Fiscal Survey
Welcome to Fiscal Survey 2008!
For many of our member theatres, participation in TCG’s Fiscal Survey has become a routine annual activity that has proven well worth the time, effort and, admittedly, a small measure of pain! Not only has online submission become a much easier process, but members have long told us that the work they put into our survey creates a fiscal template for their organizations—one that serves as a foundation for a variety of grant applications and donor correspondence. For many theatres, the Fiscal Survey process further provides an unparalleled opportunity to take stock of, and improve upon, the financial systems that they have in place.
And the rewards do not stop there! The data gathered in the Fiscal Survey becomes the basis for Theatre Facts, TCG’s annual in-depth industry report. Available to all member theatres, as well as the general public, Theatre Facts is the only document analyzing the national not-for-profit theatre field and is a vital advocacy and policy tool for trustees, foundation and corporate executives, policy makers and the national press. Member theatres that complete the long form of the Fiscal Survey see even more benefits, gaining access to an astounding amount of information—budget group analyses, theatre to theatre comparisons, income to expense ratios for other regions and so much more—available in online reporting tools and raw data beginning in June.
For those of you who are habitual Fiscal Survey participants, we welcome you to another round! For those of you who have never participated, or who have taken a Fiscal Survey “hiatus,” we encourage you to consider participating this year for your own sake and for the field as a whole. As always, the greater the response by our membership, the more fully we are able to serve you by producing an accurate, representative picture of our industry.
Results and Reports: Fiscal Survey 2007
The 196 TCG member theatres that completed the long form version of Fiscal Survey 2007 by the deadline have exclusive online access to comprehensive data. Through the “Create Fiscal Survey Reports” link, survey participants have the ability to generate standard or customized reports or download the 2007 raw data in its entirety. Participants can also view the complete surveys of individual theatres by selecting “Participating Theatres.” Reporting Tools and data for Fiscal Survey 2007 will be available online until May 2009.
Theatre Facts 2007 is currently available online be downloaded by all member theatres and other interested parties. A companion story was published in American Theatre magazine in November 2008. Also available online are Theatre Facts publications and companion pieces from 2000-2006.
For questions and further information about the Fiscal Survey, please contact Ilana Rose at irose@tcg.org.