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.
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.
Charitable Giving Report: How Nonprofit Fundraising Performed in 2012
Blackbaud, Inc. released a Charitable Giving Report, featuring the sector’s first look at how nonprofit fundraising performed in 2012. The Report draws from The Blackbaud Index, which tracks $8 billion in U.S.-based charitable giving on a monthly basis to provide the largest analysis of overall and online giving trends in the nonprofit sector. “2012 continued to show signs of a slow recovery for overall fundraising,” said Steve MacLaughlin, co-author of the Charitable Giving Report and director of Blackbaud’s Idea Lab. “Online fundraising’s return to significant growth rates is an encouraging sign, although online giving still makes up less than 10 percent of overall giving.” SEE PRESS RELEASE
State Arts Agency Legislative Status Summary Report – Fiscal Year 2013
This document provides short summaries of significant budget or restructuring proposals that occurred during 2012 legislative session affecting state arts agency fiscal year 2013 budgets. Now that a majority of legislative sessions are complete, this document represents a near-final summary of significant changes and potential threats to state arts agency budgets in FY2013. State arts agency budgets will continue to be affected by state revenue projections, late legislative actions and executive actions. SEE MAIN NASAA RESEARCH WEBSITE
