Arts Alliance Illinois

In 2007, 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 2007 Arts & Economic Prosperity III report for the city of Chicago.

Learn about the 2012 Arts & Economic Prosperity report, which found that nonprofit arts and culture organizations in Chicago and their audiences contribute at least $2.2 billion annually to the Chicago economy.