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92-651: The Shenandoah Valley Music Festival is a nonprofit organization . Concerts take place in the pavilion of Shrine Mont , formerly the Orkney Springs Hotel , which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is now owned by the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia . The Shenandoah Valley Music Festival has held its concert series each summer since 1963. Despite the Coronavirus epidemic in 2020,

184-457: A nonbusiness entity , nonprofit institution , or simply a nonprofit , is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, as opposed to an entity that operates as a business aiming to generate a profit for its owners. A nonprofit organization is subject to the non-distribution constraint: any revenues that exceed expenses must be committed to the organization's purpose, not taken by private parties. Depending on

276-424: A delegate structure to allow for the representation of groups or corporations as members. Alternatively, it may be a non-membership organization and the board of directors may elect its own successors. The two major types of nonprofit organization are membership and board-only. A membership organization elects the board and has regular meetings and the power to amend the bylaws. A board-only organization typically has

368-641: A few of Paxton's songs in 1963, including "Ramblin' Boy" (which Seeger performed at The Weavers reunion concert at Carnegie Hall ) and "What Did You Learn in School Today?" Paxton increased his profile as a performer, appearing at the 1963 Newport Folk Festival , which was recorded by Vanguard Records . A month after Newport in 1963, Paxton married Midge. He began traveling the country on the coffeehouse and small-venue circuit before returning to New York. Paxton became involved with causes that promoted human rights, civil rights and labor rights . In 1963, Paxton and

460-554: A fiscally viable entity. Nonprofits have the responsibility of focusing on being professional and financially responsible, replacing self-interest and profit motive with mission motive. Though nonprofits are managed differently from for-profit businesses, they have felt pressure to be more businesslike. To combat private and public business growth in the public service industry, nonprofits have modeled their business management and mission, shifting their reason of existing to establish sustainability and growth. Setting effective missions

552-545: A group of other folk musicians performed and offered moral support to striking coal miners in Hazard, Kentucky . After returning to New York in 1964, Paxton signed with Elektra Records , a label which at that time featured a distinguished roster of folk musicians. He would go on to record seven albums for Elektra. As the folk revival hit its peak, Paxton began getting more work outside of New York City, including benefit concerts and college campus visits. In 1964, he took part in

644-408: A gun"). Paxton has released several studio records in recent years, including Together in collaboration with John McCutcheon in 2023 and All New with Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer . He has had a creative renaissance late in his career, co-writing multiple times a week with an array of artists including John McCutcheon, Jackson Emmer, and Buffalo Rose . Paxton and Buffalo Rose collaborated on

736-471: A low-stress work environment that the employee can associate him or herself positively with. Other incentives that should be implemented are generous vacation allowances or flexible work hours. When selecting a domain name , NPOs often use one of the following: .org , the country code top-level domain of their respective country, or the .edu top-level domain (TLD), to differentiate themselves from more commercial entities, which typically use .com . In

828-489: A music career spanning more than sixty years. In 2009, Paxton received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award . He is a music educator as well as an advocate for folk singers to combine traditional songs with new compositions. Paxton's songs have been widely recorded, including modern standards such as " The Last Thing on My Mind ", " Bottle of Wine ", "Whose Garden Was This", "The Marvelous Toy", and "Ramblin' Boy". Paxton's songs have been recorded by Pete Seeger , Bob Dylan ,

920-457: A nonprofit entity without having tax-exempt status. Key aspects of nonprofits are accountability, integrity, trustworthiness, honesty, and openness to every person who has invested time, money, and faith into the organisation. Nonprofit organizations are accountable to the donors, founders, volunteers, program recipients, and the public community. Theoretically, for a nonprofit that seeks to finance its operations through donations, public confidence

1012-618: A number of topical protest songs that were critical of the Bush administration's actions. In 2007, he rewrote a song of his from 1965 entitled "Lyndon Johnson Told The Nation", about the escalation of the war in Vietnam , and transformed it into "George W. Told The Nation", about the surge in the Iraq war . In 2007, Tom Paxton became one of the founding members of the Copyright Alliance , whose purpose

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1104-684: A self-selected board and a membership whose powers are limited to those delegated to it by the board. A board-only organization's bylaws may even state that the organization does not have any membership, although the organization's literature may refer to its donors or service recipients as 'members'; examples of such organizations are FairVote and the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws . The Model Nonprofit Corporation Act imposes many complexities and requirements on membership decision-making. Accordingly, many organizations, such as

