During November and December, we’re holding a critical campaign: the Readers Decide Revenue Drive will put the question to our readers: if you value our nonprofit journalism, will you help us secure our future with a vital expansion of our team?
Due to our tiny budget, everyone on the BSR team (yes, even including the editors) is paid a part-time rate and must work additional jobs to survive. And in more than 20 years of publishing professional nonprofit arts journalism, we’ve never had a staffer devoted to raising money. To survive, we need to change that, because while BSR is free to access, it’s not free to produce.
So for the first time ever, we’re fundraising not simply to keep our operation going, but to hire a new team member devoted to revenue, including donations, partnerships and sponsorships, and grants—often-invisible work that has had our small team burning the candle at both ends for years. This is a big moment for BSR, and a crucial investment in our future sustainability. We are thrilled to partner with Daralyse Lyons, a longtime member of the BSR community who is an expert in publishing revenue. She’s consulting with us pro bono on this campaign, and if we can raise $10,000 by December 31, we will hire her to continue this work in 2027.
We have tens of thousands of devoted readers. If we have proven to you over the course of many years that our organization is a reliable, feel-good destination for your funds, your latest gift will have the biggest impact it has ever had. If you’ve ever hovered over our donate button and then skipped it for another day, now is your moment.