Making the Case

Advocacy Toolkits

• Americans from the Arts Advocacy Toolkit
• United Way Advocacy Toolkit

Selected Resources for Arts and Culture Case-Making

• What is Your Arts and Culture Story?
• The Arts Ripple Effect – The Topos Partnership.
• Guide to Actionable Measurement – Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation assists organizations in evaluating their work and helps build data sources .
• Americans for the Arts is a national arts advocacy agency organization providing easy to use data and resources, including the results public opinion surveys.
• City of Providence’s Arts and Economic Prosperity Study 5 Results. A comprehensive economic impact study of the nonprofit arts and culture industry.
• Education Commission of the States presents knowledge and resources on hundreds of education policy issues, including arts in education.
• National Assembly of State Arts Agencies is the national arts service organization serving state arts agencies, and publishes handouts and data useful for arts advocacy and education.