State of NYC Dance EXPENDITURES The analysis of expenditure patterns that follows shows variation by budget size as did the analysis of sources of income. It also shows dance to be mission-driven and labor-intensive across all budget ranges.
“I’m really interested in using all this data to create networks of small organizations. Often when I’m working on grants that take administrative hours that we don’t have, I think, wouldn’t it be great if we could get five organizations together to coauthor grants, save time and create something larger for the City of New York.” —Participant, Town Hall
Functional Expenditures
• Programming accounts for the great majority of dancemaker expenditures, more than 70% in all budget ranges—suggesting efficiencies in the industry. This functional category encompasses “any costs the organization incurs in conducting activities for which the organization was created”* as distinct from fundraising and general and administrative expenditures. At the same time, the smaller organizations record a greater proportion of expenditures on general and administrative purposes. It is unclear how much of this difference is due to economies of scale that allow the largest organizations to spread administrative costs over a larger Functional Expenditures by Budget Size overall budget; the fact that smaller organizations rely more heavily on disparate sources of income, which is a strength, but understandably an administrative burden; or simply due to differences in reporting among different-size groups. *Source: CDP Section 6, General Instructions
General
9.9%
14.9%
20.5%
23.5%
22.4%
Fundraising
7.2%
10.1%
5.0%
4.4%
3.7%
82.9%
75.0%
74.5%
72.1%
73.9%
Program
20