More than a third of museums say they didn't apply to any government, foundation or corporation during the two years. Graph shows the results. The most notable difference between groups of museums are that minority museums are much more likely to say they applied to the Federal government than other museums, and much less likely to say they didn't apply to any of the funding sources. Minority museums that applied to county government are less likely to have received funding than other applicants. Note, however, that the survey question only asked whether a museum applied to a source at least once and whether it received funding at least once, so we cannot draw conclusions about the share of applications that were funded.
Table compares groups of museums.
The share of satisfied museums varies very little between groups, as shown in Graph. When museums were asked what would make federal funds easier to get or use, the most popular choices were more information about federal programs, and making the programs easier to apply for, as shown in Graph. The statistically significant differences between each group of museums and all museums are as follows. The most frequently cited need for more people is to accomplish educational programs, as shown in Graph. The statistically significant differences between each group of museums and all museums are as follows.