The Finances and Operations of Nonprofit Performing Arts Organizations in 2001 and 2002

Highlights and Executive Summary

Published in: GIA Reader, Vol 15, No 3 (Fall 2004)

Performing Arts Research Coalition, Ronald Kushner and Thomas H. Pollak

July 2003, 12 pages. Performing Arts Research Coalition, c/o OPERA America, 1156 15th St, NW, Suite 810, Washington, DC, 20005-1704, 202-293-4466 x214, parc@operaamerica.org

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This booklet is an executive summary of PARC's research on financial health of more than 700 professional nonprofit performing arts organizations in 2001-2002. The data was solicited directly from the organizations, rather than taken from IRS or Economic Census records, providing a more detailed and inclusive picture.