1196-469: A song dedicated to Mississippi John Hurt entitled "Did You Hear John Hurt?" In 1978, Paxton released his album Heroes , which contained a song, "Phil", about his friend Phil Ochs , who had taken his own life in 1976. The album also includes the song "The Death of Stephen Biko", which details the murder of anti- apartheid activist Stephen Biko in South Africa. Paxton's 1979 album, Up and Up , contains

1288-461: A stroke. Paxton was about 15 when he received his first stringed instrument, a ukulele. He was given a guitar by his aunt when he was sixteen, and he soon began to immerse himself in the music of Burl Ives and Harry Belafonte . In 1955, Paxton enrolled at the University of Oklahoma , where he studied in the drama school. It was here that he first found other enthusiasts of folk music and discovered

1380-471: A strong vision of how to operate the project, try to retain control of the organization, even as new employees or volunteers want to expand the project's scope or change policy. Resource mismanagement is a particular problem with NPOs because the employees are not accountable to anyone who has a direct stake in the organization. For example, an employee may start a new program without disclosing its complete liabilities. The employee may be rewarded for improving

1472-479: A version of his song "I Give You the Morning" on their co-release Rabbit in 2022. Paxton married his wife, Midge (born Margaret Anne Cummings, February 23, 1945), in 1963. They have two daughters, Jennifer and Kate, and three grandsons. Jennifer is a history professor who has published courses for The Teaching Company . Midge Paxton died June 1, 2014, after a long illness. Paxton has described his political views in

1564-544: A video screen on stage. The Festival also implemented ticket scanning from patrons’ cell phones. Artists who drew the largest audiences were The Temptations , Kenny G , and Mary Chapin Carpenter . 2019: SVMF extended its “day of concert” online ticket sales from noon up until the start of the concert. Other highlights of the 2019 summer season include The Beach Boys concert on July 26 which drew nearly 1,900 people. This season also featured an Evening with Judy Collins , plus

1656-578: A wide diversity of structures and purposes. For legal classification, there are, nevertheless, some elements of importance: Some of the above must be (in most jurisdictions in the US at least) expressed in the organization's charter of establishment or constitution. Others may be provided by the supervising authority at each particular jurisdiction. While affiliations will not affect a legal status, they may be taken into consideration by legal proceedings as an indication of purpose. Most countries have laws that regulate

1748-399: Is a factor in the amount of money that a nonprofit organization is able to raise. Supposedly, the more a nonprofit focuses on their mission, the more public confidence they will gain. This will result in more money for the organization. The activities a nonprofit is partaking in can help build the public's confidence in nonprofits, as well as how ethical the standards and practices are. There

1840-461: Is a key for the successful management of nonprofit organizations. There are three important conditions for effective mission: opportunity, competence, and commitment. One way of managing the sustainability of nonprofit organizations is to establish strong relations with donor groups. This requires a donor marketing strategy, something many nonprofits lack. Nonprofit organizations provide public goods that are undersupplied by government. NPOs have

1932-439: Is an important distinction in the US between non-profit and not-for-profit organizations (NFPOs); while an NFPO does not profit its owners, and money goes into running the organization, it is not required to operate for the public good. An example is a club, whose purpose is its members' enjoyment. Other examples of NFPOs include: credit unions, sports clubs, and advocacy groups. Nonprofit organizations provide services to

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2024-414: Is an important distinction in the US between non-profit and not-for-profit organizations (NFPOs); while an NFPO does not profit its owners, and money goes into running the organization, it is not required to operate for the public good. An example is a sports club, whose purpose is its members' enjoyment. The names used and precise regulations vary from one jurisdiction to another. According to

2116-541: Is concerned. In many countries, nonprofits may apply for tax-exempt status, so that the organization itself may be exempt from income tax and other taxes. In the United States, to be exempt from federal income taxes, the organization must meet the requirements set forth in the Internal Revenue Code (IRC). Granting nonprofit status is done by the state, while granting tax-exempt designation (such as IRC 501(c) )

2208-450: Is granted by the federal government via the IRS. This means that not all nonprofits are eligible to be tax-exempt. For example, employees of non-profit organizations pay taxes from their salaries, which they receive according to the laws of the country. NPOs use the model of a double bottom line in that furthering their cause is more important than making a profit, though both are needed to ensure

