> I really hate these faux-grassroots programs. I'm not sure your hate for this group is based on facts. From a Google search I learned that their EventBrite

> I really hate these faux-grassroots programs. I'm not sure your hate for this group is based on facts. From a Google search I learned that their EventBrite lists 615 past events in 70 cities in 18 states (plus DC). Since the beginning of 2020 there were 120 events, 88 were last year and 32 this year so far, most of which being online. I don't know if they've had any others that didn't make the EventBrite list and no clue what city you live in, obviously they haven't reached every "fairly large inner city" in person. With no knowledge of how they spend their money (other than the scholarships they mention) I assume it goes to staffing the part of the org that plans and puts on these events, and said scholarships for the paid events. Looks like 279 of them were free (including all 2021 events), 30 in-person events had paid and free tickets available. It seems 53 events were summer camp options for between $70 and $699 (most common being $299) from 2016 to 2020. Of the rest, 6 were $20 or less and the remaining 270 events were $35. I'm aware of $1M grants from Nike & AT&T, CrunchBase lists another $409k from an individual and GM, plus individuals have donated small amounts. From my personal experience putting on individual live shows, tours, learning events and full blown conventions I doubt that even double this total would be enough to cover all of the live events they did pre-pandemic even with a skeleton crew staff of 3-4 and plenty of volunteers.