Americans for the Arts conducts an annual survey of the United Arts Fund field for the purpose of providing the best possible benchmarking information about UAF fundraising and grantmaking. We publish annual statistical reports and provide up-to-date trend information on those UAFs that have consistently participated in the survey over the past ten years.

Americans for the Arts conducts an annual survey of the Business Volunteers for the Arts® field for the purpose of providing the best possible benchmarking information about skills-based volunteer work in the arts.

CECP, in association with The Conference Board, takes an in-depth analysis of 2013 corporate giving and employee engagement data from 261 of the world's leading companies.

Social impact measurement, is one of the most difficult challenges facing the philanthropy and social sectors, and the arts sector in particular. Although there is agreement within the field that socially motivated organizations must do more to accurately measure their impact, the practice is expensive and difficult. This raises tough questions about where the responsibility for funding such expenses lies. Is it with the resource-strapped nonprofit organizations or with their backers who increasingly demand the information?

The Civic 50, an initiative of Points of Light, in partnership with Bloomberg LP, honors the 50 most community-minded companies in the nation each year as determined by an annual survey. Benchmarking and sharing the best practices of community engagement offers companies that participate in The Civic 50 a roadmap for using their time, skills, and other resources to improve the quality of life in the communities where they do business. The Civic 50 helps translate good intentions into sound business practices for years to come.

In May 2014, Adobe commissioned Forrester Consulting to investigate how creativity influences business outcomes. The study surveyed senior managers from corporations across a diverse set of industries to quantify and qualify how creativity impacts business results. We wanted to see if companies that cultivate creativity experience, what is termed in this study, a “creative dividend.”

Deloitte's 2014 global survey identified the top 10 findings of global human capital trends, and outlined an agenda to guide business and HR leaders as they pivot between the recession and future growth strategies. Companies cited four issues as the most urgent: leadership, retention and engagement, the reskilling of HR, and talent acquisition and access.

Every year, millions of people across America are invited to participate in an activity that has become a Fall tradition for generations of employees working at many of the nation’s largest employers: the Employee Charitable Giving Campaign. 

CECP, in association with The Conference Board, takes an in-depth analysis of 2012 corporate giving data from 240 leading companies, including 60 of the largest 100 companies in the FORTUNE 500.

The BCA Survey of Business Support for the Arts is the nation’s largest survey of its kind, delving beyond pure numbers into the motivations behind and goals of business partnerships with the arts. The specific findings from the survey are used to project national trends in support for the arts by businesses large and small across our nation. The study acts as a resource for current and potential funders of the arts, and for local advocacy organizations to encourage increased partnership between the business community and the arts. BCA has conducted the survey since 1968