Hi Everyone,

One of the questions that came up during the UAF Retreat recently was around understanding how many UAFs are providing GOS grants vs other types of investments. You all had also asked about tracking audience demographics.

I want to point you to a couple of resources that we have available through the recent profile of Local Arts Agencies.

• As a reminder you can use the LAA Profile Dashboard, and compare/filter UAFs to the rest of the LAA community: https://www.americansforthearts.org/by-program/networks-and-councils/local-arts-network/facts-and-figures/profile-of-local-arts-agencies/local-arts-agency-dashboard. This will give you a lot of great information about how your organizations are operating in the context of the broader LAA field.
• Check out the Equitable Investment Policies and Practices report, prepared by Clay, that discusses how LAAs are investing and where this field is going: https://www.americansforthearts.org/by-program/reports-and-data/legislation-policy/naappd/equitable-investment-policies-and-practices-in-the-local-arts-field
• Finally, I encourage you to look through pages 51-70 of the full report, which talks about understanding audiences, and who is investing in different kinds of entities, beyond the nonprofit model: https://www.americansforthearts.org/sites/default/files/2018_LocalArtsAgencyProfile_FullReport_REVISED.pdf

We will work on preparing this year’s survey of your annual campaigns, with some added questions based on the feedback from the retreat, and likely begin surveying later this year, or just after the holidays.

Many thanks and don’t hesitate to reach out with questions.

Best,

Jessica Stern
Private Sector Initiatives Programs Manager

She/her/hers
Americans for the Arts
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