This report highlights findings from Arts in the Local Economy conducted by the National Assembly of Local Arts Agencies. This three-year study focuses on 33 communities ranging in population from 8,500 to 2.5 million. The study examined data from 789 nonprofit organizations in order to compile a national average. The study was designed to document nonprofit arts expenditures in a cross section of American communities and demonstrate the economic impact gained from investing in the arts. Key findings show that of the 1.3 million jobs supported annually by the nonprofit arts industry in the U.S., 908,800 were in the arts sector, a direct result of expenditures by nonprofit arts organizations. The study concludes that the nonprofit arts are a $36.6 billion industry in the U.S.

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CONTENTS

• Introduction.
• The economy: it's on everyone's mind.
• The arts mean business.
• Highlights of NALAA's Arts in the local economy study.
• Total economic impact of nonprofit arts organizations in the .
• Average total economic impact of 33 communities participating in NALAA's study.
• Arts in the local economy summary.
• Total economic impact of nonprofit arts industry in the U. S. Jobs supported in U. S. by Nonprofit arts industry: 1.3 million.
• Percentage of U. S. Workforce.
• Local economic impact of nonprofit arts organizations.
• Direct economic impact per community.
• Total economic impact per community.
• Total economic impact per $100,000 of local spending per community.
• The size of the arts industry in America.
• Denver cultural attendance exceeds professional sports teams.
• Background and scope of study.
• Communities studied.
• Arts organizations surveyed.
• Studying economic impact using input-out/put analysis.
• National Estimates.

This report highlights findings from Arts in the Local Economy conducted by the National Assembly of Local Arts Agencies. This three-year study focuses on 33 communities ranging in population from 8,500 to 2.5 million. The study examined data from 789 nonprofit organizations in order to compile a national average.