October 12 , 2004

Sign Up and Be Counted

We are urging all arts organizations and artists to get your own FREE Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) number—or if you already have a D&B number, ensure that it is accurately coded as an arts organization or artist.

Why? Because a new annual research initiative, Creative Industries, is underway by Americans for the Arts. It uses D&B data to document the number of arts-related businesses and employees in any geographical region or political jurisdiction. This information and the resultant reports will give you a highly persuasive tool in presenting your case to your local legislators and funders as you advocate for support of the arts, and gives us all a powerful way to advance the arts at the State and National level.

If you don’t have a D&B number you are not represented in the data. We have seen some of the reports and they vastly under-represent the nonprofit arts organizations and artists in the counties of New York State.

So SIGN UP AND BE COUNTED. This is a powerful and visible advocacy tool for advancing the arts in your own community, in New York State, and in America.

Click here to SIGN UP AND BE COUNTED!

The Alliance of New York State Arts Organizations has a 29-year history as New York's service association for community based arts and cultural organizations. The Alliance provides leadership and vision, and delivers services, resources and tools that strengthen cultural organizations. The Alliance informs the field on statewide and national issues affecting the arts and assists local arts agencies in building community support.

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