CDP Funder Report submission deadline: February 17, 2010

In FY11, NYSCA will begin accepting CDP Funder Reports as a part of the application process. In FY12 (calendar year 2011), NYSCA will require all applicants to submit CDP Funder Reports. 

To encourage the use of CDP in FY11, NYSCA will accept completed CDP Funder Reports as a substitute for NYSCA’s three-year Organizational Budget from applicants who have submitted their report before NYSCA's first application deadline (February 17, 2010).

Introduction

The Cultural Data Project (CDP) is a free, web-based system designed to capture and standardize in-depth, historical financial information from nonprofit arts and cultural organizations. Put more simply, the CDP website enables organizations to create detailed reports of their past financial data at no cost. 

History

An emerging national model for sharing information with arts funders, CDP began at the request of the Pennsylvania’s cultural community. Responding to calls for a more streamlined grant application process among cultural funders, the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts spearheaded the launch of CDP in 2004. Now, CDP is active in 7 different states, including Massachusetts and California, with another 10 states currently in the process of launching CDP. (For a complete list of participating funders, visit www.culturaldata.org/partners).

Benefits

By registering with CDP and completing a Data Profile, organizations have the ability to:

Streamline grant applications to participating funders: Once an organization’s data is entered into CDP, detailed financial reports for funders can be generated with the push of a button. In short, organizations will have to spend less time recalculating their financial information for each grant application they complete.

Generate any of 77 on-demand reports: Organizations of all sizes will be able to benefit from a variety of professional quality reports and benchmarking tools, including annual reports and trend reports, ready to be shared with constituents, public officials, board members, and other stakeholders.

Ensure inclusion in major advocacy efforts: Aggregate data from CDP is available to advocates, researchers and interested parties to help make the case for the arts in New York State.

Organizations can participate and benefit from the system regardless of whether they are a recipient of support from any of the participating funders. 

The New York State Cultural Data Project is a collaborative effort led by:

Alliance for the Arts
Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York
Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester
Asian American Arts Alliance
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
The Field
Harlem Arts Alliance
The M&T Charitable Foundation
NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
The New York Community Trust
The New York State Council on the Arts
NYS ARTS
The John R. Oishei Foundation
Time Warner Inc. 

Leadership funding for the New York State Cultural Data Project has been provided through the generosity of:

The New York State CDP is operated by the Pew Charitable Trusts