2300-408: Is not classifiable as another category. Currently, no restrictions are enforced on registration of .com or .org, so one can find organizations of all sorts in either of those domains, as well as other top-level domains including newer, more specific ones which may apply to particular sorts of organization including .museum for museums and .coop for cooperatives . Organizations might also register by

2392-411: Is the remuneration package, though many who have been questioned after leaving an NPO have reported that it was stressful work environments and the workload. Public- and private-sector employment have, for the most part, been able to offer more to their employees than most nonprofit agencies throughout history. Either in the form of higher wages, more comprehensive benefit packages, or less tedious work,

2484-411: Is to promote the cultural and economic benefits of copyrights. In 2008, Paxton rewrote his song "I'm Changing My Name to Chrysler", about the federal loan guarantee to Chrysler in 1979 , as "I Am Changing My Name to Fannie Mae", about the 700 billion dollar "bailout of the U.S. financial system" . He continues to perform yearly tours of the United States and UK. In March 2015, Paxton released

2576-472: Is unique in which source of income works best for them. With an increase in NPOs since 2010, organizations have adopted competitive advantages to create revenue for themselves to remain financially stable. Donations from private individuals or organizations can change each year and government grants have diminished. With changes in funding from year to year, many nonprofit organizations have been moving toward increasing

2668-672: The ASCAP Lifetime Achievement Award in Folk Music. A few days later, he received three Wammies (Washington, DC, Area Music Awards); as Best Male Vocalist in the "traditional folk" and " children's music " categories, and for Best Traditional Folk Recording of the Year for "Under American Skies" (2001). Paxton has been nominated four times for Grammy Awards , all since 2002. He was first nominated in 2002 for his children's album, Your Shoes, My Shoes . The following year, Looking for

2760-730: The Army . While attending the Clerk Typist School in Fort Dix , New Jersey , he began writing songs on his typewriter and spent almost every weekend visiting Greenwich Village in New York City during the emerging early 1960s folk revival . Shortly after his honorable discharge from the Army, Paxton auditioned for the Chad Mitchell Trio via publisher Milt Okun in 1960. He initially received

2852-586: The Freedom Summer and visited the Deep South , with other folk musicians, to perform at voter registration drives and civil rights rallies . His civil rights song "Beau John" was written after attending a Freedom Song Workshop in Atlanta , Georgia, and the song "Goodman, Schwerner and Chaney" was written about the murders of three civil rights activists ( Andrew Goodman , Michael Schwerner , and James Chaney ) in

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2944-637: The Long Island town of East Hampton before moving to the Washington, D.C., area around 1977. After recording three albums for Reprise Records and a few for "an English label that didn't pan out well", Paxton signed with Vanguard Records , with whom he recorded a live album with Steve Goodman , New Songs From the Briarpatch (1977), which contained some of Paxton's topical songs of the 1970s, including "Talking Watergate" and "White Bones of Allende" as well as

3036-715: The National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS), there are more than 1.5 million nonprofit organizations registered in the United States , including public charities , private foundations , and other nonprofit organizations. Private charitable contributions increased for the fourth consecutive year in 2017 (since 2014), at an estimated $ 410.02 billion. Out of these contributions, religious organizations received 30.9%, education organizations received 14.3%, and human services organizations received 12.1%. Between September 2010 and September 2014, approximately 25.3% of Americans over

3128-587: The Wikimedia Foundation , have formed board-only structures. The National Association of Parliamentarians has generated concerns about the implications of this trend for the future of openness, accountability, and understanding of public concerns in nonprofit organizations. Specifically, they note that nonprofit organizations, unlike business corporations, are not subject to market discipline for products and shareholder discipline of their capital; therefore, without membership control of major decisions such as

3220-829: The folk rock (or, as he once joked, "folk rot" ) bandwagon though, and continued his folk singer-songwriter style on albums like Outward Bound (1966) and Morning Again (1968). On January 20, 1968, three months after the death of Woody Guthrie, Paxton and a number of other prominent folk musicians performed at the Harold Leventhal produced "A Tribute to Woody Guthrie" concert at New York City's Carnegie Hall. Paxton decided to try some more elaborate recording techniques, including neo-chamber music with string sections, flutes, horns, piano, various session musicians, as well as his acoustic guitar and vocals, similar to what his labelmate Judy Collins and his friend Phil Ochs were experimenting with around this time. Paxton finally broke into

