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The Royalists, the realists and the radicals: a comparative analysis of arts funding in Canada and the United States / by David Cwi, John Strausbaugh, The Cultural Policy Institute
Series: The Cultural studies monograph series ; 2Publication details: Akron, Ohio : The University of Akron. Center for Urban Studies, 1988Description: 12 pSummary: To address the different levels of government arts support in Canada and the U.S., the first section of this paper presents the FY 1985 total operating budgets of the eight Canadian and eight U.S. institutions and shows the percentages of government support for each. The data indicate that the Canadian institutions are more dependent on government support than are their counterparts in the United States. The first part of the paper then presents FY 84 data drawn from the NEA study described above, comparing 4 Canadian and 4 U.S. institutions with comparable institutions in Europe. For these institutions, levels of government support in Canada are lower than those in Europe and closer to British than to U.S. levels. In the second part of the paper we focus in more detail on the number of contributions received by the participating institutions. We begin with data drawn from the 16 Canadian and U.S. institutions which indicate that business sponsorship represents a larger percentage of total private sector support in Canada than in the U.S. Parenthetically, we also present findings suggesting that some U.S. institutions are moving toward a "quasi-sponsorship" development strategy, whereby they are willing to offer businesses sponsor-like benefits for tax-deductible charitable gifts. We then present data from the 16 institutions showing the number of contributions each receives from individuals and businesses grouped by size of contribution. These data show that the U.S. institutions have a larger number of contributors including more large contributions. Next is addressed the question of why Canada and the U.S. show differing levels and patterns of arts support. We begin with a summary of the perceptions of arts administrators that culture and history account in part for the differences followed by a discussion of the question of whether U.S. arts organizations are better organized to solicit and secure private support than their Canadian counterparts. Comparative data from the 16 institutions regarding the fund-raising roles of staff, boards of directors, and volunteers suggest that the U.S. institutions have more development staff per dollar of budget than the participating Canadian institutions and that their trustees are more more effective at fund raising. In the final section we report the perceptions of Canadian administrators regarding the climate for private sector arts support in Canada, and detail their recommendations for government policies and actions to expand this support, providing a spectrum of opinion which we characterize as "royalist, realist, or radical." (Font. Autor)| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Introduction -- Summary of key findings -- Government support -- Private support Cultural and organizational differences -- Administrators' perceptions and recommendations -- Administrators' recommendations for support -- Conclusion
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