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. Overall figures for each individual city are listed separately, see analyzed section below.

[For highlights of this report, see Jobs, the Arts and the Economy.]

CONTENTS

• Acknowledgements.
• Introduction by Robert L. Lynch, President & CEO, NALAA.
• Report Summary.
• About this study.
• Steps to develop the report.
• The choice of an economic analysis.
• Input/Output analysis.
• Questions and answers.
• Explanations of frequently used terms.
• An introduction to the data tables and their explanations.
• Tables.
• Survey instruments.
• About NALAA.

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. Overall figures for each individual city are listed separately, see analyzed section below.