3312-495: The "theme park approach" to death that Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California , has been accused of having taken. The diverse "Baroque Folk" experimentation on Paxton's recordings was basically short-lived though, and he tended to think that the music was becoming too overproduced and away from the more natural acoustic roots that he loved best. Regarding this time, he said, "the acoustic guitar has always been what I loved

3404-464: The 1980s, Paxton started his own label, Pax Records, in 1987. It was during this time that Paxton continued to suffer from an undiagnosed and deepening depression that affected his work. With some advice from Midge, he began to look for a solution and was eventually diagnosed with attention deficit disorder , for which he received ongoing treatment. In the 1990s, Paxton began delving deeply into children's music , recording nine children's albums during

3496-851: The ASOL Orchestral Workshops at Orkney Springs were dissolved. More than 2,100 people attend one of the final concerts. 1979 : The Fairfax Symphony Orchestra played at the Festival for the first time. 1981 : The Festival Arts & Crafts Shows were added. 1984 : The Festival format was expanded to include big band music, and later jazz, folk and other types of music in addition to symphonic. 1985 : The Katharine Benchoff Performance Awards were established to recognize outstanding skill and accomplishments by Shenandoah Valley high school students. 1987 : The Festival’s MusicMakers Family Programs were established to reinstate children’s programming and educational activities. The first annual Benefit Ball

3588-657: The Fairfax Symphony Orchestra. 2007 : First bluegrass concert at the Festival. Festival presents 10 evening concerts. 2008 : Second largest Festival crowd ever. More than 1,800 people see Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder . 2009 : Béla Fleck , Travis Tritt among the Festival’s summer performers. Orkney Springs pavilion transformed into movie house for “Charlie Chaplin at the Symphony.” 2010 : Grammy award winners Ronnie Milsap , Mary Chapin Carpenter and

3680-841: The Festival partnered with the Piedmont Symphony Orchestra, based in Warrenton . 1963 : The Shenandoah Valley Music Festival Committee was formed. August 11, 1963: A chamber music concert was presented on the front lawn of the Orkney Springs Hotel (attendance 200). August 16, 1963: The premier public performance in the Shenandoah Valley by the Symphony League Philharmonic Orchestra was presented at Massanutten Military Academy in Woodstock, Va. by

3772-666: The Festival. 2014 : The Oak Ridge Boys played. Other big names of the season were Rhonda Vincent and Rosanne Cash . 2016 : SVMF enters into a new partnership with the Piedmont Symphony Orchestra. The PSO performs two concerts during the season and co-sponsors a summer strings camp in Shenandoah County Public Schools with the SVMF. The Festival also drew more than 1,300 patrons to see Bruce Hornsby and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and more than 1,000 people came out to see LeAnn Rimes . 2017: This concert season featured

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3864-545: The Folk Festival. 1999 : The first Festival of Latino Music is presented. Janis Ian is the first Grammy Award winner to perform at the Festival. 2001 : The Festival begins selling tickets online. Emmy award winner Tom Chapin performs. 2002 : A new program, SVMF’s ArtReach, is launched. This program was designed to give children and their parents the opportunity to interact with performing arts professionals. 2004 and 2005 : Tony award winner, Don Pippin guest conducts

3956-775: The Gaslight entitled, I'm the Man That Built the Bridges . During his stay in Greenwich Village, Paxton published some of his songs in the folk magazines Broadside and Sing Out! , and performed alongside such folksingers as Bob Dylan , Phil Ochs , Eric Andersen , Dave Van Ronk , and Mississippi John Hurt . Paxton met his future wife, Margaret Ann Cummings (known as "Midge"), at the Gaslight one night in January 1963 after being introduced to her by David Blue . Pete Seeger learned

4048-557: The Moon received a 2003 nomination for "Best Contemporary Folk Album". Live in the UK (2005), received a 2006 Grammy nomination in the "Best Traditional Folk Album" category. Most recently, his 2008 album Comedians and Angels received a 2009 nomination, also in the "Best Traditional Folk Album" category. Paxton was honored with a 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy , and

4140-452: The NPO's reputation, making other employees happy, and attracting new donors. Liabilities promised on the full faith and credit of the organization but not recorded anywhere constitute accounting fraud . But even indirect liabilities negatively affect the financial sustainability of the NPO, and the NPO will have financial problems unless strict controls are instated. Some commenters have argued that

