Apr 18, 2024
Americans for the Arts announces its participation in Handwork: Celebrating American Craft 2026, a national Semiquincentennial initiative to showcase the importance of the handmade, both throughout our history and in contemporary life.
Arts Education Policy and Funding
Improving Access to Arts Education for All Students
Charitable Giving & Tax Reform
Encouraging Charitable Gifts and Tax Provisions to Support Community Access to the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts
Promoting Creativity and Public Access to the Arts
Artists, Entrepreneurs, and the Creative Economy
The CREATE Act and investing in the nation's workforce and creative economy
Veterans and Military Service Members
Healing Trauma Through Community Arts Engagement
Visit the Legislative Issue Center to learn about other legislation impacting the arts.
National Endowment for the Arts -View NEA Appropriations History through 2023 and NEA Inflation and Discretionary Spending Analyses for 2023
Arts & Economic Prosperity 5 - View the Economic Impact Overview (2017 Data) and the Audience Spending (2017 Data)
Arts Education– How arts involvement supports students and lowers school dropouts.
Government Funding for the Arts 2001-2023
Private Sector Giving for 2023
Sources of Revenue for Nonprofit Arts Organizations
12 Things Americans Say About the Arts
Bureau of Economics Analyses 2023 Report
Arts Action Fund - Join over 400,00 other citizen activists to advance the arts at the federal, state and local levels.
Federal Arts Advocacy Captains - Learn about Federal Arts Advocacy Captains and find out who the captain is for your state
House and Senate Cultural Caucuses - Find out which members of Congress have committed to support the arts with their membership on the House and Senate Cultural Caucuses
On November 3, two attempts to eliminate federal funding for the arts and humanities in the Fiscal Year 2024 Interior Appropriations were both soundly defeated!
Freedom Caucus Chairman Scott Perry (R-PA-10) sponsored two floor amendments:
The amazing Congressional outreach efforts by arts advocates last helped produce the following in the FY’24 Senate Appropriations bills passed in the full committee mark-up last week:
Charitable giving is crucial to maintaining the health of arts throughout our country. Key findings from the 2023 Giving USA Report, released last month, showed that an estimated $499.33 billion was given to charities in 2022. This represents a decrease of 10.5%, when adjusted for inflation, from 2021 giving levels.
On Tuesday, May 16th, Congresswoman Ann Kuster (D-NH-02) introduced the Early STEAM Achievement Act (H.R. 3374) which aims to strengthen STEAM education for children ages eight and under. The legislation would establish a competitive grant program within the Department of Health and Human Services to support early childhood STEAM programs and provide professional development in STEAM education for teachers. Americans for the Arts and Americans for the Arts Action Fund endorse this legislation and will continue working with arts advocates to build support among members of Congress.
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