Benchmarks on Community Engagement and Education

Being a part of and contributor to a vibrant community is a key element of nearly all arts organizations' missions. Our recent Arts Executive poll surveyed leaders on their community engagement efforts including motivations, metrics for success, and partnerships. Highlights from the survey include:

• Most arts organizations plan to double-down on their community engagement efforts and do even more than they did pre-COVID

• Grants and individual donations are the greatest sources of funding for community engagement activities

• Reaching a new community segment is the top measure of engagement success

• A majority of arts orgs are planning to increase their focus on education in the coming year and expect greater revenue from those efforts as a result