’s Arts and Culture Organizations Organizational Support Program

AjA Project San Diego Symphony Orchestra Association Art of Elan San Diego Watercolor Society Athenaeum Music & Arts Library San Diego Women’s Chorus California Ballet Association, Inc. San Diego Writers Ink Camarada, Inc. San Diego Young Artists Music Academy Inc. Center for World Music San Diego Young Artists Symphony Orchestra City Ballet, Inc. San Diego Youth Symphony and Conservatory ONE SAN DIEGO Classics for Kids Save Our Heritage Organisation Culture Shock Dance Troupe Scripps Ranch Theatre Cygnet Theatre Company Spreckels Organ Society Chris Keeney Diversionary Theatre Productions, Inc. Eveoke Dance Theatre Veterans Memorial Center, Inc. Neighborhoods United Japanese Friendship Garden Society of San Villa Musica Diego Westwind Brass, Inc. La Jolla Chapter, SPEBSQSA, Inc. Women’s History Museum and Educational Through La Jolla Historical Society Center La Jolla Music Society Young Audiences of San Diego Arts and Culture San Diego was awarded La Jolla Playhouse “Everyone knows about the sun La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Association Creative Communities San Diego Mainly Mozart, Inc. the Best Destination in San Diego, but that isn’t the America’s Finest City Dixieland Jazz Society Malashock Dance & Company Asian Story Theater Incorporated only thing that shines brightly Maritime Museum Association of San Diego Cultural Partnership Media Arts Center San Diego Bon Temps Social Club of San Diego for Cultural Tourism - here. Some of San Diego’s Mingei International, Inc. Cabrillo Festival, Inc. Mojalet Dance Collective Casa Familiar brightest stars are among our Mo’olelo Performing Arts Company Central Commercial District Revitalization Corp. North America Moxie Theatre Centre City Development Corporation museums, cultural centers, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego College Area Economic Development Corporation The Business Destinations Travel Awards festivals and performance arts. San Diego’s vibrant Museum of Photographic Arts Gaslamp Quarter Association, Inc. New Children’s Museum Hillcrest Business Improvement Association Inc. October, 2013 arts and culture programs are an important part of Orchestra Nova San Diego Historic Old Town Community Foundation Italian American Art & Culture Assoc. of San Diego our city’s local economy, personality and unique Pacifi c Arts Movement Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation culture. As Mayor, I’m dedicated to helping our arts Patricia Rincon Dance Collective Kalusugan Community Services Persian Cultural Center Kiwanis International Tierrasanta San Diego and culture scene continue to educate and entertain PGK Project Linda Vista Multi-Cultural Fair, Inc. Playwrights Project Little Italy Association children, families and visitors from around the Prophet World Beat Productions Filmout San Diego world.” Reuben H. Mira Mesa Theatre Guild San Diego Air & Space Museum Musicians for Education San Diego Archaeological Center North Park Organization of Businesses, Inc. San Diego Art Institute NTC Foundation Kevin L. Faulconer San Diego Automotive Museum, Inc. Nu-Way Operation BHILD San Diego Ballet Ocean Beach Merchant’s Association, Inc. Mayor, City of San Diego San Diego Center for Jewish Culture Pacifi c Beach Community Development Corp. San Diego Children’s Choir Pacifi c Southwest Wildlife Arts, Inc. San Diego Chinese Historical Society and PASACAT, Inc. Museum Point Loma Summer Concerts Industry leaders from Fortune 500 companies, members of San Diego Civic Youth Ballet, Inc. Rancho de los Penasquitos Town Council, Inc. San Diego Dance Theater Rolando Community Council, Inc. the Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE), and San Diego Early Music Society San Diego Armed Services YMCA other infl uential members of the business community judged San San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus San Diego Audubon Society Diego to be the only North American city worthy of this prestigious San Diego Guild of Puppetry, Inc. San Diego Chinese Center international award. San Diego Earth Day San Diego Junior Theatre

San Diego Film Foundation aker Hu Sandy San Diego Master Chorale, Inc. San Diego Fleet Week Foundation San Diego Model Railroad Museum, Inc. San Diego Music Foundation San Diego Museum Council, Inc. San Diego Shakespeare Society, Inc. Springfest Inc. San Diego Museum of Man St. Madeleine Sophie’s Center San Diego Opera Association Torrey Pines Kiwanis Foundation San Diego Repertory Theatre, Inc. Transcendance Youth Arts Project San Diego Society of Natural History Write Out Loud

