This white paper covers what the U.S. Department of Education’s Arts in Education program is, how it works, and who it serves. It provides a quick overview of the grantees, the students they served, and a few stories from the program’s first 10 years to give you an idea of the types of arts integration models the grantees designed.

Through Giving USA's 2015 Highlights report, we find that individuals contribute to over 70% of national charitable donations, that we donate most to religious causes and that in 2014 inflation adjusted giving is estimated to have grown to the highest it has ever been.

This one pager provides an overview of the benefits of Cultural Tourism in the United States and includes the percentage of foreign visitors participating in arts & culture while visiting the U.S.

"In the March 2013 budget resolution for FY 2014, the House Committee on the Budget raised concerns that the activities and content funded by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) constitute “a wealth transfer from poorer to wealthier citizens.” ......This research examines the accuracy of this argument through data-driven inquiry.

CECP, in association with The Conference Board, takes an in-depth analysis of 2013 corporate giving and employee engagement data from 261 of the world's leading companies.

This report takes a close look at the heart of Philadelphia’s cultural ecology—the region’s cultural nonprofits. It is our most comprehensive study to date, examining recent financial, programmatic, audience, and administrative data from 473 regional nonprofits. This edition also focuses on the sector’s activities since the Great Recession, looking at the activities of 298 nonprofits that had consistent data from 2009 to 2012.

Americans for the Arts has commissioned five essays spanning the intricacies of arts, entertainment, and cultural districts specifically for policymakers, arts leaders, planning professionals, community development practitioners, and others who are interested in developing new districts or adapting existing ones.

The Minnesota Council on Foundations compares trends and changes in dollars, subject area and location of grants and of grantmaker preferences in Minnesota in the last ten years.

This report summary by the Minnesota Council on Foundations highlights charitable giving trends of grantmakers, foundations and individuals in Minnesota in 2012 and 2013. We learn that individual giving has been rising consistently since 2009, however grantmakers gave less charitable donations in 2012 than they had in previous years. We also see that individuals make up over 70% of charitable giving annually and that grant makers and individuals alike consistently give most to  Education.

This grouping of 3 fact sheets provides an overview of Government Arts Funding.