Chapters are analyzed. As part of its ongoing research program, the Research & Evaluation Section of the Canada Council has initiated a series of arts research seminars to investigate, in a public forum, issues of concern to the arts in Canada. The fourth seminar was held on September 6, 1985 in the Board Room of the Canada Council. Its topic was The Arts: Corporations and Foundations. The seminar featured Dr. J. Mark Davidson Schuster, Assistant Head, Urban Studies, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The transcript of the fourth Arts Research Seminar which follows was edited by Claire McCaughey, Research Officer, Canada Council. It reports the research papers presented and the questions and observations raised during the seminar. The transcript was edited from a taped recording of the seminar. A list of the more than 50 participants follows this introduction. Errors and omissions are the responsibility of Research & Evaluation.

CONTENTS
Introduction.
List of attenders.
Agenda.

Morning session:

Presentation No. 1. The non-fungibility of arts funding: Perspectives on
                             corporation and foundation support by Dr. J. Mark 
                             Davidson Schuster.
Presentation No. 2. Foundation support for the arts in Canada. 1980-1984 by
                             Mel MacLeod. 
Questions and observations.

Afternoon session:

Presentation No. 3. Corporate donations and sponsorship of the arts by
                             Richard Hopkinson.
Presentation No. 4. The effects of corporate sponsorship on Canadian
                             orchestras by Heather Moore.
Questions and observations.

Appendix 1. Fundraising initiative. 
                  Kelowna International Festival.
Appendix 2. Seminar survey results.

Chapters are analyzed. As part of its ongoing research program, the Research & Evaluation Section of the Canada Council has initiated a series of arts research seminars to investigate, in a public forum, issues of concern to the arts in Canada. The fourth seminar was held on September 6, 1985 in the Board Room of the Canada Council. Its topic was The Arts: Corporations and Foundations. The seminar featured Dr. J. Mark Davidson Schuster, Assistant Head, Urban Studies, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.