To my community:
Please find my call for participants for my research on fiscal sponsorship below. I'm grateful to be in community with you and this work is hopefully going to shine a light on an under-discussed/under-analyzed topic in our field.
This is an UNPAID request; I am conscious of the emotional and physical labor required to converse candidly about personal and professional finances. I hope one day (post-graduation) this work can evolve and fairly compensate everyone involved, but unfortunately now is not that moment due to my own finances.
In light of that, I'd appreciate it if you can share this call with your own community, though understand if you'd prefer not to. I'm looking to gather a small group of participants by February 3, 2023. The lack of fees available for participants will be noted and discussed in my final writing, which I will share openly in May 2023. If you'd like to correspond about this research off institutional email, my personal contact info is fitton.rebeccak@gmail.com. This is a voluntary study and any conversation we have can be made off the record at any point.
Thank you again for your time, commitment to the field, and peer support.
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Dear Artist,
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin seek dance artists who have previously engaged or are currently engaged with the practice of fiscal sponsorship to participate in a new study conducted by Rebecca Fitton, an M.A. Candidate in the Department of Theatre and Dance’s Performance as a Public Practice program. This student-led research will support Fitton’s M.A. thesis process which will culminate in April 2023.
This study aims to engage dance artists in the nonprofit dance field who utilize fiscal sponsorship in order to understand their experience with the financial mechanism. Voluntary participants will be expected to participate in a one-hour Zoom interview with the researcher(s).
ABOUT:
“Mapping Fiscal Sponsorship” is a descriptive research study that aims to engage contemporary dance artists who utilize fiscal sponsorship as a facet of their business operations. Fiscal sponsorship is a legal arrangement in which a 501(c)(3) public charity/nonprofit provides financial oversight to an entity that does not have its own 501(c)(3) status. In the nonprofit dance ecology, fiscal sponsorship is most often used to increase funding opportunities, accept tax-deductible donations, and access business benefits (subsidized studio space rentals, equipment rentals, etc.) that are otherwise unavailable to unincorporated entities.
The study seeks to discern the various kinds of engagements dance artists have with fiscal sponsorship and to identify trends across the nonprofit dance field.
In order to participate, you must be eighteen (18) years old and self-identify as a dance artist in the nonprofit dance field who utilizes/utilized fiscal sponsorship to advance your career. Taking part in this research study is voluntary and requires a time commitment of one (1) hour. You do not have to participate, and you can stop at any time. For more information, questions, or to express interest in participating, please contact Rebecca Fitton at rfitton@utexas.edu by February 3, 2023.
Thank you for your consideration.
Please find my call for participants for my research on fiscal sponsorship below. I'm grateful to be in community with you and this work is hopefully going to shine a light on an under-discussed/under-analyzed topic in our field.
This is an UNPAID request; I am conscious of the emotional and physical labor required to converse candidly about personal and professional finances. I hope one day (post-graduation) this work can evolve and fairly compensate everyone involved, but unfortunately now is not that moment due to my own finances.
In light of that, I'd appreciate it if you can share this call with your own community, though understand if you'd prefer not to. I'm looking to gather a small group of participants by February 3, 2023. The lack of fees available for participants will be noted and discussed in my final writing, which I will share openly in May 2023. If you'd like to correspond about this research off institutional email, my personal contact info is fitton.rebeccak@gmail.com. This is a voluntary study and any conversation we have can be made off the record at any point.
Thank you again for your time, commitment to the field, and peer support.
--
Dear Artist,
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin seek dance artists who have previously engaged or are currently engaged with the practice of fiscal sponsorship to participate in a new study conducted by Rebecca Fitton, an M.A. Candidate in the Department of Theatre and Dance’s Performance as a Public Practice program. This student-led research will support Fitton’s M.A. thesis process which will culminate in April 2023.
This study aims to engage dance artists in the nonprofit dance field who utilize fiscal sponsorship in order to understand their experience with the financial mechanism. Voluntary participants will be expected to participate in a one-hour Zoom interview with the researcher(s).
ABOUT:
“Mapping Fiscal Sponsorship” is a descriptive research study that aims to engage contemporary dance artists who utilize fiscal sponsorship as a facet of their business operations. Fiscal sponsorship is a legal arrangement in which a 501(c)(3) public charity/nonprofit provides financial oversight to an entity that does not have its own 501(c)(3) status. In the nonprofit dance ecology, fiscal sponsorship is most often used to increase funding opportunities, accept tax-deductible donations, and access business benefits (subsidized studio space rentals, equipment rentals, etc.) that are otherwise unavailable to unincorporated entities.
The study seeks to discern the various kinds of engagements dance artists have with fiscal sponsorship and to identify trends across the nonprofit dance field.
In order to participate, you must be eighteen (18) years old and self-identify as a dance artist in the nonprofit dance field who utilizes/utilized fiscal sponsorship to advance your career. Taking part in this research study is voluntary and requires a time commitment of one (1) hour. You do not have to participate, and you can stop at any time. For more information, questions, or to express interest in participating, please contact Rebecca Fitton at rfitton@utexas.edu by February 3, 2023.
Thank you for your consideration.
