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Managing and Maintaining Working Capital: The Struggle for Sustainability in Today’s Non-profit World

Daryl Royse, Appalshop's Financial Director, shares how NCAR's Working Capital Report ties into the organization's strategic planning process.

Report Shows Precariously Low Cash Reserves for Most Arts Organizations

Barry Hessenius, of WESTAF's Barry's Blog, reacts to NCAR's new Working Capital Report.

The Art of Liquidity

Steven Lawrence, Independent Consultant and Senior Research Affiliate at TCC Group shares insights on NCAR's Working Capital Report

Barriers to Mission Financing: Not all nonprofit money is created equal.

NCAR worked with Propel Nonprofits on a research report on the financial profile of culturally specific organizations in the state of Minnesota, and the findings reinforced national research.

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Read the Study on NEA Funding and Community Wealth

The National Center for Arts Research (NCAR) at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, today released findings from an independent research study designed to evaluate wealth distribution in communities with arts organizations that receive grants from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).

What Drives Community Performance?

How community characteristics impact performance, with specific attention paid to socio-demographic characterisics and the number of competitors, complements, and substitutes in a community.

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