PHMC and the Pennsylvania Cultural Data Project (PACDP)

This year marks the first year that the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) is engaging in a new partnership with the Pennsylvania Cultural Data Project (PACDP) to develop reliable data about Pennsylvania's cultural and heritage community. The Pennsylvania Cultural Data Project (PACDP) is a collaborative project of the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, the Heinz Endowments, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, the Pew Charitable Trusts, the Pittsburgh Foundation, and the William Penn Foundation.

Applicants with operating budgets over $500,000 are now required to complete the online PACDP profile when applying for a PHMC General Operating Support Grant for Museums.

Access to reliable data about the cultural and heritage sector will enhance individual organizational capacity and allow the nonprofit cultural community to report on its overall effectiveness of in our state. Further, applicants applying to more than one of the participating grantmakers only need to complete the PACDP profile once each year.

The goal of PACDP is to compile information that is useful for all of its participants:

• Nonprofit museums and cultural organizations can use the data in benchmarking their progress and building their capacity.
• The overall cultural sector can use it for public relations and advocacy and to develop statewide policy and programs.
• Grantmakers can collect consistent information from all of their applicants.

For more information, go to http://www.pacdp.org.

Organizations Currently Using PACDP

If your organization has already submitted PACDP data for the most recent fiscal year, you will only need to print out the PHMC report from the PACDP web site and include it with your full application. If you have not yet submitted PACDP data for your most recent fiscal year, please enter this information online and print out the PHMC report. The PHMC report can be found in the "Funder Reports" section of the PACDP web site.

Organizations New to PACDP

If your organization does not have a PACDP account, here's how to get started:

1. Go to http://www.pacdp.org
2. Review the New User Orientation
3. Click on New User Registration to create an account (you may use your eGRANT login name and password if preferred)
4. Create a PACDP Data Profile for the two most recent fiscal years for which a board-approved audit has been completed.
5. Submit each data profile when complete
6. Print the PHMC report from the "Funder Reports" section of the web site and submit it with your application.

NOTE: There are linked instructions for each page and for each line item to assist in entering your data.

For help and any questions regarding PACDP, contact their Help Desk:
Toll Free 1-866-217-2237 or 1-866-21-PACDP
help@pacdp.org