The Economic Recession's Impact on Cultural Organizations in the Puget Sound
By Holly Sidford, Marcy Hinand Cady, Alexis Frasz and Nicole McGovern, March 2009
Four funders in the Puget Sound region - Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, 4Culture, Seattle Foundation and Seattle Mayor's Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs - commissioned Helicon Collaborative to capture evolving impacts of the recession on cultural groups and identify options for collective action. While the findings are based on interviews with cultural leaders in the Northwest, the report has relevance for cultural groups and funders in other communities across the country.
Download Complete PDF Article: http://www.heliconcollab.net/pdf/Puget%20Sound%20Arts%20Environmental%20Scan%202009%2003%2009.pdf
Power Point summary: http://www.heliconcollab.net/pdf/Puget%20Sound%20Arts%20Funders%202009%2003%2009.ppt
RACC's dedicated funding initiative seeks to deal with the issue of unstable funding for the arts in Oregon: http://www.racc.org/development/dedicatedfunding.php
Regional Arts and Culture Council
Larger Universe of Cultural Enterprise
By Marcy Hinand Cady and Holly Sidford, March, 2008- Helicon
