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METHODOLOGY & STUDY SAMPLE Research Context Commissioned by Dance/NYC and realized through collaboration with a coalition of nine fiscal sponsor partners, this report is the first comprehensive assessment of the characteristics, needs, and opportunities of fiscally sponsored dance artists and projects in New York City. It follows Advancing Fiscally Sponsored Artists & Art Projects (Dance.NYC/FiscalSponsors2017) as the second primary deliverable of an artswide research and convening initiative focused on fiscal sponsorship, and seeks to assess fiscally sponsored dance in the artswide context. It also builds on Dance/NYC’s discipline-specific research, in particular, Discovering Fiscally Sponsored NYC Dance Makers (Dance.NYC/FiscalSponsors2012) and State of NYC Dance & Workforce Demographics (Dance.NYC/StateofDance2016), to better understand sponsored dance in relation to 501(c)(3) dance organizations.
Data Sources Findings were developed over a six-month period, December 2016 to May 2017, using two samples: first, data on a total of 2,688 sponsored arts projects provided by the nine fiscal sponsors; and second, survey data collected from 519 individuals who lead or are working with one of those projects. This report focuses on survey data collected from a subset of 151 individuals who indicate dance as their primary creative discipline.
