Arts Funding: Growth and Change Between 1963 and 1983

1984 ◽  
Vol 471 (1) ◽  
pp. 144-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
KENNETH GOODY
Keyword(s):  
Government Support ◽  
Service Organizations ◽  
Arts Organizations ◽  
Arts Funding ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Corporate Giving ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Corporate Foundations ◽  
Growth And Change ◽  
Corporate Support

Between 1963 and 1983, not only was there a tremendous growth in the amount of money given to the arts by foundations, corporations, and government, but a substantial shift in the mix of these funds as well. While corporate support has remained a solidly important source, government funding has become increasingly important to the arts as foundation support has become less so. Given the dependence of arts organizations on these sources, the range of focus and purpose of their programs and their expectations for the future are important. A survey of private and corporate foundations and corporate giving programs highlights the hesitation of both of these groups to support artistic projects directly, experimental work, or newly established organizations. Additionally, both foundations and corporations have become more likely to fund administrative projects and arts service organizations. This range of focus of government support is very broad, but the purpose of this funding has been controversial. The short-term future of arts funding does not appear as dim as recently expected, and may bring increases.

Normative justification for public arts funding: what can we learn from linking arts consumption and arts policy in Israel?

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 193-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tal Feder
Keyword(s):  
Public Funding ◽  
State Intervention ◽  
Arts Organizations ◽  
Arts Funding ◽  
Arts Policy ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Normative Justification ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThis article studies the socioeconomics of government public expenditure for the arts and the normative foundations of state intervention in the arts. I pose two interrelated research questions: (a) what is the relationship between the public funding of the arts and their consumption? and (b) what mode of justification and what perception of the place of art in society is reflected in this relationship? Based on the philosophical work of Alan Badiou, I develop a novel conceptual framework to delineate three types of normative justifications for the public funding of arts organizations: romantic, didactic and classical. Using data from the public funding of 92 orchestras, theaters and dance troupes in Israel between 1999 and 2011, I estimate a cross-lagged panel data model to study how arts funding both affects and is affected by the levels of consumption of the organizations’ productions. The results of the study show a complex pattern of different relationships between funding and consumption that accord with the three types of normative justifications for public arts funding.

The Role of Collaboration to Encourage Civic Engagement through the Arts

2017 ◽  
pp. 476-498
Author(s):  
Tina Dippert ◽  
Erna Gelles ◽  
Meg Merrick
Keyword(s):  
Arts Organizations ◽  
Arts Funding ◽  
Collaborative Relationships ◽  
Art Programs ◽  
Universal Language ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Governance Challenges ◽  
Diverse Community ◽  
Relevant Community

Historically governments have used art's universal language to achieve various goals, including political engagement through cultural enrichment. Employing nonprofit/public sector relationships for the arts presents myriad governance challenges, but always with the promise of intrinsic and extrinsic benefits. This chapter presents two cases to illustrate such collaborative relationships. Applying various nonprofit theories, stakeholder discussions and Sherry R. Arnstein's still relevant community engagement work to explore relationships between sectors in arts funding, the first involves the passage of a local tax to provide funding for arts education and arts organizations. The second illustrates an instrumental relationship between a local government and nonprofit to provide art programs to promote tolerance in an increasingly diverse community. Both cases present imperfect policies, but represent the continuation of an ancient practice wherein the arts are being used for more than arts' sake, but to serve a multitude of non-arts instrumental societal functions.

Characteristics of Civically Engaged Nonprofit Arts Organizations

2016 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 175-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirae Kim
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Service Organizations ◽  
Arts Organizations ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Tax Returns ◽  
The Common ◽  
Cultural Sector ◽  
Nonprofit Arts

Nonprofits face increasing pressure to compete in the market, while they must maintain their civic commitment. Focusing on the arts and cultural sector, this study conducts the first large-scale, comprehensive empirical measurement of nonprofits’ engagement in various roles. The article uses a previously validated 18-item role index to categorize nonprofits as primarily engaged in either civic or market functions, so that a subsequent regression analysis can identify the common characteristics of civically active nonprofit arts service organizations. The data come from (a) qualitative interviews with leaders of arts nonprofits, (b) a random national sample of more than 900 arts nonprofits, and (c) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax returns of the sample nonprofits. The findings suggest that civically active arts nonprofits have diverse networks, recognize civic engagement as the industry norm, and are consciously aware of their nonprofit status. The results suggest how nonprofits can balance their equally important market- and civic-oriented functions.

