Americans for the Arts and Arts & Business Council to Merge Operations

Americans for the Arts and Arts & Business Council to Merge Operations: "Americans for the Arts and Arts & Business Council to Merge Operations
Thursday February 17, 10:00 am ET
Combined Organization Will Work to Advance Support for the Arts in the Private Sector
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Americans for the Arts and Arts & Business Council Inc. announced today that the two organizations will merge their operations, creating the largest-ever advocacy group for the arts in America. The merging of Arts & Business Council Inc. with Americans for the Arts will allow the organization to increase its efforts to secure increased funding for the arts from the private sector. Americans for the Arts, based in Washington, DC, is the nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts in America and has led national public-sector advocacy efforts for many years. Arts & Business Council Inc., headquartered in New York City, is the oldest arts and business partnership association in the world, devoted to stimulating partnerships between the arts and business that benefit both sectors and the communities they serve."