Finance and Economics Discussion Series: 2008-10 Screen Reader version
♣Does the NEA Crowd Out Private
Charitable Contributions to the Arts?
Jane K. Dokko
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
November 2007
Figure 1 Data: Congresstional Appropriations to the NEA and Total Government Outlays, 1966 to 2001
| Year | NEA | Total G |
| 1966 | 15.84229465 | 735.183642 |
| 1967 | 44.94146866 | 835.1272455 |
| 1968 | 39.56399242 | 906.3652299 |
| 1969 | 40.80960661 | 885.9825613 |
| 1970 | 41.33094072 | 892.8030928 |
| 1971 | 71.80202469 | 919.1708642 |
| 1972 | 133.3757895 | 977.4394737 |
| 1973 | 162.9678986 | 980.0331081 |
| 1974 | 229.996501 | 967.7634888 |
| 1975 | 263.8131636 | 1093.872305 |
| 1976 | 272.2017663 | 1157.219332 |
| 1977 | 291.8701518 | 1195.863366 |
| 1978 | 336.4085123 | 1245.947393 |
| 1979 | 364.8967424 | 1229.454545 |
| 1980 | 332.2989199 | 1270.004733 |
| 1981 | 309.3794774 | 1321.333553 |
| 1982 | 263.2752083 | 1368.533368 |
| 1983 | 255.8259287 | 1437.426104 |
| 1984 | 276.5129288 | 1452.083638 |
| 1985 | 269.3697584 | 1557.689963 |
| 1986 | 256.637032 | 1600.363504 |
| 1987 | 257.6695871 | 1565.370687 |
| 1988 | 251.1002544 | 1593.600592 |
| 1989 | 241.4987016 | 1633.319032 |
| 1990 | 232.0524904 | 1698.100383 |
| 1991 | 226.3560831 | 1722.108957 |
| 1992 | 222.1067272 | 1744.113115 |
| 1993 | 213.8183844 | 1727.491003 |
| 1994 | 203.4236086 | 1746.980364 |
| 1995 | 188.6173104 | 1761.470997 |
| 1996 | 112.2762078 | 1761.405672 |
| 1997 | 109.7843452 | 1766.917321 |
| 1998 | 106.4773006 | 1795.554969 |
| 1999 | 104.1403277 | 1809.162605 |
| 2000 | 100.4056211 | 1839.700813 |
| 2001 | 104.769 | 1863.9 |
Figure 2 Data: Total Private and Government Contributions for Arts Organizations Experiencing and Not Experiencing Changes in Government Grants between 1995 and 1996
| Year | Change | No Change |
| 1990 | 715975 | 466673 |
| 1991 | 658759 | 445084 |
| 1992 | 658759 | 445084 |
| 1993 | 606783 | 440000 |
| 1994 | 674580 | 423623 |
| 1995 | 660485 | 356436 |