Our latest ABA Executive Benchmark explored community engagement at arts and cultural organizations.
Highlights from the survey include:
Community engagement is one of the main pillars of strategic plans for a majority of responding organizations, and the budget for that work has increased.
Youth (ages 5-12) are the top priority for half of participating organizations’ resource allocation within community engagement programming.
While half of organizations use volunteers for general support of their community programs, most organizations do not feel that they depend heavily on volunteer support.
Foundation grants and individual gifts are the most important sources of funding for community initiatives at responding organizations.
