In partnership with a field-based advisory group, Americans for the Arts proposes four goals that, if achieved, would support meaningful, measurable progress toward the fair and equitable distribution of all types of LAA investments, as well as specific strategies to achieve those goals. 

This report reviews results from the 2018 Local Arts Agency Profile Equitable Investment module, which was completed by 537 local arts agencies (LAAs) across the United States. It focuses on how, when, and where LAAs currently consider equity in the deployment of their funds, time, space, and staff.

This paper provides an overview of the current state of the crowdfunding field as it relates to public art, looks at the benefits and drawbacks of online fundrasing, and highlights techniquest for makerting your campaign and engaging stakeholders. It recommends wht to look for when choosing an online platform, offers success stories of projects that used crowdsourcing to fund public art, and advises on how to decide if crowdfungin is right for your project.

This guide is drawn from lessons learned during two musical instrument drives sponsored by New York’s classical music radio station, WQXR. Students in under-resourced music programs across the New York City area benefited from the roughly 6,000 musical instruments donated through the drive.

Giving USA is a trusted source for information, data and trends about the philanthropic sector. We do not rely on anecdotal stories to compile our reports. We use estimating methods developed by experts in philanthropy, statistics, and economics to project what household tax returns and IRS Form-990s submitted by nonprofits will show two or more years down the road, after the Internal Revenue Service com-pletes its analyses.