Emil Kang
@emilkang.bsky.social
Arts, culture, and institutions.
Writing about structure, power, and sustainability in the arts.
Longer essays at emilkang.substack.com
Writing about structure, power, and sustainability in the arts.
Longer essays at emilkang.substack.com
The arts sector treats the 501(c)(3) as a moral default rather than a strategic choice.
That assumption shapes who gets legitimacy, who builds assets, and who burns out.
I wrote about why it’s time to expand how we structure cultural work:
emilkang.substack.com/p/stop-start...
That assumption shapes who gets legitimacy, who builds assets, and who burns out.
I wrote about why it’s time to expand how we structure cultural work:
emilkang.substack.com/p/stop-start...
Stop Starting Nonprofits: A Case for Structural Choice
I have spent my career inside nonprofit institutions, running them, funding them, and serving on their boards.
emilkang.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:11 PM
The arts sector treats the 501(c)(3) as a moral default rather than a strategic choice.
That assumption shapes who gets legitimacy, who builds assets, and who burns out.
I wrote about why it’s time to expand how we structure cultural work:
emilkang.substack.com/p/stop-start...
That assumption shapes who gets legitimacy, who builds assets, and who burns out.
I wrote about why it’s time to expand how we structure cultural work:
emilkang.substack.com/p/stop-start...