The 2013 Economic and Community Impact of Nonprofi t Arts and Culture VibrantCultureVibrantCity.com sdracc.org sandiego.org Organizations in San Diego Cover photo credits: Bowman Photographers, Chris Keeney, Pablo Mason, Paul Nestor and Troy Orem All data provided in this report refl ects fi scal year 2013 as collected by the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture, unless otherwise noted. Revitalizing Our Neighborhoods Through Arts and Culture

In Fiscal Year 2013, 72 organizations received funding Stimulating the Local Economy Providing Educational Opportunities North Park: A Neighborhood support from the City of San Diego Commission for Arts Through Arts and Culture An investment in the arts means an investment in education. Transformed through the Arts* and Culture. These organizations create meaningful jobs Arts programs provide youth with creative outlets and throughout all nine San Diego city council districts, while constructive activities to engage their free time, expand their creative programs invite locals and visitors alike to their horizons and create the critical thinking skills get out and explore San Diego’s vibrant communities. $186.8 Million necessary for future success. Total Expenditures 2,644 Number of school and community $97 Million group visits Earned Revenue* 298,171 Number of people

served through Shoaf Brett school and Organizations funded by the City $90 community group In 1998, North Park began promoting an arts, of San Diego Commission for Arts Million visits culture and entertainment district to foster a 72 and Culture received a total of Contributed Revenue** growing community of restaurants, art galleries, $6,042,338 performance venues and creative professionals. Creating Safe and Engaged Communities In 2001, the community launched Ray at Night, a Amount of Federal, State, County and monthly nighttime event designed to get neighbors San Diego’s arts and culture organizations are creating safer, Meaningful Employment Opportunites $3.1 Tribal Government funds received to out to explore the arts in North Park. Ray at Night more livable communities. Neighborhood arts and culture has since grown into the second largest monthly These organizations contribute needed jobs and Million match the City of San Diego’s funds revenue in San Diego’s neighborhoods. events give residents opportunities to get out and participate art event in San Diego, drawing crowds of more in their communities. than 1,500 art enthusiasts.

Arts and Culture Generated Improving San Diego’s Quality of Life Neighborhood events supported In 2002, the North Park Community Association Full-time Employees through the Creative Communities started hosting summer concerts in Bird Park as 1,942 Each year, more than 33 million visitors come to San 44 San Diego funding program a way of encouraging residents to come together Diego, and our diverse arts and culture o erings give for an afernoon of arts and culture in a casual, visitors a reason to keep coming back to Young adults who have had neighborhood setting. The historic North Park rediscover the region. The tax intensive exposure to arts are Theater, originally built in 1928, was reopened in 2005 as part of the North Park Redevelopment revenue paid by visitors generates more likely to take interest Project. The 730-seat theater was restored to its funding for the City of San Diego. in volunteering, voting, and This funding helps support the former glory and now regularly hosts live theater, engaging with local politics. music and events. city’s infrastructure and essential This is especially true for neighborhood services. at-risk youth populations.* North Park Nights, a collective of North Park businesses dedicated to the promotion of arts and culture, was developed in 2009 as a program 1.6 Million Engaged Community Members of the San Diego Art Institute. As a result of this Total Jobs Supported by Arts and artistic and cultural revitalization, North Park has 6,516 Culture Organizations Tourists Visit Arts and transformed into a destination that both residents Culture Attractions and visitors fl ock to for an authentic San Diego JOBS and Businesses 13,399 1,150 neighborhood experience. Since 2011, national $108.8 VOLUNTEERS BOARD MEMBERS and international media have repeatedly cited Total Salaries Paid to CULTURAL AVERAGE North Park as one of San Diego’s top spots for Employees and Contractors Million TOURIST TOURIST arts and culture. AVERAGE 3.8 Days 1.8 Days STAY AVERAGE $561.00 $235.00*** SPEND

*Revenue received by an organization in exchange for products or services San Diego Museum of Art San **Revenue from individual, foundation, corporate, or government donations with no products or services provided by the organization in exchange for the funds ***Source: 2011 San Diego County Visitor Profile Study, CIC Research/San Diego *Source: “The Arts and Achievement in At-Risk Youth: Findings from Four *Source: North Park Main Street,

San Diego Museum of Art San Tourism Authority Longitudinal Studies,” National Endowment for the Arts, Research Report #55 http://northparkmainstreet.com/creative-community/arts-culture-entertainment-district/