The purpose of this paper was to provide background information to a symposium by the Society for the Arts in Healthcare and the National Endowment for the Arts prior to convening in Washington, D.C. in March 2003.

In communities of all sizes, United Arts Ffunds (UAF) are working to broaden the base of support for the arts, promote excellence in the arts and arts management, and to ensure that arts organizations are financially stable.

Civic leaders around the are cultivating new economic development strategies to build creative capital, and many are taking a fresh look at how cultural development contributes to communities. This monograph examines issues related to these topics and provides a case study of a creative city.

Highlighting key issues that face museum educators, this accessible guide offers an introduction to current government policy, the stages of setting up educational projects and programmes, and techniques for delivery.

This Monograph provides an overview of community schools of the arts and their potential benefits to your community, as well as ways local arts agencies and other community organizations can tap these vibrant resources.

This article reports on the results of a survey conducted to determine information about staff reductions and consolidations, and employee severance benefits of approximately 800 non-profit organizations. The survey data was collected in late 2002.

This report is a culmination of our research and provides insights into how to develop your website to increase revenue, decrease costs, and maximise return on investment. Arts organisations should consider using this data to set realistic objectives and track progress overtime. The options of what to analyse were endless.

The Nonprofit Education Initiative (NEI) in South Carolina developed the DIRECTIONS nonprofit resource assessment model to provide tools to help nonprofits better meet the challenges facing our communities-tools that will help nonprofits develop effective plans, integrate resources, diversify revenue, communicate effective messages, and motivate constituents.

A report of a symposium sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the Society for the Arts in Healthcare (SAH) which convened on March 19-20, 2003.

Nonprofit organizations are learning that they must follow the lead of the corporate world to protect their boards and officers from claims of malfeasance. This article discusses federal legislation enacted in response to corporate failures known as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the effect it is having on boards, and information on how to safeguard nonprofit organizations from the risk of lawsuits.