About and transparency
Who NFE is and how it is governed
NFE is founder-led and early. We are building the advisory network, governance, partnerships, and program infrastructure without pretending the scaffolding is already a cathedral.
Founder
Richard Saxe Coulson
Saxe has spent two decades inside live culture: nightlife promotion, festival and venue work, music media, artist positioning, and international visa referral strategy for touring DJs and producers. NFE is where that experience turns toward public benefit.
“Temporary cultural worlds can do more than entertain us. They can help us practice better ways of caring for people, sharing resources, supporting culture, and living together.”
The goal is not to bolt sustainability onto culture after the interesting decisions are finished. It is to make culture part of how better systems become visible, desirable, and real.
Current interim board officers
Stewarding the work while permanent appointments are completed.
These are interim officer assignments. NFE will update this page when permanent board officers are formally appointed.
Brent Wellington Barker
Serving in the interim treasury role while NFE completes permanent board recruitment and officer appointments.
Gabriel Covington
Serving in the interim secretary role while NFE completes permanent board recruitment and officer appointments.
Organizational development
Building the institution as carefully as the programs.
NFE is currently founder-led, with interim treasury and secretary roles in place while permanent board recruitment, governance systems, funding, and program partnerships continue to develop.
Governance
Nonprofit stewardship, board development, legal compliance, financial accountability, and a clear boundary between mission work and commercial activity.
Partnerships
Relationships with venues, festivals, nonprofits, practitioners, researchers, funders, artists, and local communities.
Program infrastructure
Pilot agreements, measurement plans, documentation, care standards, and tools that improve through use.
Nonprofit transparency
Official registration and organizational details.
The information below matches NFE’s current nonprofit identity and primary domain.
Los Angeles, CA 90064-1850
United States
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