In April 2013, the IRS released structured data culled from the tax returns of almost 616,000 tax-exempt organizations. Use this database to find organizations and see details like their executive compensation, revenue and expenses, as well as download their tax filings going back as far as 2001.
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Barriers to Creativity in Education: Educators and Parents Grade the System
Adobe released a research study that reveals the state of creativity in education. It highlights the importance of preparing students to be innovators and how testing and government mandates are stifling creativity in the classroom. The study was international, and a strong majority of the participants across the United States, United Kingdom, Germany and Australia, call for a transformation in the ways schools work. Furthermore, educators agree that they can do more to foster creativity with more tools and training to integrate it into the classroom. SEE INFOGRAPHIC * SEE VIDEO INFOGRAPHIC * SEE RESEARCH RESULTS
A Report on Salaries, Benefits, and Demographics for the Local Arts Field
The Local Arts Agency Salaries 2013 research report benchmarks the vast and varied compensation practices of the local arts field in America today. As the previous iteration of this report did when it was published in 2001, the 2013 report will assist LAA executives and employees in evaluating staffing and salary levels, setting pay rates, determining incremental compensation adjustments, and better understanding the varied benefit options and structures currently at play in the field.
Creative Communities: Art Works in Economic Development
Urban and regional planners, elected officials, and other decisionmakers are increasingly focused on what makes places livable. Access to the arts inevitably appears high on that list, but knowledge about how culture and the arts can act as a tool of economic development is sadly lacking. This important sector must be considered not only as a source of amenities or pleasant diversions, but also as a wholly integrated part of local economies. Employing original data produced through both quantitative and qualitative research, Creative Communities provides a greater understanding of how art works as an engine for transforming communities.
Catalytic Change: Lessons Learned from the Racial Justice Grantmaking Assessment
ARC and PRE designed the Racial Justice Grantmaking Assessment to help foundation staff and leaders understand the benefits of being explicit about racial equity, and to determine the degree to which their work is advancing racial justice. This report is based on the pilot process, and is intended to share insights into some of the barriers within the philanthropic sector that stand in the way of achieving racial justice outcomes. It is organized into five segments:
- This introduction, which provides brief profiles of ARC and PRE, and of the assessment team;
- A description of the assessment process, including definitions, assumptions, and methodology;
- An overview of the assessments of the Consumer Health Foundation and the Barr Foundation, including brief profiles of each, summary findings, recommendations, and impacts to date;
- Lessons learned from the pilot process by the ARC-PRE assessment team; and
- Appendices with more detailed findings, recommendations, and initial impacts for each foundation.
How Art Works – Public Forum and Report
On September 20, 2012, the National Endowment for the Arts released a new report, based on research commissioned from the Monitor Institute, entitled How Art Works. Built upon a wide-ranging literature review, and extensive interviews, workshops, webinars, and exchanges with arts leaders, community leaders, thought leaders, and policy makers around the country, the report suggests a framework and a “system map” to guide research, policy, and strategy for the agency.
A public forum, hosted by the Arts Management program at American University, explored this new report, its implications for the NEA’s strategy and research, and its resonance or potential for the larger fields of arts, culture, heritage, and humanities. The forum sessions are archived on this main site with the links to the PDF report.
