NASAA collects grant-making statistics every year through Final Descriptive Reports. Data from the 1980s onward is available for use. Please contact us for more information.
Strategy Sampler: State Arts Agency Grant Trends This document reviews tactics used by state arts agencies to adjust their grants to new budget realities. It outlines strategic, long-term questions for state arts agencies to consider when revisiting their guidelines, programs and services.
Members can request custom benchmarking reports that compare their agency's funding and grant making over time and/or against their peers. These reports provide an overview of the SAA and are useful for council meetings, strategic planning sessions and legislative testimony. Reports are created on demand and are customized to meet the unique needs of each SAA, such as for Ohio and Delaware.
Grants Almanac This Excel file provides a 10-year history of state arts agency grant making. In addition to summary statistics, the almanac provides state-by-state information about grants for arts education, individual artists and general operating support as well as a breakdown by discipline. Custom data tables and visuals can be built on request.
Regional Arts Organizations Grant Making Report (2008) This overview was prepared originally for regional arts organization (RAO) grants managers.
National Standard Reference Center SAA/RAO grantmaking is reported using the National Standard for Arts Information Exchange. Consult the reference center for federal grants reporting instructions, training materials and examples of how the National Standard can be used for grant-making analysis.
Fact Sheet: Support for Arts in Rural Communities The arts help to address some of the unique challenges faced by rural communities, including geographic isolation, infrastructure limitations and population flight. This fact sheet provides statistics and visualizations describing state arts agency grant making in rural communities. The fact sheet also provides a narrative overview of several important ways that state arts agencies serve these areas.
General Operating Support Grants This table offers a state-by-state summary of FY2010 SAA grants for general operating support (GOS). Tables for FY2009 and FY2008 GOS grants are also available.
GOS Program Profiles Operating support practice in 10 state arts agencies is summarized in this report, prepared originally for the Maryland State Arts Council.
Fact Sheet: General Operating Support These flexible, unrestricted grants are provided by almost all state arts agencies. This national overview provides trends over time, breakdown by artistic discipline and organization type, and a summary of related services.
Go to NASAA's Nonprofit Finance page for related information about this key topic.
Grants to Individual Artists This FY2010 table summarizes state-by-state SAA grants to individual artists. Tables for FY2009 and FY2008 individual artists grants are also available.
Program Overview: Artist Fellowships This brief describes components of SAA artist fellowship award programs and provides examples and nationwide statistics.
Fact Sheet: Support for Individual Artists This fact sheet provides a national overview of grants and services for artists, including summary statistics and grant distribution by artistic discipline.
Decentralization Programs Describes decentralized grant-making programs in 16 states. For more information on decentralization objectives and strategies, contact NASAA Research Director Ryan Stubbs.
Fact Sheet: Support for Local Arts Agencies SAA grants and services to local arts agencies are outlined in this national overview, which includes summary statistics, trends over time and geographic distribution.
Arts Education Grants SAA grants for arts education are listed in this FY2010 state-by-state summary. Tables for FY2009 and FY2008 arts education grants are also available.
Fact Sheet: Support for Arts Education This national overview of grants and services for arts education includes summary statistics and geographic distribution.
Go to our Arts Education page for more information about this key topic.
Return on Investment: The Federal Government, States and the Arts This resource includes a fact sheet on the federal-state partnership and individual state maps.
ARRA Grants This summary presents NEA grants awarded through the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Fact Sheet: Relationship between NEA and SAA Grantees The NEA and SAAs/RAOs share a considerable number of award recipients. This fact sheet offers comparisons and overlaps between the two groups.
Have more questions about state or federal grant making? Interested in more grant statistics? Contact Kelly Barsdate.
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