State Arts Agency Revenues, Fiscal Year 2024
NASAA announces the release of State Arts Agency Revenues, Fiscal Year 2024, which presents data on the decrease in state arts agency legislative appropriations and revenues for the current fiscal year, and the impact of expiring federal and state pandemic relief funding. Included in the release is a series of interactive dashboards to explore FY2024…
November 16, 2023
Congress Agrees on Short-Term Funding for NEA
November 16, 2023 Following earlier passage in the House of Representatives, the Senate voted last night to approve a short-term appropriations bill that will extend current funding for the National Endowment for the Arts until February 2, 2024. Passage of this legislation came just two days before funding for all federal agencies was set to…
NASAA Leadership Grants to Advance Creative Aging in Nine States
July 10, 2023 Utah artists at Sunshine Terrace. Photo by Maria Ellen Huebner In collaboration with E.A. Michelson Philanthropy, the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA) is proud to announce the award of $855,000 in creative aging grant funding to nine state arts agencies. Part of NASAA’s new States Leading Creative…
State Arts Agency Equity Strategies
September 30, 2021 A common mission among state arts agencies is to serve all residents of their state or jurisdiction. To this end, many state arts agencies are taking intentional actions to dismantle barriers to support and make their policies, programs and services more equitable and accessible. Each state and jurisdiction is different, and will…
New from NASAA: Inclusive Language Guide
July 28, 2020 As state arts agencies continue to strive toward greater equity for all, it’s important to be sure the language we use with grantees, partners and legislators—and each other—is accessible and inclusive. Constituents who may be coping with acute social, financial and health related struggles appreciate respectful, bias-free interactions, both spoken and written.…
COVID-19: NASAA at Your Side
March 30, 2020 Hello to all of NASAA’s state arts agency colleagues and friends. I hope this message finds you safe, well and finding moments of grace in these chaotic times. Some of you, I know, reside in communities grappling with extreme public health duress right now. Others are bracing for the unknown. Whatever your…
Better Together: Public and Private Arts Investment
Sources: NASAA, State Arts Agency Final Descriptive Reports, FY2012; National Endowment for the Arts direct grants, 2012; The Foundation Center, 2012, based on all grants of $10,000 or more awarded by the FC 1000, a set of 1,000 of the largest U.S. foundations by giving. Sources U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service, Foundation Giving…
Why Should Government Support the Arts?
Should government fund the arts? Why can’t the private sector pick up the costs? Who benefits from public arts support? Is support for the arts a partisan issue? Designed for civic leaders and cultural advocates, Why Should Government Support the Arts? invites conversation about the value of the arts to American communities. It includes extensive…
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