Professional Outreach Programs (POPS) is the largest of the three programs and has ten participating organizations. POPS participants have fully developed outreach programs and have built the capacity to deliver these programs statewide. Due to the statewide delivery mandate of POPS participants, these organizations receive an ongoing allocation of state funding in order to provide a stable funding base.
A program review is conducted every four years to evaluate each organization's funding level and participation in the program. Participating professional organizations include: Ballet West, Children's Dance Theatre, Repertory Dance Theatre, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, Springville Museum of Art, Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Utah Symphony, and Utah Opera.
During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $3,871,000 from all sources for Professional Outreach Programs. This is an 18.3 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $3,871,000 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 18.3 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.
In addition to statewide compensation and internal service fund cost increases, the following appropriation adjustments were made during the 2015 General Session:
COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.