Presented Thursday, May 7, 2015, at 9:15 a.m.

2. SURVEY OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
IN THE ARTS (NEA)
Year Percent of Adults Attending Opera
1982 3.0
1992 3.3
2002 3.2
2008 2.1
2012 2.1

3. OPERA AMERICA PROFESSIONAL OPERA SURVEY
AVERAGE NUMBERS OF TICKETS SOLD TO
MAINSTAGE PERFORMANCES
Companies FY2008 FY2012 % decline
Level 1 110,437 83,939 -23.9
Level 2 25,106 21,717 -13.5
Level 3 10,279 7,277 -29.2
Level 4 4,952 3,710 -25.1

4. GENERATION Y FACES SOME
STEEP FINANCIAL HURDLES
Christine Dugas, USA Today, April 23, 2010

5. JOB DATA SHOW STEADY
GAINS, BUT STAGNANT
WAGES TEMPER OPTIMISM
Patricia Cohen, The New York Times,
November 8, 2014

6. THE MIDDLE CLASS IS
STEADILY ERODING.
JUST ASK THE BUSINESS WORLD
Nelson D. Schwartz, The New York Times,
February 2, 2014

7. THE VANISHING MALE WORKER,
WAITING IT OUT
Binyamin Appelbaum, The New York Times,
December 12, 2014

8. MANY FEEL AMERICAN DREAM IS
OUT OF REACH, POLL SHOWS
Andrew Ross Sorkin and Megan Thee-Brenan,
The New York Times, December 11, 2014

9. REGULAR BILLS, IRREGULAR WORK
Unsteady Incomes are Keeping Millions Behind
on Bills and Undermining Savings
Patricia Cohen, The New York Times, December 4, 2014

10. CLASS OF 2010 USHERED IN LAW
SCHOOLS’ LOST GENERATION
Elizabeth Olsen, The New York Times, April 27, 2015

11. STUDENT LOAN DEBT:
AN AGING PROBLEM
amNewYork, July 9, 2014

12. ZILLOW’S CHIEF ECONOMIST TALKS
GENTRIFICATION, ZESTIMATES and
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
Alexis Stephens, NextCity.org, March 3, 2015

13. STUDY: SOME NEW YORKERS
PAY 60% OF INCOME IN RENT
Ivan Pereira, amNewYork, March 3, 2015

15. OPERA AMERICA PROFESSIONAL OPERA SURVEY
PERCENTAGE OF OVERALL INCOME DERIVED FROM
BOX OFFICE REVENUE
Company FY 2008 FY 2011 FY 2012
Level 1 38.47 31.71 36.70
Level 2 30.32 24.39 25.07
Level 3 23.60 19.82 20.14
Level 4 28.46 20.12 23.95

16. WHEN CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME
(PARTICULARLY THE HOMES
OF THE WEALTHY)
RobertReich.org, December 12, 2013

17. REINVENTING PHILANTHROPY,
with a Silicon Valley blueprint
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, Washington Post,
February 12, 2015

18. WEALTHY D.C. COUPLE SHIFTS THEIR
PHILANTHROPY, DONATES $100,000
TO PROVIDE BEDS TO POOR
Vanessa Small, Washington Post, June 6, 2014

19. ARTS BARELY ON THE RADAR IN 2014
FOR TOP % OF US PHILANTHROPISTS
Mike Bohem, Los Angeles Times, February 12, 2015

20. KPMG SURVEY
Encouragement from which stakeholders group matters most in a decision
to expand your company’s investment in the community?
Government 0%

21. KPMG SURVEY
Encouragement from which stakeholders group matters most in a decision
to expand your company’s investment in the community?
Government 0%
Media 3%

22. KPMG SURVEY
Encouragement from which stakeholders group matters most in a decision
to expand your company’s investment in the community?
Government 0%
Media 3%
Nonprofits/Community Leaders 3%

23. KPMG SURVEY
Encouragement from which stakeholders group matters most in a decision
to expand your company’s investment in the community?
Government 0%
Media 3%
Nonprofits/Community Leaders 3%
Shareholders 14%

24. KPMG SURVEY
Encouragement from which stakeholders group matters most in a decision
to expand your company’s investment in the community?
Government 0%
Media 3%
Nonprofits/Community Leaders 3%
Shareholders 14%
Board of Directors 22%

25. KPMG SURVEY
Encouragement from which stakeholders group matters most in a decision
to expand your company’s investment in the community?
Government 0%
Media 3%
Nonprofits/Community Leaders 3%
Shareholders 14%
Board of Directors 22%
Customers 22%

26. KPMG SURVEY
Encouragement from which stakeholders group matters most in a decision
to expand your company’s investment in the community?
Government 0%
Media 3%
Nonprofits/Community Leaders 3%
Shareholders 14%
Board of Directors 22%
Customers 22%
Employees 36%

27. COMPANIES: STOP CROWDSOURCING
YOUR CHARITY
Phillip Haid and Vurain Tabvuma, fastcoexist.com
September 21, 2014

28. WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Constitution Preamble, approved June, 1946
“Health is a state of complete physical, mental
and social well-being and not merely the absence
of disease or infirmity.”

29. NATIONAL PASTIME PAST ITS PRIME
Jonathan Zimmerman, amNewYork editorial, April 3, 2015