The Performing Arts Research Coalition (PARC) is a groundbreaking collaborative project created to improve and coordinate the way performing arts organizations gather information on our sector, so that we can offer a more unified and factually based voice on issues of common concern, and aid the performing arts in developing a national model for arts research collaboration. PARC will help performing arts organizations across the United States significantly improve their management capacity, increase their responsiveness to their communities, and strengthen local and national advocacy efforts on behalf of American arts and culture.
PARC is a partnership among five major national service organizations in the performing arts. As at August 2007, PARC hade a number of resources and reports available at its website, including:
- The Value of the Performing Arts in Ten Communities: A Summary Report
- The Finances and Operations of Non-Profit Performing Arts Organizations in 2001 and 2002
- The Value of the Performing Arts in Five Communities: A Comparison of 2002 Household Survey Data