Rhode Island Cultural Data Project
The Rhode Island Foundation has engaged in a partnership with the Rhode Island Cultural Data Project (Rhode Island CDP) in an effort to strengthen arts and cultural organizations in the state.
To provide the cultural community with consistent, reliable, comprehensive data, the Rhode Island CDP collects and standardizes historical financial and programmatic data for arts and cultural organizations. Participating organizations can track their own financial and programmatic performance over time and benchmark themselves against comparable organizations in specific disciplines, geographic regions, and budget sizes. Learn more about the Rhode Island CDP.
The Rhode Island Foundation requirement
Participation in the Rhode Island CDP is required for all Strategy Grant and Organizational Development Grant applicants in the arts and culture sector, as of October 1, 2011. (Please note that applicants for organizational development grants in the arts and culture sector will no longer be required to submit an organizational assessment as of October 1, 2011.) Applicants must submit CDP Data Profiles for the two most recently completed fiscal years. A Funder Report generated from your organization’s Data Profiles will be a required application attachment for these programs.
Benefits of participation
You do not need to be an applicant to The Rhode Island Foundation to benefit from the Rhode Island CDP. Through a comprehensive, statewide effort to gather consistent and reliable information on the arts and cultural sector, the Rhode Island CDP will:
- Enable participating organizations to track trends and benchmark progress through powerful reporting tools,
- Provide information with which to gauge the economic impact of arts and culture by area or statewide, and
- Equip The Rhode Foundation and other funders with data to plan and evaluate grantmaking activities more effectively.
No costs to your organization
There is no cost for arts and cultural organizations to participate in the Rhode Island CDP. The Rhode Island Foundation, the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, and The Kresge Foundation have provided the leadership support for the Rhode Island CDP as a service to the field and to advance the arts in Rhode Island and nationally.
Registration
To enter your data, you must create an organization login. Learn more and view a flow chart of the CDP process.
User support
Organizations participating in the Rhode Island CDP will receive technical and user support through a toll-free help desk, free access (by phone and email) to a team of nonprofit financial consultants, statewide on-location orientation sessions, and online training provided throughout the year.
Please direct any question concerning the Rhode Island Cultural Data Project (Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.) to:
Attend a free Rhode Island CDP orientation
Register to attend a session or learn via webinar. |