4232-623: The Shenandoah Valley Music Festival Committee and the ASOL. 1966 : The Shenandoah Valley Music Festival Committee and the ASOL helped to establish the first string program in the Shenandoah County Public Schools from a federal youth education grant. Fifteen students participated in the first workshop. 1970 : A Festival chorus, which was later permanently established as the Shenandoah Valley Choral Society,

4324-632: The Shenandoah Valley Music Festival still took place with strict public safety measures. In the early 1960s Helen M. Thompson, executive secretary of the American Symphony Orchestra League , and Col. Robert Benchoff, Headmaster of the Massanutten Military Academy, sought to bring symphonic music to Virginia's Shenandoah Valley . Under the artistic direction of conductor Dr. Richard Lert , they hosted

4416-622: The Shenandoah Valley Music Festival's first concert, held in the gymnasium of the Massanutten Military Academy in 1963. The Festival then moved to the outdoor pavilion of Shrine Mont by 1976. The Festival remained purely symphonic until the early 1980s but has since branched into hosting a multitude of genres including rock, country, bluegrass, folk, Americana, and pop. From 1979-2015 the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra performed multiple concerts each festival season. In 2016,

4508-455: The Temptations perform. 2011 : Béla Fleck and the original Flecktones make SVMF part of their first full tour in more than 20 years. 2012 : The Seldom Scene perform. 2013 : The 50th Anniversary of the Shenandoah Valley Music Festival. American Icon Kris Kristofferson performed this season, which also included Dave Mason , the first Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame member to perform at

4600-688: The Wayback Weekend Celebration July 21 and 22, featuring Arlo Guthrie and a 50th anniversary celebration of  the Summer of Love with the Piedmont Symphony Orchestra and its rock band, performing all the songs made famous by the Beatles and others associated the historic 1967 gathering of hippies in San Francisco. Also performing to a crowd of more than 1,500 on Sept. 2 was 13-time Grammy Award winner Emmylou Harris . 2018 : SVMF started using

4692-851: The Weavers , Judy Collins , Sandy Denny , Joan Baez , Doc Watson , Harry Belafonte , Peter, Paul and Mary , the Seekers , Marianne Faithfull , the Kingston Trio , the Chad Mitchell Trio , John Denver , Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner , Johnny Cash , Willie Nelson , Flatt & Scruggs , the Move , the Fireballs , Francesco Guccini and many others ( see covers ). Paxton was born on October 31, 1937, in Chicago, Illinois, to Burt and Esther Paxton. His father

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4784-461: The age of 16 volunteered for a nonprofit. In the United States, both nonprofit organizations and not-for-profit organizations are tax-exempt. There are various types of nonprofit exemptions, such as 501(c)(3) organizations that are a religious, charitable, or educational-based organization that does not influence state and federal legislation, and 501(c)(7) organizations that are for pleasure, recreation, or another nonprofit purpose. There

4876-429: The album pop charts himself with The Things I Notice Now in the summer of 1969, and also charted with Tom Paxton 6 in the spring of the following year. His song "Whose Garden Was This", an environmentalist anthem written for the first Earth Day , was later recorded by John Denver and became the title track of Denver's 1970 album . Another Paxton song Denver recorded was "Forest Lawn", in whose lyrics Paxton satirized

4968-483: The album was titled Live: For the Record . In the mid-1990s, Paxton also began to give more workshops in songwriting. In 2000, Paxton once again began to write more of the topical songs that had been prominent during his early career. In 2001, he released an album with Anne Hills entitled Under American Skies , and in 2002, he released an album of all new songs entitled Looking for the Moon (Appleseed Recordings). At

5060-649: The appropriate country code top-level domain for their country. In 2020, nonprofit organizations began using microvlogging (brief videos with short text formats) on TikTok to reach Gen Z, engage with community stakeholders, and overall build community. TikTok allowed for innovative engagement between nonprofit organizations and younger generations. During COVID-19, TikTok was specifically used to connect rather than inform or fundraise, as its fast-paced, tailored For You Page separates itself from other social media apps such as Facebook and Twitter. Some organizations offer new, positive-sounding alternative terminology to describe

5152-401: The best of the newly minted workforce. It has been mentioned that most nonprofits will never be able to match the pay of the private sector and therefore should focus their attention on benefits packages, incentives and implementing pleasurable work environments. A good environment is ranked higher than salary and pressure of work. NPOs are encouraged to pay as much as they are able and offer

