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Prosperity Summary THE IMPACT OF ARTS AND CULTURE AGENDA: prosperity summary Arts and culture is a powerhouse of economic impact in our region. It brings investment and jobs. It is a cornerstone of our tourism industry and of the region’s growing reputation as a vibrant, diverse and creative place to live. The cumulative impact of performing arts, historical museums, visual arts, public art and gardens, libraries and other organizations is profound – and that impact is growing. The Agenda series is about amplifying the impact, both social and economic, of arts and culture in Greater Philadelphia. In Agenda: Prosperity, we focus upon data that proves that arts and culture supports families, neighborhoods and cities and serves as an economic engine for the entire region. TOTALTOTAL ECONOMICECONOMIC IMPACTIMPACT $4.1B$4.1B GREATER PHILADELPHIA CULTURAL ALLIANCE AGENDA: PROSPERITY impact: ORGANIZATIONS Arts and culture organizations, from the smallest neighborhood group to major institutions, are a powerful economic force in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Throughout the five-county region, they serve as active civic partners, as consumers, as clients and as major employers. More than 55,000 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) positions are filled by the nearly 500 organizations and institutions profiled in this report. 2ND AMONG REGIONS IN FTE JOBS CREATED Greater Washington . 59,423 Region (DC/MD/VA) Southeastern PA . .55,225 Dallas-Fort Worth- .... 52,848 Arlington MSA (TX) Research Triangle . 31,219 ORGANIZATIONAL Regional Partnership (nc) Greater Houston . 25,817 SPENDING Region (TX) Greater Atlanta . 23,943 direct Region (ga) expenditures 993M $$993M Greater Tampa/ ..........22,173 St. Petersburg Area (fl) indirect expenditures 998M Greater Oklahoma . .20,571 $$998M City Region (ok) Greater St. Louis . 19,129 Area (mo) total expenditures $$1.99B1.99B Direct Expenditures City of Chicago (IL) ...................... $3,211,736,053 District of Columbia (DC) ................$2,906,271,526 City and County of Philadelphia (PA) .....$1,614,100,129 City and County of San Francisco (CA) .. $1,448,353,608 Miami-Dade County (FL) ...................$1,430,512,813 City of Boston (MA) ......................$1,354,137,061 City of San Diego (CA) ................... $1,099,934,358 Harris County (TX) ...................... $1,094,046,389 Allegheny County (PA) .................... $1,059,384,911 # City of Dallas (TX) ......................... $891,170,549 Philadelphia’s Place in the National Total FTE Jobs Generated Standings City of Chicago (IL) 85,248 By The City of Boston (MA) 45,889 Numbers Miami-Dade County (FL) 40,944 District of Columbia (DC) 39,720 City and County of San Francisco (CA) 39,699 City and County of Philadelphia (PA) 37,590 City of San Diego (CA) 35,914 City of Dallas (TX) 33,554 Allegheny County (PA) 32,211 Harris County (TX) 25,102 Per Capita Direct Expenditures District of Columbia (DC) $4,410.84 City of Boston (MA) $2,064.60 City and County of San Francisco (CA) $1,699.01 City of Chicago (IL) $1,179.75 City and County of Philadelphia (PA) $1,034.48 City of Baltimore (MD) $973.05 Allegheny County (PA) $860.41 City of San Diego (CA) $796.44 City of Louisville (KY) $754.77 City of Dallas (TX) $695.66 Arts & Culture Organizations in Greater Philadelphia By The Numbers Full-Time Resident Local State Total Tax #Equivalent Household Government Government Revenue Jobs Income Revenue Revenue TOTAL 55,224 $1.3B $98.7M $125.6M $224.3M Broadcast, Media and Literary Arts (Broadcasters, producers, 2,775 $67.2M $4.5M $6M $10.5M radio, TV, etc., film theaters and festivals, video, cinema, literary arts) Community Arts and Education (Community arts and culture; 5,463 $131.8M $9M $11.9M $20.9M education and instruction) Curating, Collecting and Presenting (Visual arts and galleries; museums; historical orgs, societies and sites; libraries 33,525 $773.8M $62.7M $78.4M $141.1M and archives; environmental centers and gardens; zoos and aquariums) Performing Arts (Dance; music; performing arts centers and multidisciplinary; 12,351 $296.6M $20.7M $27M $47.7M theater) Support & 1,100 $27.1M $1.8M $2.4M $4.1M Advocacy calculate your cultural organization's economic impact at philaculture.org/impact impact: audiences AUDIENCE The impact of arts and culture spending goes beyond the purchase of a ticket to an event or a SPENDING museum: it’s found at the hottest new restaurant, a food truck or a neighborhood street festival, at direct small businesses on the local Main Street and in the expenditures $892M nearest SEPTA station. Arts and culture audiences indirect spend an additional $892 million on event-related expenditures $1.2B purchases, whether that is for meals, souvenirs, transportation or child care. total expenditures $2.08B of arts and culture 89%89% audiences are voters PHILADELPHIA VS. THE NATION 18%18% 11%11% 29%29% 22%22% OVERNIGHT day leisure leisure visitors visitors who made a visit who made a visit to a museum to a museum or art gallery or art gallery Last year 42 MILLION impact: tourism VISITORS 42 million visitors came to Greater Philadelphia in spent 2016 and spent a record $6.7 