Million Missions Report

Key Findings

• Arts and culture NPOs play a vital role in preserving, and enriching India’s diverse cultural heritage, promoting cultural awareness, bolstering infrastructure, creating a space for artists and cultural enthusiasts, promoting skills development and capacity building, and supporting livelihoods.
• Of the total funding of ₹4901 crore in 2012, Culture and Recreation societies’ major source of funding was donations and offerings instead of government grants.
• The diverse and diffused nature of the sector is such that many small organisations (such as festivals, theatre or dance companies, crafts persons etc.) carry out functions such as that of NGOs, but do not have the knowledge, time or resources to formalise the work they do.
• Major regional and national festivals such as the Khajuraho dance festival, Konark dance festival, Sankatmochan music festival, Shankar Lal music festival, NSD theatre festival, the Mazhgazhi season in Chennai and so on have also been made possible due to the support and involvement of not-for profit organisations.