Thursday, September 18, 2008

Arts Groups Fret the Woes Of Big Donors - washingtonpost.com

Arts Groups Fret the Woes Of Big Donors - washingtonpost.com: "Katy Clark knows that this is a deeply awkward moment to ask Lehman Brothers for $50,000 -- a bit like showing up in the smoldering aftermath of a Road Runner explosion and asking for a match.

But two years ago, the then-flush investment bank gave Manhattan's Orchestra of St. Luke's 50 grand for a music education program, and as the organization's vice president of operations, Clark is hoping that in its death throes, the company just might cut one last check. She has traded a few e-mails with her Lehman contacts in recent days, but she hasn't raised the subject."

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