The Observatory has developed several products and services to accomplish this: the Cultural Census, which provides analysis of emerging trends and aggregate data of small, mid-size and large cultural organizations in Southwest Pennsylvania; and eProfiles, an online, interactive service, where users can generate thousands of customized graphs and tables. Individual organizational data can be plotted against industry averages for a variety of financial indicators, providing critical information to arts leaders, policymakers and philanthropic supporters.

As a result of the Observatory’s research and analysis, benchmarking for hundreds of organizations can now be done by county, size, and discipline through the products and services we offer to the public, free of charge.