year I would like to aim for midway between 10% of gross and 10% of net. I'm adding charities -- the Match-it for Pratchett movement got me to donate to the Alzheimer's Association -- but I may also increase donations to some of my usual targets.
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