Annual Research on Support for Art & Culture

Slated for publication in the September GIA Reader, the 2015 edition of GIA’s annual Arts Funding Snapshot will include “Foundation Grants to Arts and Culture 2013,” based on Foundation Center data, and “Public Funding for the Arts: 2015 Update,” prepared by the National Assembly of State Art Agencies. Join representatives of these organizations for a summary of key findings, as well as insight into what these findings reveal about the current arts grantmaking environment.

About the Presenters:

Steven Lawrence joined the Foundation Center’s research staff in 1991 and currently serves as director of research. Steven is author and editor of numerous reports on national, regional, and special-topic trends in the field of philanthropy, among them Foundation Growth and Giving Estimates and Social Justice Grantmaking. He also serves on the Giving USA advisory committee.

Ryan Stubbs oversees NASAA’s data collection and research services. In this role, he directs NASAA’s tracking of public funding for the arts and its work as the national repository of state arts agency grant-making data. Ryan represents state arts agencies and NASAA at state, regional, and NASAA research forums and is NASAA’s primary research liaison to federal agencies, foundations, consultants and scholars conducting research on public support for the arts.