Charity on the English and early American model must be distinguished from philanthropy as it developed in America at … arts and culture, and when corporate philanthropy emerged in the 1950s it was also often aimed at the arts and culture. The … grants to the arts and culture; and the rising number of community and family foundations. American philanthropy is …

The nonprofit performing arts have received substantial attention in the cultural economics literature, and represent … prominent empirical studies on performing arts nonprofits. The chapter begins with a description of the nonprofit sector – and … the role of the performing arts in this sector – around the world. I then ask why performing arts nonprofits exist, taking …

taken into account by NPOs in the arts and culture sector. Our findings suggest that, among NPOs in this sector, governance …