Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC) 2026 Cancelled(anitab.org) |
Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC) 2026 Cancelled(anitab.org) |
"We're a bit low and might have to cut a few things" and "we're so low we might have to cancel" are very different thresholds and merit very different responses.
Presumably when that happens you don't immediately cancel, but rather try some last ditch efforts with sponsors, vendors, etc and then you wind up 2 weeks out in a shitty situation.
Though looking at their filings, it seems like they did not adapt to reduced revenues starting in 2023, so maybe denial and an inability to cut costs is a bigger explanation: https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/770...
They also stopped posting audited financials around then: https://anitab.org/audited-financials
heck just look at what happened with fyre festival.
> Information regarding GHC registration and other financial matters will be communicated to you promptly once we obtain a clearer understanding of AnitaB.org ’s financial condition.
The “president and ceo” is bringing in over $500K a year.
Total nonsense.
In hindsight, it doesn't look like they did a great job running it, but the comp package doesn't seem crazy at that scale.
Isn't that the entire point of foundations and non-profits? Massive salaries for their EDs.
Not enough to break a conference. “International arrivals to the United States in 2025 decreased 5.5% from 2024” [1]. (HY1 2026 is basically in line with 2025 [2].)
[1] https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IN12589#:~:text=There%2...
[2] https://roadgenius.com/statistics/tourism/usa/#:~:text=In%20...