Local organization Culture Works has partnered with Americans for the Arts to conduct a social impact study in 2022 and early 2023 that will help the arts and culture sector generate $239 million in economic activity in the Dayton area in 2022. It has been revealed that it has been created.
This information comes from the newly released Arts & Economy Prosperity 6 (AEP6) by Americans for the Arts.
“Our local arts and culture organizations strengthen our communities and make them more desirable places to live and work every day of the year,” said Lisa, Culture Works President and CEO.・Mr. Hanson said. Contribute to promoting the local economy. ”
Nonprofit arts and culture organizations in Montgomery, Clark, Greene, and Miami counties spent $96,886,505 in 2022, and audiences spent $142,488,339 on event-related activities that year. This supported 4,490 jobs and generated $42,813,277 in local, state, and federal revenue.
“People sometimes think of art as some kind of one-way street, right? This shows that the arts are also giving back to local, state and federal governments,” said Randy Cohen, vice president of research at Americans for the Arts.
Nationally, the study found that America's nonprofit arts and culture sector generated nearly $30 billion in government revenue and more than $150 billion in economic activity in 2022.