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Your free Arts and Culture Benchmark Report FY23/24

In FY23/24, many arts and cultural organisations used the Culture Counts Evaluation Platform to survey their audiences, visitors and participants. We have put together a free benchmark report, containing data from 93,000 survey responses across more than 500 surveys. This...

Regional Arts Australia: Cultural Tourism Accelerator Program 21/22 Research Report

In November 2021, the Australian Government announced the Cultural Tourism Accelerator Program as part of its Regional Arts Tourism package. Delivered by Regional Arts Australia, the $5 million program sought to increase tourism visitation in regional, rural, and remote communities...

Creative New Zealand: Evaluation Pilot

Creative New Zealand (CNZ) partnered with Culture Counts to conduct a year-long pilot study involving the Culture Counts Evaluation Platform. This pilot engaged seven organisations funded through CNZ’s Toi Tōtara Haemata Investment Programme and took place between January and December...

CircuitWest: 2023 Performing Arts Audience Research

CircuitWest is a peak body and performing arts support organisation in Western Australia. The not-for-profit organisation is membership based and represents nearly 100 artists, producers and presenters. Across its varied programs and activities, CircuitWest seeks to demonstrate its alignment to...

Gold Industry Group

The Gold Industry Group is a not-for-profit, member-based association. Through a variety of strategic initiatives, they aim to promote Australia’s gold industry and bring awareness to the impact and value gold can generate to the economy and community. In 2019,...

Culture Counts receives Innovation Booster Grant

We are proud to announce that Culture Counts is a recipient of the 2023 Innovation Booster Grant (IBG). The grant is part of the Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation’s New Industries Fund and is aimed at helping startups...

Your free Economic Impact Handbook

Your guide to measuring the expenditure-driven impact of your events or programs Cultural, community and sporting events can deliver significant economic benefits to the cities and towns that host them. They support increased visitation expenditure that stimulates local economies and...

Birmingham 2022 Festival

In 2022, the XXII Commonwealth Games were held in Birmingham, the largest major event held in England since the 2012 Olympics. Celebrating the hosting of the Games, the Birmingham 2022 Festival (B2022) was a six-month programme designed to champion and...

Our top five funding application tips

Funders and grant-makers typically ask applicants to describe their approach to evaluation. We’ve put together some suggestions around common assessment criteria, planning your evaluation strategy, and using data to support your new application. Create your evaluation plan When applying for...