Premium
The Relationship Among Funding Sources for Art and History Museums
Author(s) -
Hughes Patricia Nold,
Luksetich William A.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
nonprofit management and leadership
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.844
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1542-7854
pISSN - 1048-6682
DOI - 10.1002/nml.10103
Subject(s) - the arts , stimulus (psychology) , government (linguistics) , public administration , state government , federal funds , offset (computer science) , political science , business , economics , local government , monetary policy , psychology , monetary economics , law , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , psychotherapist , programming language
The decline and possible elimination of federal support of the arts in the United States is likely to have a major impact on museum finances. Using data from the 1989 Survey of Museums, we analyze the interactions among major categories of museum funding. The results indicate a strong, positive stimulus of federal funding on private contributions, with some possible displacement of state and local government contributions. The opportunity to generate funds from private sources shows some promise to offset the loss of funds from government sources.