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A look at arts funding in Europe: sustainable revenue models in a time of dwindling public funding
Master of Science (M.S.), Drexel University
Dec 2019
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/4vnx-9z62
Abstract
This study looks at arts funding in Europe in 2019 to understand what role European governments play in arts funding, how that role has changed in recent decades, and how arts organizations in Europe can support themselves as government funding declines. It does not present a wholistic view of arts funding on the Continent because the Continent is vast and public funding scenarios vary from country to country and even between organizations within the same country. Through a literature review and interviews with fundraising professionals in the United Kingdom, France, and Austria, the study presents the challenges and opportunities that face the specific organizations represented in the interviews and additional arts funding trends around the Continent. These challenges include declining government funding, largely tied to the recession of 2008, and the need to replace it with new revenue channels such as membership, individual giving, and corporate sponsorship. The study finds that private fundraising is on the rise in Europe with some organizations already seeing significant and growing revenue. Private, contributed revenue might never completely replace government subsidies, but it is an attractive complement to state financing that could diversify funding sources and enable arts organizations to survive any further decreases in government support. The study concludes that to build these channels, arts organizations in Europe must learn to communicate their needs and get to know their philanthropic audience, what they want to support, why and how. They must also seek out fundraising best practices and develop a culture of asking for money. These will inform how to build a culture of philanthropy that can support their organization long-term.
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- Title
- A look at arts funding in Europe
- Creators
- Clinton J. Walker - DU
- Contributors
- Jean Brody (Advisor) - Drexel University (1970-)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Master of Science (M.S.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Number of pages
- vi, 56 pages
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Arts Administration; Arts and Entertainment Enterprise; Drexel University; Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
- Other Identifier
- 11352; 991014632169504721