Articles & News Updates

From Carolinia A. Miranda, writing for the Los Angeles Times: After President Trump threatened to eliminate the [National Endowment for the Arts], Congress approved a spending bill that not only funds the NEA for another year, but increased its $148 million annual budget by nearly $2 million. Lost in much of the acrimonious debate over … Continue reading Could $499,000 in Grants That Help Our Soldiers Be One Reason Congress Spared the NEA? →

The National Assembly of State Arts Agencies has released an updated and expanded edition of Why Should Government Support the Arts? its policy brief detailing the economic, health, educational, civic, community and cultural benefits of public arts funding. In clear language — and with numerous links to fresh research — the paper debunks myths and … Continue reading NASAA Updates Policy Brief on Government Support of the Arts →

Congress has passed, and President Trump has signed into law, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017, which funds the federal government through the end of the current fiscal year. Included in the spending bill is increased funding for the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities, an additional $2 million more than the 2016 budget for … Continue reading Trump Signs FY2017 Spending Bill, Includes Additional NEA and NEH Funding →

A recent article in Relix magazine outlines why the Affordable Care Act is important to the lives and livelihoods of musicians. “Most musicians rely on the ACA. Repealing it would affect everyone around me,” says Jon Dindas, producer of events such as Christmas Jam and Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival. “These musicians are not covered under … Continue reading Musicians Discuss the Importance of the Affordable Care Act →

The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) conducted a survey of foundation leaders about how they are reacting to the new administration, and the degree to which they are making changes as a result. Based on survey responses from 162 CEOs of US independent and community foundations making at least $5 million in grants annually, CEP has … Continue reading Survey: Foundations Respond to a New Political Context →

From The Washington Post: The new federal spending bill would spare — and even slightly increase — funding for three arts-related agencies that President Donald Trump has proposed eliminating: the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities.The agreement announced Monday calls for the CPB’s budget to … Continue reading Federal Budget Agreement for FY 2017 Would Slightly Increase Funding for NEA, NEH →

A recent article in The New York Times highlights the impact of National Endowment for the Arts funding in South Dakota, “a largely rural, politically red state”: South Dakota, which has fewer than a million people, received the fifth-highest amount of federal arts money per person in the nation last year, and the endowment’s generally … Continue reading In Rural, Conservative South Dakota, NEA Funding Is Crucial to Arts Community →

A new survey by Exponent Philanthropy shows the vast majority of its members (82%) expect the institution of philanthropy to play a more important role in society as a result of recent changes in Washington, DC. Issued in late March to Exponent Philanthropy’s members – foundations with few or no staff, philanthropic families, and individual … Continue reading Survey: Grantmakers Expect Philanthropy to Play a More Important Role in Society as a Result of Recent Changes in Washington, DC →

From Hyperallergic: A new report by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) of the US Department of Commerce tracks the economic impact of the arts nationally and state by state. Read the article.

A recent article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review discusses how some foundations are using a systems change approach to work toward social change in the current political climate. “A key differentiator for systems change foundations,” author Mark R. Kramer writes, “is that they no longer try to pilot a small-scale program first and then take … Continue reading How Foundations Are Using a Systems Change Approach to Work Toward Social Change →