By more fully understanding the dynamics between space and arts
engagement, and by rethinking the role of place, arts organizations can open up new opportunities for themselves and for the people they want to engage.
Is Grantmaking Getting Smarter?
Grantmakers are making shifts on how they support their grantees. Among these shifts is the increasing support for general operating, multi-year, and capacity-building purposes.
Students with Disabilities and the Core Arts Standards: Guiding Principles for Teachers
All students, regardless of disabilities, have the right to the same educational goals and standards.
America After 3PM: Afterschool Programs in Demand
A report on a survey of close to 14,000 parents and guardians nationwide finds a jump in reported participation in afterschool in the U.S. over the last decade.
A Proposed National Standard Taxonomy for Reporting Data on Support for Individual Artists
For several years, Grantmakers in the Arts (GIA) members who support individual artists have noted the lack of sector-wide data on artist support, the lack of a common taxonomy to explain the different forms of artist support, and the lack of benchmark data to track artist support over time. Recognizing that this is a complex
picture and that support comes in many forms and from diverse sources, GIA has developed a taxonomy that permits comprehensive, systematic tracking of support to individual artists.
Causes Count: The Economic Power of California’s Nonprofit Sector
Causes Count is the first report of its kind to examine the nonprofit sector’s scope, activities and economic impact in the state of California. While some regional research about nonprofits has been conducted, the present state of knowledge about the California nonprofit sector as a whole is extremely limited at best. This report from CalNonprofits (California Association of Nonprofits) addressed this deficiency, and gives the nonprofit community the information in needs to advance its cause.

