The arts and cultural sector is one of Southeastern Pennsylvania’s strongest assets. The 2008 Portfolio examines the vibrancy, value, and vulnerability of the cultural community for civic leaders, policymakers, cultural organizations, and the general public. Read more
The Cultural Data Project (CDP) is a powerful, online management tool designed to strengthen arts and cultural organizations, advance learning and exchange throughout the cultural sector, and help funders more effectively plan for and evaluate their individual and collective grantmaking activities. The CDP allows users to track their institution’s financial and programmatic performance over time and to benchmark themselves against comparable organizations.
The CDP impacts the cultural sector in the following ways:
The CDP’s data have been used in several major research reports, including Arts and Economic Prosperity III, a report by Americans for the Arts, and Portfolio, a report by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance with analysis by the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia. The data also provide reliable, longitudinal information for cultural planning, economic development, sector-wide needs assessments and more.
The Cultural Data Project was developed by a partnership of Pennsylvania organizations including the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, the Heinz Endowments, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, The Pew Charitable Trusts, the Pittsburgh Foundation and the William Penn Foundation. These partners continue to govern the CDP, with Pew housing and administering it on a day-to-day basis. It has recently expanded to California, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York and Ohio.
For more information, visit the Cultural Data Project's Web site.
Sep 22, 2008 - The arts and cultural sector is one of Southeastern Pennsylvania’s strongest assets. The 2008 Portfolio examines the vibrancy, value, and vulnerability of the cultural community for civic leaders, policymakers, cultural organizations, and the general public.
Read: Summary View: Full Report (Adobe PDF)
Dec 03, 2007 - The arts realize that they can produce state-of-the-art numbers, thanks to the Cultural Data Project.
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Dec 03, 2007 - Introduction to the Fall 2007 issue of Trust magazine by Pew's president Rebecca Rimel.
Sep 26, 2006 - Report offers a comprehensive look at the scope of the Southeastern Pennsylvania nonprofit cultural sector.
In support of the Pennsylvania Cultural Data Project, which eases the applications process for Pennsylvania arts and cultural organizations to the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, the William Penn Foundation, the Trusts or any of the Trusts’ Artistic Initiatives.
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