The Role of Collaboration to Encourage Civic Engagement Through the Arts

2019 ◽  
pp. 539-561
Author(s):  
Tina Dippert ◽  
Erna Gelles ◽  
Meg Merrick
Keyword(s):  
Arts Organizations ◽  
Arts Funding ◽  
Collaborative Relationships ◽  
Art Programs ◽  
Universal Language ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Governance Challenges ◽  
Diverse Community ◽  
Relevant Community

Historically governments have used art's universal language to achieve various goals, including political engagement through cultural enrichment. Employing nonprofit/public sector relationships for the arts presents myriad governance challenges, but always with the promise of intrinsic and extrinsic benefits. This chapter presents two cases to illustrate such collaborative relationships. Applying various nonprofit theories, stakeholder discussions and Sherry R. Arnstein's still relevant community engagement work to explore relationships between sectors in arts funding, the first involves the passage of a local tax to provide funding for arts education and arts organizations. The second illustrates an instrumental relationship between a local government and nonprofit to provide art programs to promote tolerance in an increasingly diverse community. Both cases present imperfect policies, but represent the continuation of an ancient practice wherein the arts are being used for more than arts' sake, but to serve a multitude of non-arts instrumental societal functions.

How crowdfunding discourse threatens public arts

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (7) ◽  
pp. 983-999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daren C Brabham
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Public Funding ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
The United States ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Arts Funding ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Arts Programs ◽  
To Receive

Crowdfunding platforms, such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo, have been the focus of considerable popular press news coverage in the past few years, with stories emphasizing how crowdfunding can bring indie creative projects into being through monetary contributions from several individuals online. As a method for financing small or risky artistic products unlikely to receive mainstream corporate or government support, crowdfunding has been celebrated in press coverage for “democratizing” the arts funding process. However, these same celebratory claims about crowdfunding giving everyday people a voice in bringing art into fruition eerily echo arguments in the United States by conservative groups to de-fund public arts programs. The very language crowdfunding proponents use may well fuel politicians hoping to unravel public arts funding. This article presents a critical discourse analysis of news coverage about crowdfunding, analyzing the similarities between pro-crowdfunding sentiments and anti-public arts funding advocates. An uncritical embrace of an Internet trend may threaten public funding for the arts by aligning with neoliberal ideological language.

scholarly journals Government Imposition of Sustainable Business Practices in the Arts: A Saving Grace?

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-32
Author(s):  
Brigit M. Knecht
Keyword(s):  
Business Practices ◽  
Arts Organizations ◽  
Arts Funding ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Efficient Operation ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
The Arts ◽  
The Face ◽  
Sustainable Organizations ◽  
Best Business Practices

The paper examines how the Alberta Foundation for the Arts has prioritized economic measures of sustainability and best business practices by including economic language and demands into arts funding applications. Analyzing ten years of granting documents from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts the research explores how the gradual inclusion of business language increases the demand on arts organizations to operate as sustainable organizations. The paper also considers how the very imposition of economic priorities onto non-profit arts organizations may, ironically, be the saving grace for such organizations in the face of global economic crisis. Forced to operate under the rigid fiscal demands of granting programs, arts organizations in Alberta are accustomed to efficient operation with limited resources. Therefore they may actually be poised to weather the economic storm better than other arts organizations in Canada.

