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Research Update: How Do Philadelphia Community Arts & Culture Organizations Compare Nationally?A few months ago, the Cultural Alliance released 2015 Portfolio: Culture Across Communities, our first national research report, examining 11 metro regions. Now, we're sharing a deeper dive into each discipline examined in the report, to share how Philadelphia's arts and culture communities compare nationally. This month we are looking at Philadelphia's Community Arts & Culture organizations. This group of organizations is primarily small (median budget of $200,000) community-based arts centers. Culture Across Communities examined 691 Arts & Culture organizations across the nation, 54 of which were organizations in Philadelphia. Key takeaway: While modest in size, Philadelphia’s Community Arts & Culture groups experienced strong gains in both earned and contributed revenue after the recession.
The Community Arts and Culture discipline relies heavily on Contributed Income. Nationally, Contributed Income makes up 59% of Total Revenue to Earned Income’s 41%. Gains in Trustee/Board, Individual, Foundation, and Corporate giving fueled Philadelphia’s increase in Contributed Revenue, contrary to the decrease seen nationally. The gain in Foundation funding was particularly significant for Philadelphia, as foundations make up 24% of the discipline’s Total Revenue. Corporate giving, which is 4% of total revenue, rose by 37%; and Individual giving increased by 67% (or almost $600,000). As a percentage of total spending, Philadelphia’s Community Arts and Culture discipline is the third highest-spending on fundraising. Interestingly, while government funding is down for most metro areas and disciplines, Community Arts and Culture saw gains in Federal Government funding both nationally (+28%) and in Philadelphia (+8%). However, in Philadelphia, the gains in Federal Funding were not enough to offset declines in City, County and State government funding. Earned income increased nationally and in Philadelphia. Both rely primarily on Tickets/Admission/Tuitions and Rental Income. Philadelphia’s second largest source of revenue is Tuitions, which rose 2.2%. For more information on 2015 Portfolio: Culture Across Communities and other Alliance research projects, click here, and stay tuned next month when we take a closer look at another discipline. *Bay Area, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Twin Cities, and Washington DC. |
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A few months ago, the Cultural Alliance released 2015 Portfolio: Culture Across Communities, our first national research report, examining 11 metro regions. Now, we're sharing a deeper dive into each discipline examined in the report, to share how Philadelphia's arts and culture communities compare nationally. |
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