5244-562: The close of the concert season, SVMF moved out of the offices it had called home for 45 years, at 102 N. Main St. in Woodstock, and relocated just a block away to 238 N. Main St. 2020: Festival went on despite COVID-19 pandemic . Audience was wearing masks and social distancing measures were in effect. 38°47′44″N 78°49′05″W  /  38.795526°N 78.818050°W  / 38.795526; -78.818050 Nonprofit organization A nonprofit organization ( NPO ), also known as

5336-565: The community; for example aid and development programs, medical research, education, and health services. It is possible for a nonprofit to be both member-serving and community-serving. Nonprofit organizations are not driven by generating profit, but they must bring in enough income to pursue their social goals. Nonprofits are able to raise money in different ways. This includes income from donations from individual donors or foundations; sponsorship from corporations; government funding; programs, services or merchandise sales, and investments. Each NPO

5428-505: The decade. In July 1994, Paxton was invited to perform at a folk festival in Israel, "Jacob's Ladder", and he played there and a series of concerts around Israel accompanied by folk guitarist and harmonica player Shay Tochner. Paxton recorded a live album in 1996 with his good friend Jim Rooney, and it contained some new comical songs about current events. Eric Weissberg , John Gorka , Robin and Linda Williams , among others, also performed; and

5520-402: The diversity of their funding sources. For example, many nonprofits that have relied on government grants have started fundraising efforts to appeal to individual donors. Most nonprofits have staff that work for the company, possibly using volunteers to perform the nonprofit's services under the direction of the paid staff. Nonprofits must be careful to balance the salaries paid to staff against

5612-539: The early 1970s. After a stay in England due to professional success and love of the country, Paxton and Midge went on a tour of New Zealand and China and even appeared on a Chinese talk show. Paxton released How Come the Sun in 1971. The album gave him his highest chart ranking in the U.S. but it only reached number 120 and his next album, Peace Will Come (1972), barely even reached the charts. He soon returned to New York City and

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5704-432: The election of the board, there are few inherent safeguards against abuse. A rebuttal to this might be that as nonprofit organizations grow and seek larger donations, the degree of scrutiny increases, including expectations of audited financial statements. A further rebuttal might be that NPOs are constrained, by their choice of legal structure, from financial benefit as far as distribution of profit to members and directors

5796-475: The establishment and management of NPOs and that require compliance with corporate governance regimes. Most larger organizations are required to publish their financial reports detailing their income and expenditure publicly. In many aspects, they are similar to corporate business entities though there are often significant differences. Both not-for-profit and for-profit corporate entities must have board members, steering-committee members, or trustees who owe

5888-403: The following way: "My own politics more or less resembled Will Rogers 's politics. He had said that he belonged to no organized political party — he was a Democrat  ... being young and impassioned almost automatically put me over on the radical side of most issues. Being older, I find myself still more or less there, somewhat to my surprise." In February 2002, Paxton was honored with

5980-574: The formal announcement was made during the 51st Annual Grammy Awards telecast, which aired on February 8, 2009. In 2004, the Martin Guitar Company introduced the HD-40LSH Tom Paxton Signature Edition acoustic guitar in his honor. In 2005, Paxton received a Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting at BBC Radio 2's Folk Awards at London's Brewery Arts Centre. In 2006, Paxton received a Lifetime Achievement Award from

6072-432: The local laws, charities are regularly organized as non-profits. A host of organizations may be nonprofit, including some political organizations, schools, hospitals, business associations, churches, foundations, social clubs, and consumer cooperatives. Nonprofit entities may seek approval from governments to be tax-exempt , and some may also qualify to receive tax-deductible contributions, but an entity may incorporate as

6164-511: The money paid to provide services to the nonprofit's beneficiaries. Organizations whose salary expenses are too high relative to their program expenses may face regulatory scrutiny. A second misconception is that nonprofit organizations may not make a profit. Although the goal of nonprofits is not specifically to maximize profits, they still have to operate as a fiscally responsible business. They must manage their income (both grants and donations and income from services) and expenses so as to remain

6256-579: The most ... I know I didn't have that rock mentality or anything. I was still a kid from a small town in Oklahoma. And I just wanted to hear folk songs." Paxton continued to sing and perform his songs on acoustic guitar at his live performances, and it was not too long before his albums would once again generally reflect his original traditional-sounding style. Paxton, his wife and their two daughters lived in Holland Park, London , for about four years in

