# Arts Quarter surveys cultural organisations' income

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/03/13/arts-quarter-surveys-cultural-organisations039-income/
- Published: 2009-03-13T15:40:37+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Arts and not-for-profit sector specialists Arts Quarter has released the findings
of its Fundraising and Revenue Generation Survey.

 

It reveals what Arts Quarter describe as “a mixed picture”. While many cultural 
and other not-for-profit organisations reported declines in many areas of fundraising,
others are reporting an increase in their wider revenue generation, comparing their
results on the previous year.

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The survey was conducted over January and February 2009 and attracted responses 
from 306 organisations across the UK.

 

A number of respondents also provided insights into a range of ways in which they
are seeking to address any potential shortfalls in the medium term which we have
included within the full report.

 

Arts Quarter were able to use the data to compare the situation in cultural sector
organisations against that for the wider charity sector.

 

They found that the cultural sector had suffered marginally more from a drop in 
corporate support than the wider charitable community. Organisations were typically
either having to demonstrate even greater value to their sponsors than before, or
were reporting that companies had completely withdrawn their support.

 

In contrast, cultural organisations were faring better than the wider charitable
sector in terms of retaining funding from grantmaking trusts.

 

Cultural organisations were suffering a higher rate of decline than other charities
in individual giving of gifts of less than £1,000.

 

They survey enabled Arts Quarter to compare organisations in London with those elsewhere
in the UK.

 

The survey confirmed that both cultural and other charitable organisations outside
London were suffering greater declines in corporate giving than those in London.
However, London-based organisations reported a greater decline in support from Trusts
for both project support and core funding than those based elsewhere in the UK. 
Similarly, levels of individual giving were also stronger outside London.

 

A copy of the full report is available at no charge from Arts Quarter.

 

www.artsquarter.co.uk/news.html

 

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