National and Local Profiles of Cultural Support 2001: The National Survey

Produced By: Arts Policy and Administration Program, The Ohio State University; Americans for the Arts, Columbus, OhioWashington DC

Funding Agency/Sponsor: Pew Charitable Trusts

Author:

• Cohen, Randy  (Americans for the Arts)
• Filicko, Therese  (Arts Policy and Administration Program, The Ohio State University )
• Wyzomirski, Margaret  (Arts Policy and Administration Program, The Ohio State University )

Abstract (CPANDA): One of three related data collection efforts in the National and Local Profiles of Cultural Support study, the National Survey collected data from professional nonprofit arts and cultural organizations on 22 revenue items for fiscal year 1998, across four categories--public contributed income, private contributed income, earned revenue, and interest and other investment income. Developed in close collaboration with the National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS), the survey was designed to facilitate comparisons with currently available data on the nonprofit arts, particularly data sets from arts service organizations and NCCS data sets based on IRS Form 990 data. A collaborative effort of Americans for the Arts and the Arts Policy and Administration Program at The Ohio State University, the study was supported by The Pew Charitable Trusts and local arts agencies in ten communities across the country.

Methodology (CPANDA) : The national survey of nonprofit arts organizations was conducted between February 27 and June 13, 2001 by the Center for Survey Research (CSR) at The Ohio State University. The universe of organizations was taken from a national database of IRS Form 990s, the Return Transaction File maintained by the National Center for Charitable Statistics at the Urban Institute. Out of a universe of 10,657 organizations, 3,830 were randomly selected and sent a mail survey. A total of 796 usable responses were received. Note: only organizations with budgets of $25,000 or more are obligated to file an IRS Form 990; therefore, organizations with smaller budgets are not represented in these data.