We need a new type of STEM role model

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@anon61221983

I think that contributing to non-profits count as a tax haven, because you can write it off on your taxes.

There is a great difference between a tax haven and a tax deduction. Conflating the two words doesnt help make a point. There is nothing underhanded about funding a civic opera or hospital. The resulting deduction has nothing to to with the intent of the donation, its a simple recognition of the individual’s contribution to the community.

@anon61221983

This happened primarily because of where it existed, I suspect.

Berkley… OK. That does possibly explain it.

@anon61221983

I’d say that it’s less likely to get that public support an opera or ballet is going to get. The ability to do so when you don’t know the right people, the right things to do, or how to do grant writing, is limited. That shit is hard for people who are well-educated and connected, much less for many mere mortal artists.

I remember some art gallery managing to do this in Austin in the 80s but cant remember the name well enough to look it up. IIRC the gallery owner was not of the literate class but once she succeeded, she did help some other local arts organizations to try the same. I heard this second hand so cant vouch for the truth of the story but there it is.