Cover -- Preface -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One - Introduction -- The Context -- The Study -- Objectives of the Monograph -- Research Approach -- The Organizational Infrastructure of the Local Arts Sector -- The Structure of Local Support -- The Larger Sociodemographic and Economic Context -- Organization of the Monograph -- Chapter Two - The Roots of the Challenges Facing the Nonprofit Arts -- Historical Patterns -- The 1960s -- The 1990s to the Present -- Short- and Long-Term Issues -- Chapter Three - The Ecology of the Arts Sector -- Introduction -- Nonprofit Arts Organizations -- Arts-Presenting Organizations -- Financial Support -- Community Context -- Sociodemographics -- Historical and Institutional Factors -- Discussion -- Chapter Four - Community Responses -- Introduction -- Organizational Arrangements -- Structure -- Division of Labor Among Agencies -- Organizational Functions -- Financing -- Technical Assistance -- Art Presentation -- Promotion and Advocacy -- Economic Development -- Using the Framework As a Strategic Planning Tool -- Comparing Communities by Service Levels -- Ratings by Grant Levels -- Ratings by Technical Assistance Function -- Ratings by Arts Presentation and Public Art Functions -- Ratings by Promotion and Advocacy Functions -- Ratings by Economic Development Function -- Support Systems and the Local Arts Ecology -- Chapter Five - Philadelphia -- Introduction -- Philadelphia's Arts Ecology -- The Arts Infrastructure -- Strengths and Weaknesses of the Arts Infrastructure -- The Support Structure -- Strengths and Weaknesses of the Support Structure -- The Regional Environment -- Strengths and Weaknesses of the Regional Context -- Threats, Opportunities, and Strategies to Deal with Them -- Threats -- Opportunities -- Recommendations -- The Longer Term -- Appendix.

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