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.

Youth in social circus programs across the US are making big leaps in the skills they need to lead productive lives, according to a recently completed study commissioned by the American Youth Circus Organization (AYCO) and conducted by the David P. Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality. The study found that circus arts has a positive impact on the Social and Emotional Learning outcomes of youth at risk. 

In October 2006, Americans for the Arts’ National Arts Policy Roundtable was inaugurated. Co-convened with the Sundance Preserve, the topic of the roundtable was The Future of Private Giving to the Arts in America. To better understand this phenomenon, Americans for the Arts commissioned a pilot research study by Prescott & Associates that targeted a small number of good corporate arts citizens.

Publishing and distributing these Grantmakers in the Arts essays is part of our ongoing commitment to sharing information and deepening the understanding between local arts agency grantmakers and their partners in the private funding community.

A briefing outlinig why public art is important to communities and some the challenges facing the field.

With billions in arts funding, businesses play a key role in ensuring the health and vitality of the nation’s arts sector.  Business support for the arts is less driven by a charitable focus than it is targeted on how the arts impact the communities in which their employees live and work.