NASAA collects grant-making statistics every year through Final Descriptive Reports. Data from the 1980s onward is available for use. Please contact us for more information.
Summary Report: 2010 Funding and Grant Making Updated each year, this overview of state arts agency (SAA) funding and grant-making activities provides funding trends over time, summary grant statistics, and select state-by-state information. It is a succinct introduction to state arts agencies.
Members can request custom benchmarking reports that compare their agency's funding and grant making over time and/or against their peers. These reports provide an overview of the SAA and are useful for council meetings, strategic planning sessions and legislative testimony. Reports are created on demand and are customized to meet the unique needs of each SAA, such as for Ohio and Delaware.
Grants Almanac This Excel file provides a 10-year history of state arts agency grant making. In addition to summary statistics, the almanac provides state-by-state information about grants for arts education, individual artists and general operating support as well as a breakdown by discipline. Custom data tables and visuals can be built on request.
Regional Arts Organizations Grant Making Report (2008) This overview was prepared originally for regional arts organization (RAO) grants managers.
National Standard Reference Center SAA/RAO grantmaking is reported using the National Standard for Arts Information Exchange. Consult the reference center for federal grants reporting instructions, training materials and examples of how the National Standard can be used for grant-making analysis.
General Operating Support Grants This table offers a state-by-state summary of SAA grants for general operating support (GOS).
GOS Program Profiles Operating support practice in 10 state arts agencies is summarized in this report, prepared originally for the Maryland State Arts Council.
Go to NASAA's Nonprofit Finance page for related information about this key topic.
Grants to Individual Artists This table summarizes state-by-state SAA grants to individual artists.
Program Overview: Artist Fellowships This brief describes components of SAA artist fellowship award programs and provides examples and nationwide statistics.
Fact Sheet: Support for Individual Artists This fact sheet provides a national overview of grants and services for artists, including summary statistics and grant distribution by artistic discipline.
Decentralization Strategies Decentralized grant-making programs in 16 states are described, followed by an examination of decentralization objectives and strategies.
Fact Sheet: Support for Local Arts Agencies SAA grants and services to local arts agencies are outlined in this national overview, which includes summary statistics, trends over time and geographic distribution.
Arts Education Grants SAA grants for arts education are listed in this state-by-state summary.
Fact Sheet: Support for Arts Education This national overview of grants and services for arts education includes summary statistics and geographic distribution.
Go to our Arts Education page for more information about this key topic.
ARRA Grants This summary presents NEA grants awarded through the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Fact Sheet: Relationship between NEA and SAA Grantees The NEA and SAAs/RAOs share a considerable number of award recipients. This fact sheet offers comparisons and overlaps between the two groups.
Have more questions about state or federal grant making? Interested in more grant statistics? Contact Angela Han.
Have more questions about something else? Ask NASAA.