Your source for information about leadership succession in nonprofit arts organizations.

The baby-boomer generation of nonprofit arts executive directors is careening toward retirement.

Is the next generation prepared to assume leadership?
Should talented, energetic people with multiple employment opportunities accept the underpaid and stressful position of executive director?

Are we approaching a crisis in the nonprofit arts?




Our partners for the project are:
University of Chicago Cultural Policy Center

Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs


IAA Home

Illinois Arts Alliance/Foundation
203 North Wabash
Suite 1920
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Phone: 312.855.3105   Fax: 312.855.1565
info@artsalliance.org


Working Easier: A Toolkit for Staff and Board Members of Nonprofit Arts Organizations


Filling the Gap: The Interim Executive Director Solution


Planning for Succession Toolkit


Executive Compensation for Illinois Nonprofit Arts Leaders


Succession: Arts Leadership for the 21st Century