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National Endowment for the Arts

Mission: To support artistic excellence, creativity and innovation for the benefit of individuals and communities. To bring the arts to all Americans and to provide leadership in arts education.

Scores and Rankings

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Index Score	Score	Rank of 35
	65.3	21
Best in Class Scores	Score	Rank (out of varied totals)
Employee Skills/Mission Match	78.4	18 of 34
Strategic Management	59.5	20 of 34
Teamwork	62.6	27 of 34
Effective Leadership	50.1	29 of 34
Effective Leadership - Empowerment	44.2	27 of 34
Effective Leadership - Fairness	48.4	25 of 34
Effective Leadership - Leaders	34.5	34 of 34
Effective Leadership - Supervisors	69.5	13 of 34
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	47.6	22 of 34
Training and Development	53.4	26 of 34
Support for Diversity	56.4	22 of 34
Pay	72.5	4 of 34
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits	29.6	28 of 34
Work/Life Balance	67.4	11 of 34

Index Score	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
	76.1	72.7	61.3	61.8
Best in Class Scores	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Employee Skills/Mission Match	79.5	81.4	79.3	49.3
Strategic Management	68.0	63.1	57.2	58.3
Teamwork	74.4	76.2	71.7	69.9
Effective Leadership	62.7	58.1	48.1	50.1
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	56.4	57.7	51.7	55.6
Training and Development	60.2	66.4	59.0	66.5
Support for Diversity	57.9	61.0	43.1	54.0
Pay	70.4	62.5	63.4
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits	29.3
Work/Life Balance	77.7	76.6	72.1	68.4

Previous Years

Best in Class Scores	2010	2009	2007	2005
Employee Skills/Mission Match	79.5	81.4	79.3	49.3
Strategic Management	68.0	63.1	57.2	58.3
Teamwork	74.4	76.2	71.7	69.9
Effective Leadership	62.7	58.1	48.1	50.1
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	56.4	57.7	51.7	55.6
Training and Development	60.2	66.4	59.0	66.5
Support for Diversity	57.9	61.0	43.1	54.0
Pay	70.4	62.5	63.4
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits	29.3
Work/Life Balance	77.7	76.6	72.1	68.4

2010

Scores by Demographic	Score	Rank (out of varied totals)
Female
Male
40 and over
Under 40
Asian
Black or African-American
Hispanic or Latino
Multi-racial
White
American Indian or Native American

Scores by Demographic	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Female
Male
40 and over
Under 40
Asian
Black or African-American
Hispanic or Latino
Multi-racial
White
American Indian or Native American

Previous Years

Scores by Demographic	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Female
Male
40 and over
Under 40
Asian
Black or African-American
Hispanic or Latino
Multi-racial
White
American Indian or Native American

Trends

Index Scores	Best in Class Scores

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Year	National Endowment for the Arts Index Score	Small Agency High Performing Average	Small Agency Average Index Score	Small Agency Low Performing Average
2003
2005	61.8	76.2	63.0	49.3
2007	61.3	77.2	62.4	43.7
2009	72.7	79.2	65.1	42.5
2010	76.1	84.8	68.8	50.3
2011	65.3	83.6	66.9	51.0

Comparative Data — Small Agency Averages

High Performing Average Scores	2005	2007	2009	2010	2011
High Performing Average - Employee Skills	84.8	85.1	85.2	85.2	86.2
High Performing Average - Management	68.9	68.7	73.5	71.6	73.7
High Performing Average - Teamwork	77.9	77.8	80.5	76.4	81.5
High Performing Average - Leadership	61.0	63.0	66.6	67.9	73.9
High Performing Average - Rewards and Advancement	56.1	58.6	62.7	61.5	65.0
High Performing Average - Training and Development	73.5	72.4	74.3	72.7	73.7
High Performing Average - Support for Diversity	68.4	68.4	70.9	67.0	70.8
High Performing Average - Pay		74.4	75.2	78.6	75.6
High Performing Average - Family Friendly				53.3	52.8
High Performing Average - Work/Life Balance	74.5	77.1	80.0	78.1	78.4

Average Index Scores	2005	2007	2009	2010	2011
Average for Employee Skills	74.0	77.6	78.8	78.7	78.2
Average for Management	59.8	58.8	60.6	60.6	60.8
Average for Teamwork	70.8	71.3	72.8	67.0	67.7
Average for Leadership	52.3	52.2	54.0	57.2	58.0
Average for Rewards and Advancement	47.8	48.7	50.3	51.8	50.8
Average for Training and Development	61.8	59.6	60.4	61.1	59.2
Average for Support for Diversity	58.1	58.0	61.3	57.6	59.5
Average for Pay		63.0	62.2	67.3	62.3
Average for Family Friendly				41.2	38.7
Average for Work/Life Balance	67.9	67.3	67.2	66.2	64.3

Low Performing Average Score	2005	2007	2009	2010	2011
Low Performing Average - Employee Skills	55.5	69.7	69.1	71.7	70.3
Low Performing Average - Management	50.9	45.3	42.7	48.3	50.3
Low Performing Average - Teamwork	63.5	62.5	61.2	54.4	56.9
Low Performing Average - Leadership	43.0	39.0	37.5	45.5	46.5
Low Performing Average - Rewards and Advancement	39.7	35.9	33.6	40.3	39.3
Low Performing Average - Training and Development	51.8	44.5	42.0	44.6	44.0
Low Performing Average - Support for Diversity	49.6	45.3	47.0	47.4	49.8
Low Performing Average - Pay		53.7	51.9	55.7	47.7
Low Performing Average - Family Friendly				25.8	24.3
Low Performing Average - Work/Life Balance	60.4	55.2	52.7	53.3	49.3

Workforce Size and Trends

Number of Employees

Number of Employees in 2001: 126

Number of Employees in 2002: 119

Number of Employees in 2003: 120

Number of Employees in 2004: 124

Number of Employees in 2005: 124

Number of Employees in 2006: 120

Number of Employees in 2007: 125

Number of Employees in 2008: 132

Number of Employees in 2009: 140

Employees joined (2010): 5

Percentage joined (2010): 3.60%

Average joined (2005-2010): 8

Employees left (2010): 11

Percentage left (2010): 7.90%

Average left (2005-2010): 9

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): 14.30%

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Headquartered in Washington, D.C.

http://www.nea.gov/

Demographics source: FedScope, OPM

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