“Understanding and acknowledging the incredible economic impact of the nonprofit arts and culture industry, we must always remember their fundamental value. They foster beauty, creativity, originality, and vitality. The arts inspire us, soothe us, provoke us, involve us, and connect us. But they also create jobs and contribute to the economy.” — Robert L. Lynch President and CEO Americans for the Arts
Arts and Economic Prosperity III: The Economic Impact of Nonprofit Arts and Culture Organizations and Their Audiences in the State of Florida
This statewide data reveals that Florida’s nonprofit arts and culture industry generated $3.1 billion in economic activity in 2008, including:
- 88,236 full time equivalent jobs
- $2.057 billion in resident household income
- $196 million in local government revenue
- $249 million in state government revenue
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