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Current State Arts Agency Budgets

Pie chart: Sources of State Arts Agency Revenue, Fiscal year 2013, showing legislative appropriations at 78.6%, NEA funds at 12%, line item appropriations at 5.3%, private and misc. funds at 1.9%, and other state funds at 2.3%.

NASAA surveys state arts agencies twice yearly for updated appropriations and budget information. Current information is available here, but NASAA maintains historical information back to the 1960s.

State Arts Agency Revenues, Fiscal Year 2013 (full report) Includes 2013 legislative appropriations, other state arts agency revenue sources, trends over time and per capita funding information. Nonmembers may purchase the full report.
2013 Press Release Review the materials made available to media and the general public.
State Arts Agency Legislative Status Summary Report: Provides a succinct synopsis of significant budget or restructuring proposals affecting state arts agency fiscal year 2013 budgets.
NASAA members can visit the State Budget Center to download state-by-state tables.

Presentations and Summaries

Summary Report: 2012 Grant Making and Funding This overview of state arts agency grant-making and funding activities provides summary grant statistics, funding trends over time, and select state-by-state information. It is a succinct introduction to state arts agencies. Reports from previous years are available: 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006.
Public Funding for the Arts is an annual snapshot of federal, state and local appropriations for the arts. Prepared by NASAA and published each autumn in the GIA Reader (the journal of Grantmakers in the Arts), this summary provides a concise synthesis of government funding trends over time.

Supplemental Funding Strategies

Policy Brief: Supplemental Funding Strategies This brief provides an overview of strategies that state arts agencies have pursued, including income tax checkoffs, license plates, cultural trusts and special taxes. It further outlines policy considerations and success factors.
Special Taxes and Fees Ten states receive funding through special taxes or fees. In these states, this funding source comprises a large portion of total state funding.

Californiais arts license plate, created by Wayne Thiebaud
License Plates Thirteen states offer specialty license plates for the arts.
Income Tax Checkoffs Almost all states offer voluntary income tax checkoffs to fund social causes. Currently five states offer them to fund the arts.
Line Items Line items (also known as earmarks) are legislative appropriations not controlled by state arts agencies but passed through their budgets to other entities. These funds are one of the most volatile components of state arts agency appropriations.
Cultural Trusts Eighteen states have established cultural trusts (or cultural endowments) and serve a variety of purposes.

Historical Data

Public Funding Sourcebook The Sourcebook provides information on each state arts agencyis legislative appropriation from 1970 to the present day. This Excel file contains state-by-state information on appropriations including and excluding line items. Refer to the documentation for definitions. Nonmembers may purchase the Sourcebook in the Publications section.
NASAA can provide custom funding history tables, charts and graphs. Contact us for more information.

Have more questions about state arts agency funding? Contact Kelly Barsdate.

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