Posted on December 2, 2012
How the United States Funds the Arts
How the United States Funds the Arts
Nonprofit arts groups receive 44.9 percent of their aggregate revenue in contributed income from government (6.7 percent) and foundation (9.5 percent) grants, corporate gifts (8.4 percent), and individual donations (20.3 percent), a report from the National Endowment for the Arts finds. Based on 2006-10 data, How the United States Funds the Arts (33 pages, PDF) found that earned income from ticket sales and subscriptions comprised 40.7 percent of arts groups' aggregate revenue, while income from interest and endowments made up 14.4 percent. The report also describes the NEA's funding process and highlights trends in grantmaking by state and local arts agencies, other sources of public funding, and private giving. In 2011, for example, Americans donated approximately $13 billion to arts, culture, and the humanities, while foundations gave $2.2 billion to the arts in 2010, a 29 percent drop on a year-over-year basis.
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