Pennsylvania's Nonprofit Arts Industry a $2.55 Billion Economic Generator
The nonprofit arts and culture industry generates $2.55 billion in annual economic activity in Pennsylvania – supporting over 81,000 full-time equivalent jobs and generating $360 million in state and local government revenues, according to the Arts & Economic Prosperity IV national economic impact study. The most comprehensive economic impact study of the nonprofit arts and culture industry ever conducted in the United States, Arts & Economic Prosperity IV was conducted by Americans for the Arts, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education.