Cultural Policy & Arts Administration
The Arts Administration faculty at SPEA are concerned with such issues as understanding the ways arts organizations can help realize human potential and build a good society. Our faculty look at how performing in various contexts may influence the lives of performers and examines effective ways to increase donations to arts organizations; study how arts and culture organizations meet their artistic and management goal; research how public policy may further the artistic goals of individuals and organizations.
Faculty Members
Faculty Research
Indiana nonprofit employment made gains despite recession
8/15/11
"Indiana Nonprofit Employment: 2009 Update" was prepared by Kirsten A. Grønbjerg, professor at the IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs and Efroymson Chair in Philanthropy at the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, and by graduate students Kellie McGiverin-Bohan, Jacob Knight, Katherine Novakoski and Virginia Simpson with assistance from Kristen Dmytryk and Jason Simons.
Indiana University report finds IRS revoked tax exemption for one in 10 Hoosier nonprofits
7/7/11
Nearly one in 10 registered Indiana nonprofit organizations lost their tax-exempt status last month for failing to file newly required paperwork with the Internal Revenue Service, according to an analysis led by an Indiana University faculty member and philanthropy expert.
For civic associations, effective leadership produces organizational success
6/14/11
Alexis de Tocqueville observed nearly 200 years ago that American civic associations served as "schools of democracy" where members learned the skills of citizenship. A recent study by Indiana University faculty member Matthew Baggetta and several colleagues suggests that such organizations are more effective if they embrace that Tocquevillian role.
Hoosiers trust nonprofits to do what is right
6/8/09
A large majority of Indiana residents trust nonprofit organizations and charities in their communities to do what is right most or just about all the time, according to a new Indiana University survey.