billion, generating a total $11 billion in economic impact to the region. Of that $6.7 billion in direct visitor spending, 11% ($737 $6.7 million) was spent in the recreation sector, which includes BILLION spending on arts and cultural offerings in the region. for a total impact of spent $11 Tourism numbers courtesy of VISIT PHILADELPHIA® Source: Longwoods International, 2016 data BILLION Jobs created by $98.7M$98.7M arts + culture provide taxtax revenuerevenue toto thethe citycity $$1.3B1.3B in $125.6M household income tax revenue to the state that could pay for TOTAL tax revenue The arts are a great return on investment. Beyond creating jobs and drawing tourism to the region, cultural house payments for organizations support local and state governments, 101,250 generating nearly $225 million in revenue. families groceries for 318,945 650M 137M* families septa fares cheesesteaks * 137,225,868 “Whiz Wit” to be exact AGENDA BY THE NUMBERS 492 arts and culture organizations 1,485 audience surveys 341 Communities participating nationwide #MORE INFORMATION, CITATIONS + RESOURCES PHILACULTURE.ORG/PROSPERITY © 2017 by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance HouseholdHousehold IncomeIncome byby CountyCounty bucks county $88.3M montgomery county $151.8M chester county $88M philadelphia total delaware $586M county $123.6M far northeast $37.6M germantown /chestnut hill $42.4M Near northeast roxborough/ olney/oak lane manayunk $64.3M $21.7M $57.1M north philadephia bridgeburg/ kensington/ $50.2M richmond center city west $47.6M west philadephia $61.7M center city east $1.3B $57.1M household income $54.5M southwest philadephia $42.6M south philadephia $49.3M other counties in PennsylvaniA NEW JERSEY DELAWARE all other areas southeastern $89.1M PennsylvaniA $132M $17.8M $21.1M $1.04B defining economic impact Some of the common terms used in Agenda: Prosperity, defined: Direct Economic Impact A measure of the economic effect of the initial expenditure within a community. For example, when the symphony pays its players, each musician’s salary, the associated government taxes, and full-time equivalent employment status represent the direct economic impact. Direct Expenditures The first round of expenditures in the economic cycle. A paycheck from the symphony to the violin player and a ballet company’s purchase of dance shoes are examples of direct expenditures. Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Jobs describes the total amount of labor employed. An FTE job can be one full-time employee, two half-time employees, etc. Economists measure FTE jobs, not the total number of employees, because it is a more accurate measure that accounts for part-time employment. Indirect and Induced Economic Impact This study measures the economic impact of the arts using a methodology that enables economists to track how many times a dollar is respent within the local economy, and thus to measure the economic impact generated by each round of spending. When a theater company purchases paint from the local hardware store, there is a measurable economic effect of that initial expenditure within a community. However, the economic benefits typically do not end there, because the hardware store uses some of its income to pay the clerk that sold the paint, as well as to pay its electric bill and to re-stock the shelves. The indirect and induced economic impacts are the effects of the subsequent rounds of spending by businesses and individuals, respectively. Resident Household Income (often called Personal Income) includes salaries, wages, and entrepreneurial income paid to residents. It is the money residents earn and use to pay for food, shelter, utilities, and other living expenses. Revenue to Local and State Government includes revenue from local and state taxes (e.g., income, sales, lodging, real estate, personal property, and other local option taxes) as well as funds from license fees, utility fees, filing fees, and other similar sources. Local government revenue includes funds to governmental units such as city, county, township, and school districts, and other special districts. Methodology Q&A We talked with Nick Crosson of DataArts, who provided information on how the data in Agenda: Prosperity was put together. Cultural Alliance: First and foremost, tell us about how the research for Agenda: Prosperity is completed. Nick Crosson, DataArts: Data on organizations - financial and programmatic - is collected through DataArts. Data on audience expenditures is collected via in-person surveys at arts events over one year. These datasets are returned to Americans for the Arts Data Collection Analyzing the economic impact of arts and culture organizations for this report required collecting detailed information on (1) data from arts and cultural organizations and (2) spending by audience members. 1. Data from arts and cultural organizations Information on spending, employment, attendance, and other relevant areas was provided by organizations through DataArts All Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance members and other organizations known to the Cultural Alliance were asked to submit their data through DataArts.
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