Community Foundation
Community Foundation
December 2003, 11 pages. Published by Americans for the Arts, 1000 Vermont Avenue NW, 6th floor, Washington, DC, 20005, 202-371-2830, info@artsusa.org, www.AmericansForTheArts.org
This monograph describes variations on the united arts fund model of providing arts support and provides a number of statistics from 2002 on arts fund fundraising and grantmaking.
Read More...June 2004, 16 pages. Published by Performing Arts Research Coalition, 1156 15th Street, Suite 810, Washington, DC, 20005, 202-293-4466 x214, parc@operaamerica.org, www.operaamerica.org/parc
Download pdf: http://www.operaamerica.org/parc/PARCSummaryRpt.pdf
Read More...May 2004, 53 pages. Published by Battelle Memorial Institute
Download pdf: http://www.flinn.org/docs/Vibrant_Culture-Thriving_Economy_full_213.pdf
The product of a multi-disciplinary task force in the greater Phoenix metropolitan area, this report makes the case, from an economic development point of view, for a central role for arts and culture in the region's future planning initiatives.
Read More...http://www.culturalpolicy.org/index.cfm
The Center provides a variety of publications on cultural policy, their own as well as others, news links and online discussion forums in the "cultural commons."
Read More...This unique study combines Dun & Bradstreet data (as of January 2004) and geo-economic analysis to quantify and map business activity in six creative industries: museum/collections; performing arts; visual/photography; film/radio/TV; design/publishing; and schools/services. Creative industry reports on major metropolitan areas are on the Web site and reports on each of 437 congressional districts are available by request. Custom reports on specific geographic areas are also available for a fee.
Read More...http://www.culturalpolicy.arts.gla.ac.uk/
The Center's own research and publications focus on the UK, but the searchable database of cultural policy resources and links is international in scope.
Read More...June 2002, 57 pages. Published by Western States Arts Federation, 1543 Champa Street, Suite 220, Denver, CO, 80202, 303-629-1166, www.westaf.org
This study on the effectiveness and impact of support provided by the Hawai'i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts comes at the end of a ten-year decline in funding by the agency, and documents the challenges this trend presents to artists and nonprofit cultural organizations in the state.
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Read More...2004, 14 pages. Published by Nonprofit Finance Fund, 70 West 36th Street, 11th floor, New York, NY, 10018, 212-868-6710, www.nonprofitfinancefund.org
Download pdf: www.nonprofitfinancefund.org/docs/NMAI_WebVersion.pdf
The moniker, "Grantmakers in the Arts," could suggest that our job as funders is solely to read proposals and write checks, a straightforward transaction that takes a hiatus when the award letter goes out and revives when the final report comes in. In reality, we know that the most important work we do may take place before the proposal is even submitted and that the impact of our work only improves as the quality of our ongoing interaction with our grantees strengthens.
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