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National and Local Profiles of Cultural Support 1998-2001

The National and Local Profiles of Cultural Support study collected data on public and private support for professional nonprofit arts and cultural organizations in three ways:

  • a national mail survey of a random sample of arts organizations on their sources of revenue
  • more detailed mail surveys of the identified universe of arts and cultural organizations in ten communities
  • local interviews regarding public agency support (both financial and in-kind) in ten communitie
A collaborative effort of Americans for the Arts (http://www.AmericansForTheArts.com) and the Arts Policy and Administration Program at The Ohio State University (http://www.arts.ohio-state.edu/ArtEducation/APA/), the study was supported by The Pew Charitable Trusts (http://www.pewtrusts.org) and local arts agencies in ten communities across the country. For more information, see the detailed report at www.AmericansForTheArts.com, www.arts.ohio-state.edu/ArtEducation/APA/, or http://www.pewtrusts.org. The winter 2003 issue of the Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society will also be devoted to analysis of the results of this study.

The data from the study are archived at: