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About CultureCount: New England’s Cultural Database
What is CultureCount?
Who's using CultureCount?
About the Data
CultureCount at the New England Foundation for the Arts
Citing CultureCount
Partners and Funders
What is CultureCount?
CultureCount is NEFA's creative economy database. Visitors can search a comprehensive directory of New England's cultural nonprofits, creative businesses, and individual artists. Other financial, grants, and geographic tools are built onto the directory...explore New England's creative economy now!
Who's using CultureCount?
Artists and creative businesses adding themselves to the only FREE online directory of New England's 30,043 cultural assets.
Business People researching financial, demographic and geographic information of communities and potential investments.
Researchers accessing special tools such as data downloads, survey administration, customized website portals and Impact Calculator.
Policy Makers analyzing the economic impact of the nonprofit cultural sector with the Impact Calculator.
Journalists gathering information about New England community events.
Cultural Organizations responding to NEFA's annual nonprofit financial survey.
Grantees submitting NEFA online grant applications and forms.
About the Data
Organizations and individuals listed in the CultureCount directory match NEFA's research definition of the creative economy found in The Creative Economy: A New Definition, 2007.
Data Sources for the CultureCount Directory (New England):
- IRS Form 990 Filings
- NEFA Annual Nonprofit Financial Survey
- NEFA grant recipients
- New England state arts agency grant recipients
- National Endowment for the Arts grant recipients
- MatchBook.org artists, presenters, and venues
- User-added cultural nonprofits, creative businesses, and artists
Data Sources for the Financial Tool:
- IRS Form 990 digitized filings
- NEFA Annual Nonprofit Financial Survey
Data Sources for the Cultural Grants Tool:
- New England Foundation for the Arts
- National Endowment for the Arts
- Six New England state arts agencies
Data Sources for the Geographic Tool:
CultureCount at the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA)
Since 1978, NEFA's economic impact studies of New England's nonprofit cultural sector have provided arts organizations with case-making data as they advocate to their local governments. CultureCount was created as a warehouse for this data.
Citing CultureCount
When referring to information derived from CultureCount, the following copyright notice must appear in all copies: "Copyright © 2011 New England Foundation for the Arts/CultureCount http://www.culturecount.org.”
The text and graphic designs contained in this website may not be modified in any way. Images contained in this site are not to be downloaded or otherwise reproduced without direct permission of the owner or copyright holder.
The data archived by CultureCount is made available for non-commercial purposes only. Please review our Terms and Conditions of Use for detailed information regarding NEFA's policies on data use.
Permission to reproduce text for commercial use must be obtained from NEFA in writing prior to reproduction. All requests should be directed to research@nefa.org.
Partners and Funders
Funding for the operation of CultureCount is provided by:
- New England Foundation for the Arts
- Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism
- Maine Arts Commission
- Massachusetts Cultural Council
- New Hampshire State Council on the Arts
- Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
- Vermont Arts Council
Funding for the creation of CultureCount was provided by:
- The Boston Foundation
- Fidelity Foundation
- The Davis Family Foundation
- The Cabot Family Charitable Trust
Partners:
- Community Logic, Inc.
- MASS MoCA/Williams College Center for Creative Community Development (C3D)