The Burk Donor Survey provides results on ‘where philanthropy is headed in 2013″. based on responses from 24,623 donors that have made a gift in the past twelve months.
State Arts Agencies’ Supplemental Funding Strategies
This policy brief provides a short overview of the array of the public and private strategies, beyond general fund dollars, currently in use for funding SAAs, as well as tips for states considering similar policies in the future.
State Arts Agency Grant Making and Funding Report
Each of America’s 50 states and six jurisdictions has a government agency that works to make the cultural, civic, economic and educational benefits of the arts available to all communities. Through services and grant making, state arts agencies increase citizen access to the arts and help each state to recognize, cultivate and promote its unique creative assets.
Preliminary Report: Impact of Arts and Culture on U.S. Economy
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) released prototype estimates today from the new Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account (ACPSA). This is the first federal effort to provide in-depth analysis of the arts and cultural sector’s contributions to current-dollar gross domestic product (GDP), a measure of the final dollar value of all goods and services produced in the United States.
Cultural Districts Strategy Sampler
Increasingly, state arts agencies are pursuing place-based creative economic development strategies in the form of cultural district policies.
Supplemental Funding Strategies
This policy brief, updated with FY2013 revenue data, considers the various strategies and mechanisms for funding state arts agencies beyond general fund dollars.

