Voice of Attractions Visitors 2024 PGAV Destinations has released the 2024 findings of its annual attractions industry study, Voice of the Visitor (VOV). VOV 2024 seeks to identify trends that will shape the future success of attractions. The report highlights the industry’s resilience in adapting to market changes, with 95% of respondents planning to visit…
Creative Economy State Profiles Update with 2022 Data NASAA has updated our Creative Economy State Profiles with new 2022 data on arts and cultural production, jobs and compensation. Produced in cooperation with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the interactive dashboard presents detailed information about the creative economy in all 50 states and the…
State Arts Vibrancy SMU DataArts has released State of the Arts 2023: Arts Vibrancy Insights into All 50 States. This is the first year the program is ranking the arts vibrancy of all 50 states in addition to its annual ranking of communities. Arts vibrancy is a unique indicator designed by SMU DataArts to measure…
FY2024 State Arts Agency Revenues NASAA has released its Fiscal Year 2024 State Arts Agency Revenues report detailing the latest funding data. FY2024 total legislative appropriations for state arts agencies fell 24% to $741 million, down from a historic high of $971 million in FY2023. The aggregate decrease is attributable to large nonrecurring investments in…
State Level Transportation Artist in Residence Programs Smart Growth America released the report Transportation Artists in Residence: A Landscape of an Emerging Field (TAIR), authored by CAIR Lab. The report covers findings from examining artist-in-residence programs in state transportation agencies in conjunction with leaders of the Minnesota and Washington State departments of transportation (DOT). The…
2023 State Legislative Roundup NASAA has released its 2023 State Legislative Roundup, the latest in its annual review of state legislation important to state arts agencies and the arts community. As legislatures grapple with slowing revenue growth and the winding down of federal COVID-19 pandemic aid, NASAA continued to track bills affecting the spectrum of…
Impact of Federal Relief Funding for Arts and Culture A new study, Following the Funding: Distribution of Federal COVID-19 Relief Funds for the Arts and Culture Sector, conducted by SMU DataArts, presents a comprehensive analysis of the distribution of the unprecedented $53 billion in federal relief funding across four key programs—Paycheck Protection Program; Shuttered Venue…
NASAA Answers Your Questions As part of NASAA’s service to state arts agencies and the greater arts and cultural field, NASAA responds to requests for information on a wide variety of arts, culture and economic topics. In fiscal year 2023, NASAA staff fulfilled nearly 270 of these information requests from state and jurisdictional arts agencies…
Nonprofit Data Source and Research Tool Candid provides free demographic data, alongside other for-cost data sets, on nonprofit organizations’ board and staff. The demographic data set currently contains over 62,000 nonprofits, with 1,000 of the organizations updating their profiles with new data each month. More information on tapping into Candid’s demographic data can be found…
NASAA has published a series of grant making fact sheets that provide a comprehensive overview of state arts agency (SAA) grant making in specific areas of interest. In addition to our current collection, four new fact sheets further enhance understanding of states’ public funding for the arts. Social Vulnerability Percentage below Poverty Grants by Organizational…
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