Can anyone send me a copy of The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s survey on arts organizations that came out yesterday?  It was referred to in yesterday’s NYT.  Thanks much!

 

 

Tallying Museum Donations

New York Times

By Lawrence Van Gelder

October 30, 2007

With $185.8 million, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston led all arts organizations in the United States in private donations in 2006, according to a survey released yesterday by The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Bloomberg News reported. In second place, with $133.5 million raised, was the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Third place went to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, with $131.2 million, followed by the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston ($130.4 million), the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center ($114.8 million) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art ($108.9 million). Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts led all performing arts organizations in the United States with $121 million in private donations, compared with the $47.1 million it reported the previous year. The Metropolitan Opera received $113.6 million. Over all, the report said, private support for arts institutions, including museums, libraries and public broadcasting, amounted to $2.5 billion, a 17.5 percent increase from the 2005 total but far less than the $17.6 billion donated last year by private philanthropists to educational institutions in the United States.

 

 

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Katherine M. Lemery

Development Officer, Research

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C.

Telephone: (202) 789-3073

Fax: (202) 789-4577