Arts Alliance Illinois

Arts Alliance Illinois is pleased to participate in Arts & Economic Prosperity IV, a project of Americans for the Arts that will measure the economic impact of Illinois' nonprofit cultural sector.

Arts Alliance Illinois and Americans for the Arts will release the results of Arts & Economic Prosperity IV in June, including an economic impact report for all of Illinois as well as local reports for the city of Chicago, the greater Peoria region, and the greater Rockford area. ArtsPartners of Central Illinois and the Rockford Area Arts Council served as study partners for their respective local reports.

Arts Alliance Illinois is joining more than 200 study partners across all 50 states and the District of Columbia in participating in Arts & Economic Prosperity IV thanks to support from the John G. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Illinois Arts Council.

Arts & Economic Prosperity III

In 2005, Arts Alliance Illinois participated in Arts & Economic Prosperity III.

That report revealed nonprofit cultural organizations in Chicago are a $1 billion industry, whose economic impact includes more than $650 million in spending by local organizations and more than $430 million in event-related spending by their audiences -- far above the median of other regions in the study.

This $1 billion industry also generates:

• More than 30,000 full-time equivalent jobs
• More than $620 million in household income to local residents
• Close to $22 million in local government revenue
• $20 million in state revenue

Download the full 2005 Arts & Economic Prosperity III report for Chicago.