Last week, in Arizona, I keynoted the statewide Joint Arts Education Conference and made a presentation on “Strategic Advocacy” at the annual Southwest Arts Conference convened by the Arizona Commission on the Arts. I had
The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA) is offering a series of webinars for panelists serving on the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA). The PPA is a decentralized funding partnership between local organizations and
To help the state’s arts and cultural organizations remain financially solvent, the Idaho Commission on the Arts (ICA) has begun to educate constituents about financial forecasting. In their latest strategic planning process, the ICA identified
The Alabama State Council on the Arts (ASCA), the Alabama Department of Public Health and the Alabama Department of Child Abuse & Neglect Prevention/Children’s Trust Fund recently collaborated to offer three specially designed keepsake birth
The California Arts Council (CAC) recently launched the Million Plates for the Arts campaign. The intent of the campaign is to significantly increase funds for CAC arts programs for California’s children and communities through sales
The Indiana Arts Commission (IAC), in partnership with the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs and the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy, surveyed Indiana arts and cultural organizations to identify capacity building needs.
House Panel Approves NEA Funding Increase Following the July 4 recess, Congress took the first steps forward with fiscal year 2011 funding legislation, as appropriations subcommittees in the House and Senate began drafting their versions
As a national source of information on public arts funding, NASAA provides a knowledge network and fact base to help state arts agencies make informed policy decisions and put their own state’s needs and experiences
In 2007, there were 1.47 million tax-exempt organizations registered with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Public charities (more commonly known as 501(c)3 organizations) account for two-thirds of these registered nonprofits and include organizations that work
