Blog Posts for Financial Management

Thank you to the many people who have been blog contributors to, and readers of ArtsBlog over the years. ArtsBlog has long been a space where we uplifted stories from the field that demonstrated how the arts strengthen our communities socially, educationally, and economically; where trends and issues and controversies were called out; and advocacy tools were provided to help you make the case for more arts funding and favorable arts policies.

As part of Americans for the Arts’ recent Strategic Realignment Process, we were asked to evaluate our storytelling communications platforms and evolve the way we share content. As a result, we launched the Designing Our Destiny portal to explore new ways of telling stories and sharing information, one that is consistent with our longtime practice of, “No numbers without a story, and no stories without a number.”

As we put our energy into developing this platform and reevaluate our communications strategies, we have put ArtsBlog on hold. That is, you can read past blog posts, but we are not posting new ones. You can look to the Designing Our Destiny portal and our news items feed on the Americans for the Arts website for stories you would have seen in ArtsBlog in the past.

ArtsBlog will remain online through this year as we determine the best way to archive this valuable resource and the knowledge you’ve shared here.

As ever, we are grateful for your participation in ArtsBlog and thank you for your work in advancing the arts. It is important, and you are important for doing it.

What a Difference Nonprofits Make: A Guide to Accounting Procedures

Date of Publication (formatted): 
December, 1991
Summary: 

This guide is not for people who are bewildered by balance sheets, intimidated by numbers, or unacquainted with sound management principles. Rather, it is designed to assist accounting and business professionals who volunteer their time and expertise to the nonprofit sector. What a Difference Nonprofits Make: A Guide to Accounting Procedures draws its inspiration from two basic observations: Many nonprofit managers, staff, boards and volunteers know little about key financial tools and concepts or how to use them to improve their organization's performance.

Breaking Ground: A Beginners Guide for Nonprofit Developers

Date of Publication (formatted): 
May, 2000
Summary: 

This guide is for community-based nonprofit organizations interested in learning more about becoming affordable housing developers, establishing public+private partnerships and helping to meet the housing needs of low- and moderate-income families.

A Museum Cost Function

Date of Publication (formatted): 
December, 1987
Summary: 

This study illustrates the use of a museum cost function that includes measures of size, priorities, and quality and is homogeneous of degree one in factor costs. For art, general, history, and science museums, the important determinants of operating costs are attendance and input factor prices. For three of the four museum types, the priority given to membership activities is negatively related to the level of operating costs.

Monograph: National and Local Profiles of Cultural Support: Executive Summary

Date of Publication (formatted): 
November, 2002
Summary: 

In 1998, The Pew Charitable Trusts commissioned Americans for the Arts and The Ohio State University Arts Policy and Administration Program to analyze public and private sources of support for arts and culture. This report is the result of that research.

Monograph: United Arts Funds: Meeting the Challenge of Increased Private Sector Support for the Arts

Date of Publication (formatted): 
December, 2003
Summary: 

In communities of all sizes, United Arts Ffunds (UAF) are working to broaden the base of support for the arts, promote excellence in the arts and arts management, and to ensure that arts organizations are financially stable.

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