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• Americans for the Arts
• Pennsylvania Cultural Data Project (PACDP)
• Drexel U Arts Admin Grad Prog
• Metropolitan Philadelphia Indicators Project

Arts, Culture & Economic Prosperity in Greater Philadelphia

The regional non-profit cultural sector is a tremendous asset to the local economy. Cultural organizations and their audiences in Greater Philadelphia spend $1.3 Billion annually, according to Arts, Culture, & Economic Prosperity in Greater Philadelphia. The report documents 40,000 jobs generated by the economic activity of the cultural sector and $158 million in taxes returned to state and local communities.

The report also demonstrates that the general public strongly supports the sector, and participates in a variety of ways. Local resident attendance is 10% higher than the national average and 83% of regional residents attended an arts and cultural event last year. Additionally, 88% of attendees surveyed voted in 2004.

The Prosperity Report was made possible by the William Penn Foundation and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. Design, printing and distribution was generously underwritten by 1706 Rittenhouse Square Associates.