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Image courtesy of SMU Meadows School of the Arts, Dallas, TX. Dali in the Dark at Meadows Museum... Image courtesy of SMU Meadows School of the Arts, Dallas, TX. Dali in the Dark at Meadows Museum. Photo by Kim Leeson Photography (2018).

How Contributed Revenue Covers Expenses

What We Learned

Unrestricted contributions covered a lower proportion of expenses in 2017 than in 2014 for all but three sectors. Find out what we learned in trends from four years of data.

Image courtesy of SMU Meadows School of the Arts, Dallas, TX. Photo by Kim Leeson Photography (2016). Image courtesy of SMU Meadows School of the Arts, Dallas, TX. Photo by Kim Leeson Photography (2016).

The average arts and cultural organization paid for 48.6% of its cash expenses with unrestricted contributed revenue. We analyze our findings by size, sector, and location.

Image courtesy of SMU Meadows School of the Arts, Dallas, TX. “Futurisme à Pied” at Dallas City Performance Hall. Photo by Kim Leeson... Image courtesy of SMU Meadows School of the Arts, Dallas, TX. “Futurisme à Pied” at Dallas City Performance Hall. Photo by Kim Leeson Photography (2017).

What drives total unrestricted contributed revenue and total expenses from the arts and culture ecosystem? We discovered the positive and negative influences that drive high performance. 

Our mission is to empower arts and cultural leaders with high-quality data and evidence-based resources and insights that help them to overcome challenges. In that spirit, we provide resources and tools to increase impact.

Image courtesy of SMU Meadows School of the Arts, Dallas, TX. Meadows at the Winspear (2010). Image courtesy of SMU Meadows School of the Arts, Dallas, TX. Meadows at the Winspear (2010).

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