Funding Research
May 14, 2018 by Carmen Graciela Díaz
"What was the original goal of the arts education policy and advocacy grantmaking work?" That is one of the questions the education and policy firm, Education First, tackled after the Hewlett Foundation commissioned an evaluation of its arts education grantmaking over the past decade.
Read More...April 16, 2018 by Carmen Graciela Díaz
"What does culture have to do with sustainability?" A report by Helicon Collaborative, commissioned by ArtPlace, begins with this question to make the case for how place-based arts and cultural interventions, or “creative placemaking,” advance sustainability outcomes in the context of community development.
Read More...February 14, 2018 by admin
In this moment of upheaval, challenge, and resistance for our country, the phrase “speaking truth to power” has taken on a new urgency. Rarely asked amid the fervor pervading the corner offices and Twitter feeds of so many of our foundations and other civic institutions in recent months, however, is an important question: Where does our “truth” come from? How do we make judgments about truth in so subjective a field as arts and culture?Read More...February 13, 2018 by admin
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Arts Funding Snapshot: GIA’s Annual Research on Support for Arts and Culture (332Kb)Read More...February 11, 2018 by admin
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Arts Funding Snapshot: GIA’s Annual Research on Support for Arts and Culture (332Kb)Read More...February 9, 2018 by Steve
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Arts Funding at Twenty-Five (318Kb)
Introduction
The easy convenience of typing a few key words into a search box and promptly being immersed in data can make one forget that this capability has existed for a remarkably short period of time. Just twenty-five years ago — a point in time well within the recollection of most members of the arts and culture sector — Stanley N. Katz, then president of the American Council of Learned Societies, observed, “the serious study of arts philanthropy is less than a generation old, and we are just beginning the sorts of data collection and analysis…we need to make sound judgments about the field.”1
Read More...March 9, 2017 by admin
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Arts Funding Snapshot: GIA’s Annual Research on Support for Arts and Culture (3 Mb)
Earned income and private giving make up the largest share of arts funding in the United States, but government funds are an essential piece of the arts ecosystem. Public investments in the arts are citizen driven and beholden to the public interest. They support inclusive experiences, promulgated by representative democracy covering every part of the country.
Read More...March 7, 2017 by admin
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Arts Funding Snapshot: GIA’s Annual Research on Support for Arts and Culture (3 Mb)
Read More...March 3, 2016 by admin
Beginning with this snapshot of arts funding, Foundation Center’s annual analyses of foundation arts and culture grantmaking will be based on our new Philanthropy Classification System. This system of coding and organizing foundation funding replaces the Grants Classification System, which was employed by Foundation Center for nearly a quarter century. It reflects an evolution in the way that giving for the arts and other fields is captured and represented.
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