The Business Committee for the Arts (BCA), is a division of Americans for the Arts whose mission is to ensure the arts thrive by encouraging, inspiring, and stimulating businesses to support the arts in the workplace, in education, and in the community. This Monograph, covers findings from the 2010 BCA Triennial Survey of Business Support to the Arts, delve into case studies about successful partnerships between arts and business, and provide some insights on how to best leverage business support for the arts.

Americans for the Arts’ Monograph series featured in-depth issue papers on topics that were of the greatest interest to our members and arts professionals at the time. They often still serve as excellent resources for best practices and historic reference for today’s issues. Monographs were produced from 1993–2010. Monographs from 2001-2010 are available for downloadable in PDF format our online store at a nominal fee for nonmembers but free to members. All monographs from 1993-2000 are available for free download via the National Arts Administration and Policy Publications Database.

This Monograph, covers findings from the 2010 BCA Triennial Survey of Business Support to the Arts, delve into case studies about successful partnerships between arts and business, and provide some insights on how to best leverage business support for the arts.