Research Guides: AMAE 6202 Strategic Planning: Resources

Comparable Arts Organizations

GuideStar Pro This link opens in a new window
Use the Search option at the top. On the left side, apply filters to browse for organizations based on financials, mission, number of employees, transparency, location, and more.

Arts Case Studies

First, register for an account at the link below using your SMU email.

There is no good search tool. Go to their For Members > Member Homepage, and browse.

Advisory Board for the Arts This link opens in a new window
Arts-specific data, marketing information, case studies
First time users must register for an account using your @smu.edu email. Restricted to only current SMU students, faculty & staff.

Arts & Business Trade & Scholarly Journals

Music and Performing Arts Online This link opens in a new window
A broad arts-focused database, including journal titles such as:
--Billboard
--Broadcast
--Cineaste
--Computer Music
--Electronic Musician
--Entertainment Design
--Journal of American Culture
--Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society
--Professional Sound
--Variety
ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new window
A general purpose business database, which includes arts-related journals such as:
--Journal of Cultural Economics
--Arts and the Market
--International Journal of Arts Management
--Journal of Nonprofit & Public Sector Marketing
--Journal of Philanthropy and Marketing
--Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
--Nonprofit Management and Leadership
--Nonprofit Policy Forum
as well as other publications focused on specific artistic mediums and methods.
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Another general business database, which includes such journals as:
--Cultural Trends
--Creative Industries Journal
--Journal for Nonprofit Management
--Journal of Nonprofit & Public Sector Marketing
--Nonprofit Management & Leadership
--Nonprofit World
--Social Entrepreneurship Review
As well, consider the Thesaurus for subjects such as nonprofit organizations, arts management, capitalism and the arts, government aid to the arts, museums, art and culture, and more.
View the Company Research and Industry Research tutorials for more insights.

Local (Dallas or TX) Resources

SimplyAnalytics This link opens in a new window
U.S. mapping & data visualization application
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Census Business Builder
In some cases, like County Business Patterns data, Simply Analytics has older data and Census Business Builder has the newest. Enter a geography, then select other variables such as companies with a certain number of employers or with a certain ownership.
Census Bureau Data
Enter any geography in the U.S. (state, city, ZIP code, Census tract) to get a profile of the basic data collected by the Census.

DataArts Tools

DataArts is a research organization (based at SMU) that studies the arts in the United States. Several helpful free benchmarking tools and reports:

DataArts
An online arts organization management tool, DataArts also offers datasets containing detailed financial, operational, and programmatic information from thousands of nonprofit arts and cultural organizations nationwide.
DataArts: Reports
DataArts: White Papers
DataArts: COVID-19 Sector Benchmark Dashboard
The links on the left to different insight reports lead to reports over time, with Insight Report X being the most recent.
DataArts: Arts Vibrancy Index 2023
KIPI Dashboard
This Key Intangible Performance Indicator Dashboard provides your organization's financial and operating performance results relative to similar organizations.

Need More Help?

Naomi Schemm

Contact:

nschemm@smu.edu

214-768-6155

Subjects: Advertising, Applied Physiology and Sport Management, Arts Management and Arts Entrepreneurship, Corporate Communication & Public Affairs, Design and Innovation, Education, Journalism, Writing & Reasoning

How Do I...?

Search on the Web

Searching on Google?

Use site limiting to limit to only certain domains (URL endings). For example -- notice no space after site:
"arts council" policies site:.edu
arts co-working space rental prices site:.org

Keep in mind, though, that not all arts council orgs will necessarily use a .org ending, and for-profit companies can now use a .org too (not just nonprofits).

Use the filetype: limiter to limit to certain file types -- perhaps filetype:.pdf or filetype:.xls would be helpful for financials or business plans of other arts councils.

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