6348-495: The music of Woody Guthrie and the Weavers . He would later note, "Woody was fearless; he'd take on any issue that got him stirred up ... and he became one of my greatest influences." In college, he was in a group known as the Travellers, which sang in an off-campus coffeehouse. Upon graduating in 1959 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, Paxton acted in summer stock theatre and briefly tried graduate school before joining

6440-445: The nonprofit sector today regarding newly graduated workers, and to some, NPOs have for too long relegated hiring to a secondary priority, which could be why they find themselves in the position many do. While many established NPOs are well-funded and comparative to their public sector competitors, many more are independent and must be creative with which incentives they use to attract and maintain people. The initial interest for many

6532-411: The organization a fiduciary duty of loyalty and trust. A notable exception to this involves churches , which are often not required to disclose finances to anyone, including church members. In the United States, nonprofit organizations are formed by filing bylaws, articles of incorporation , or both in the state in which they expect to operate. The act of incorporation creates a legal entity enabling

6624-452: The organization to be treated as a distinct body (corporation) by law and to enter into business dealings, form contracts, and own property as individuals or for-profit corporations can. Nonprofits can have members, but many do not. The nonprofit may also be a trust or association of members. The organization may be controlled by its members who elect the board of directors , board of governors or board of trustees . A nonprofit may have

6716-463: The organization's sustainability. An advantage of nonprofits registered in the UK is that they benefit from some reliefs and exemptions. Charities and nonprofits are exempt from Corporation Tax as well as the trustees being exempt from Income Tax. There may also be tax relief available for charitable giving, via Gift Aid, monetary donations, and legacies. Founder's syndrome is an issue organizations experience as they expand. Dynamic founders, who have

6808-406: The part, but his voice did not blend well enough with those of the group members. However, after singing his song "The Marvelous Toy" for Okun, he became the first writer signed to Milt's music publishing company, Cherry Lane Music Publishing. Paxton soon began performing at The Gaslight Cafe in Greenwich Village, where he became a mainstay. In 1962, he recorded a privately produced live album at

6900-408: The person who started the whole thing was Tom Paxton ... he tested his songs in the crucible of live performance, he found that his own stuff was getting more attention than when he was singing traditional songs or stuff by other people ... he set himself a training regimen of deliberately writing one song every day. Dylan had not yet showed up when this was happening, and by the time Bobby came on

6992-550: The public and private sectors have enjoyed an advantage over NPOs in attracting employees. Traditionally, the NPO has attracted mission-driven individuals who want to assist their chosen cause. Compounding the issue is that some NPOs do not operate in a manner similar to most businesses, or only seasonally. This leads many young and driven employees to forego NPOs in favor of more stable employment. Today, however, nonprofit organizations are adopting methods used by their competitors and finding new means to retain their employees and attract

7084-483: The receipt of significant funding from large for-profit corporations can ultimately alter the NPO's functions. A frequent measure of an NPO's efficiency is its expense ratio (i.e. expenditures on things other than its programs, divided by its total expenditures). Competition for employees with the public and private sector is another problem that nonprofit organizations inevitably face, particularly for management positions. There are reports of major talent shortages in

7176-540: The return of the Oak Ridge Boys for a third season and the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra, after a three year hiatus from SVMF. The FSO performed “The Planets” for a special 50th celebration of the first crewed Moon landing . The event featured video of space imagery produced by NASA, specifically for “The Planets,”  and stargazing with telescopes provided by the Shenandoah Astronomical Society. After

7268-417: The sector in its own terms, without relying on terminology used for the government or business sectors. However, use of terminology by a nonprofit of self-descriptive language that is not legally compliant risks confusing the public about nonprofit abilities, capabilities, and limitations. Tom Paxton Thomas Richard Paxton (born October 31, 1937) is an American folk singer-songwriter who has had

7360-558: The sector. The term civil society organization (CSO) has been used by a growing number of organizations, including the Center for the Study of Global Governance . The term citizen sector organization (CSO) has also been advocated to describe the sector – as one of citizens, for citizens – by organizations including Ashoka: Innovators for the Public . Advocates argue that these terms describe

7452-477: The set, with at most two or three songs he had written, Tom was already singing at least 50 percent his own material. That said, it was Bobby's success that really got the ball rolling. Prior to that, the folk community was very much tied to traditional songs, so much so that songwriters would sometimes palm their own stuff off as traditional." In 1965, Paxton made his first tour of the United Kingdom. The tour

