At a recent conference for arts service organizations, Ben Cameron of Theatre Communications Group facilitated a provocative session on synergistic vs. opportunistic relationships between arts organizations and their funders. Examples of opportunistic funding abound - donors who will pay for your building, but draw the line on funding programming to fill it, or generous souls who will shower you with millions in exchange for putting their uninformed-yet-entitled children, members of the lucky sperm club, on your board.

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