The political background to arts in health

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daisy Fancourt
Keyword(s):  
National Policy ◽  
Health Departments ◽  
Arts Funding ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Policy And Strategy ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Political Background ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Arts In Health

In recent decades, there has been an increasing number of national policy and strategy papers discussing arts in health in countries around the world. Some of this activity has been driven by national arts bodies, championing the value of the arts in health and wellbeing and advocating for their inclusion within core arts funding and practice. Other activity has been led by health bodies, including health departments within governments and health services themselves. This chapter explores some of the most influential documents and considers their implication for research and practice. It draws on case studies of activity within Ireland, the UK, the USA, Australia, and Nordic countries.

Government Support of the Arts

1976 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 451
Author(s):  
Douglas M. Fox ◽  
Herbert J. Gans ◽  
Alvin H. Reiss
Keyword(s):  
Government Support ◽  
The Arts

scholarly journals Re-engineering business to achieve the requirements of e-government

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 186
Author(s):  
Ghassan Qassem Daoud Al Lami
Keyword(s):  
Government Support ◽  
Service Organizations ◽  
Design Work ◽  
Business Environments ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
Government Project ◽  
Practical Performance ◽  
Direct Government ◽  
Main Engine ◽  
Section Analysis

Achieved success and progress organizations today through the possibility of using available resources are believed to provide broader services to the community, which is reflected based on the formulation and building the organization strategies, and that the acceleration of change necessitated the organizations follow the strategies or modern administrative methods towards the transformation of the application of e-government and one of these business environments methods (strategies) business re-engineering aimed at re-design work of the Organization. Seeks current research to apply the principles of business re-engineering in service organizations environment as the main engine for the application of e-government administrative, and thus contributing to the processes design effectively broader and better services to the community and to provide, was launched this research of practical dilemma is the readiness of Iraqi organizations (represented by the Department of body taxes) for the application of business re-engineering through the availability of key components for the attribution of efforts to restructure and modernize the practical performance for the adoption of e-government project. Find four basic sections includes eating the first of it research methodology (a problem and the rationale and objectives of the research, Planned premise for research, and methods of data collection and analysis) has been allocated for the second section side of knowledge, And interested third section analysis of the practical side, depending on the results of questionnaires to diagnose the views of a number of staffs in the Tax Authority research topic and finally reach the fourth section to a set of conclusions and recommendations, notably the need for direct government support and effective public organizations, and to provide an appropriate environment for the application of e-government, and the launch of the so-called concept of electronic organizations. And work to adopt the approach business re-engineering through the identification of candidate processes for re-engineering to be more important to achieve the objectives of the organization, and the need to use research centers in specialized colleges or Foreign Advisory centers to apply e-government requirements in business field.

scholarly journals The challenges facing legumes in a dryland environment - a consultant's view

2003 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 7-12
Author(s):  
C.D. Brown ◽  
R.B. Green
Keyword(s):  
Farming Systems ◽  
General Purpose ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Perennial Species ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Feed Quality ◽  
Dryland Farming ◽  
High Feed ◽  
Stocking Rates

The dryland regions of New Zealand suffer from summer moisture deficits in the majority of years. These dryland regions have been developed along the same basis as other farming regions, with increasing fertiliser usage leading to more subdivision and higher stocking rates. Given the exposure to droughts, the production per head of these regions has been extremely variable. Historically, dryland farming systems have been based around breeding ewe systems with all lambs finished if the season allowed. Since the removal of all Government support during adverse events, in the early 1990s, farm systems have become considerably more diverse. Irrigation areas have doubled between 1985 and 1999 to approximately 500 000 hectares. Both sub clover and lucerne have been used extensively in dryland areas, but the main legume is still white clover. Farmers recognise the significant limitations in the ability of white clovers to cope with summer droughts, but have not been able to efficiently utilise other legumes, which require unique management to perform. There are a number of reasons for this. Looking forward, the five key roles that legumes have in dryland farming systems are, to persist within a general purpose pasture, to produce nitrogen, to improve summer feed quality, to improve year round quality feed through specialist crops and pastures and to provide specialist composite feeds (i.e. condensed tannins). With the increased diversity in farming systems, growers require a more diverse range of legumes from perennial species to annuals that will fit a short-term high feed quality niche.

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