This resources overviews changes in arts and culture funding over the past several decades to both revisit learnings and insights from prior arts funding research and to highlight what more recent trends may suggest about priorities for the field going forward.

It draws upon an abundance of studies and observational works commissioned by Grantmakers in the Arts (GIA), including four subsequent Arts Funding reports, sixteen years of annual arts funding “Snapshot” analyses, and numerous articles published in the GIA Reader, as well as selected data, analysis, and commentary from other expert sources on changes in public and private support for arts and culture in this country.