‘We’re beggars and we’re choosers’: inside the messy world of arts philanthropy in 2024

Unprecedented scrutiny over funding sources has prompted many UK cultural organisations to suspend or turn their back on philanthropic contributions. But could these increasingly messy call-outs and protests, personal attacks on social media and public decouplings result in an already woefully underfunded arts sector destroying itself? Fundraisers and donors talk to Amanda Parker about the challenges ahead