7544-711: The song "Let the Sunshine", which addresses issues concerning environmentalism and solar energy . Paxton has also performed at the Clearwater Festival , an annual event, started by Pete Seeger , dedicated to environmentalism and cleaning up the Hudson River . His 1983 album Bulletin includes a song about Woody Guthrie entitled "They Couldn't Take the Music". After recording for labels such as Mountain Railroad and Flying Fish in

7636-451: The studio album Redemption Road . In January 2017, Paxton released Boat in the Water , his sixty-third album. Paxton is now in "semi-retirement", though he still performs occasional shows and did a ten-venue UK tour in 2017. Paxton toured the UK in 2018 and 2019 (11 venues), accompanied by The Don Juans . His shows featured his 2011 song "What if, no matter" ("He couldn't lay his hands on

7728-464: The summer of 1964 by members of the Ku Klux Klan near Philadelphia, Mississippi . Paxton's own compositions began to be increasingly recognized within folk music circles, and in other genres. Of the songwriters on the Greenwich Village scene of the 1960s, Dave Van Ronk said, "Dylan is usually cited as the founder of the new song movement, and he certainly became its most visible standard-bearer, but

7820-419: The time of its release, Paxton was quoted saying that it might be his best album so far. Looking for the Moon contains the song "The Bravest", which is about the firefighters who gave their lives while trying to save others in New York City on September 11, 2001. Around this time, Paxton began writing and releasing his "Short Shelf Life Songs" about current events for free download on his website. Paxton wrote

7912-482: The top ten on the U.S. country singles charts in December 1967. Then in 1968, Paxton scored a Top 10 radio hit when The Fireballs recorded his song " Bottle of Wine ". In the 1960s, Paxton licensed one of his songs, "My Dog's Bigger than Your Dog", for use in a Ken-L Ration dog food commercial. Not too fazed by the success of some of his songs, Paxton continued writing and performing. He was not interested in jumping on

8004-486: The traditional domain noted in RFC   1591 , .org is for "organizations that didn't fit anywhere else" in the naming system, which implies that it is the proper category for non-commercial organizations if they are not governmental, educational, or one of the other types with a specific TLD. It is not designated specifically for charitable organizations or any specific organizational or tax-law status, but encompasses anything that

8096-452: Was "a chemist, mostly self-educated", and as his health began to fail him, the family moved to Wickenburg, Arizona . It was here that young Paxton began riding horses at the numerous dude ranches in the area. It was also here that he was first introduced to folk music, discovering the music of Burl Ives and others. In 1948, the family moved to Bristow, Oklahoma , which Paxton considers to be his hometown. Soon after, his father died from

8188-576: Was established. The Festival receives the Shenandoah Bowl, the SVTA’s highest award for contributions to the Valley’s tourism industry. 1995 : The first Christmas Brunch was held. 1997 : www.musicfest.org is created. James Carville and Mary Matalin narrated Aaron Copeland ’s “ Lincoln Portrait ” with the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra. 1998 : Third record year for total attendance. Tom Paxton headlined

8280-644: Was formed to perform Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Festival Orchestra. 1975 : Musicianship awards — later to be known as the Katharine Benchoff Awards — were established to recognize outstanding band, chorus and orchestra students in Shenandoah Valley high schools. 1976 : All Shenandoah Valley Music Festival summer concerts were moved to the Outdoor Pavilion on the grounds of the Orkney Springs Hotel. 1978 : Dr. Richard Lert retired and

8372-618: Was held as part of the Festival’s 25th Anniversary season. 1988 : The Festival began an annual Community Messiah Sing. 1991 and 1992 : The Festival was named one of the Top 20 July events by the Southeastern Tourism Society. 1992 : The Shenandoah Valley Music Festival Guild is formed to raise money for the Festival. 1994 : Attendance for the Festival’s Symphony Weekends topped 5,000. A College Concerto Competition

8464-644: Was the beginning of a still-thriving professional relationship that has included yearly performances there. He met Bruce Woodley , one of the founding members of the Australian folk group The Seekers and they collaborated on the song "Angeline (Is Always Friday)" which The Seekers recorded and featured in their concerts, TV shows and a DVD. In 1967, the rock group Clear Light recorded a menacing and lengthy psychedelic version of Paxton's song "Mr. Blue" on their only album Clear Light . Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton 's recording of " The Last Thing on My Mind " reached

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