A Year in Review | Annual Report 2023
- DataArts News
- Posted Feb 06, 2024
This year-end we celebrate three major milestones in our organizational history – the five year anniversary of the merger between DataArts and the National Center for Arts Research (NCAR), and the 10-year anniversary of the founding of both legacy organizations.
As we reflect on these milestones we are immensely proud of how we’ve learned, adapted, and evolved as an organization over time, and proud of our contributions to field knowledge. These reflections also bring deep gratitude for the practitioners and leaders in our sector who have taught us so much over the years, and imbued our work with meaning by applying it in their own contexts.
2023 by the Numbers
Our Most Popular Reads
The Top 40 Most Arts-Vibrant Communities of 2023
In 2023, San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA, reclaims top spot on the list of most arts-vibrant large communities for the first time since 2018; Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI and Canton-Massillon, OH make their debut.
Study Finds Local Arts Agencies are Catalysts for Art Vibrancy
New research findings from SMU DataArts indicate that Local Arts Agencies (LAA) positively and irrefutably contribute to their communities’ level of arts vibrancy.
Navigating Recovery: Arts and Culture Financial and Operating Trends in Chicago
This report represents the first comprehensive look at the health of the city’s arts and cultural organizations before, during and emerging from the pandemic. A look in the rearview mirror provides context for the underlying challenges that many organizations across the nation are facing today.
Study Shows $53 Billion in Federal COVID-19 Relief Funding Went to Arts and Culture
After an analysis of publicly available data showing the distribution of aid from four federal programs, we found that unprecedented levels of federal arts funding reached nearly every community in the US during the pandemic.
Grantmaking and the AI Bill of Rights: Safeguarding the Nonprofit Sector
When developed well, machine learning can be a powerful tool, and we are just in the early stages of developing this work to support the field.
Thank You to Our Major Contributors
FISCAL YEAR 2023
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Bloomberg Philanthropies |
National Endowment for the Arts |
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Mellon Foundation |
Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events |
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William & Flora Hewlett Foundation |
One Chicago Fund |
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Anonymous |
Mass Cultural Council |
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SMU Meadows School of the Arts |
Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust |
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The Ford Foundation |
Flinn Foundation |
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Bloomberg Consulting LLC/Bloomberg Associates |
Oregon Arts Commission |
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Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture |
Arizona Community Foundation |
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William Penn Foundation |
Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger |
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The Kaleta A. Doolin Foundation |
Melissa F. Fetter and Trevor Fetter |
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ArtsKC |
Doris Duke Foundation |
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Donna M. Wilhelm |
Ohio Arts Council |