A Twist of Fate Unearths a I950s Time Capsule!

revealing that nothing has changed in politics, merely evolved!

Brochure concept found in Time Capsule - the beginnings of the Andersen Design brand development

Recently I received a request for a donation from the organization that I had approached for a donation for my fiscally sponsored project, only to be told to apply for public charity instead, an inappropriate and unsupportive response to request for a tax-deductible donation.

As an individual who is fiscally sponsored, it is difficult to get past the first steps since help forums are geared toward established organizations. New organizations emerge from the individual who is not represented within the existing structure. I had the idea that I might find support for the first stage locally but my current impression is that our local organizations are centrally managed, top-down, by the state.

Now I am looking at the organization’s donation request. It says the organization helps people to help themselves. No, that is where they draw the line. The first thing the organization did when I encou…