Funding Research

2004, 34 pages. Published by Arts Education Partnership, One Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC, 20001-1431, http://www.aep-arts.org

Download pdf: http://aep-arts.org/files/publications/OpportunitiesResearch.pdf

June 2004. 66 pages. Published by California Tomorrow, 1904 Franklin St. Suite 300, Oakland, CA, 94612, 510-496-0220. Coalition of Community Foundations for Youth, 15639 Leavenworth Road, Basehor, KS, 66007, 800-292-6149

"Leading by Example" is a methodology originally developed by California Tomorrow to promote diversity in educational institutions and school systems. This report chronicles this process as it was undertaken by four community foundations to address diversity both within the organizations and in their programs.

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

2003, 72 pages. Published by Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, 10027, 212-854-1912, najp@columbia.edu

Download pdf: http://www.najp.org/publications/conferencereports/artsandminds.html

February 2003, 48 pages. Published by Alliance of Artists Communities, 255 South Main Street, Providence, RI, 02903, 401-351-4320, aac@artistcommunities.org, www.artistcommunities.org

This publication, designed to share information and best practices among artists' communities through case-studies, focuses on three areas: fund development, building community, and community relations/outreach/engagement.

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.

February 2003, 48 pages. Published by Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, Box 1985, Providence, RI, 02912, www.annenberginstitute.org, www.annenberginstitute.org/challenge/

Download .pdf: http://www.annenberginstitute.org/challenge/pubs/Arts_Challenge.pdf

2004, 162 pages, ISBN 0-9749702-0-4. Published by John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Wachovia Financial Center, Suite 3300, 200 South Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL, 33131-2349, 305-908-2600, www.Knightfdn.org

Download pdf: http://www.knightfdn.org/publications/listeningandlearning04/listeningandlearning2004.pdf

http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/

A project of the School of Communication at American University, this site hosts an extensive collection of reports, papers and publications on the use of media as a tool for public knowledge and action.

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.