Seattle and the Arts

“A new ArtsFund Economic Impact Study shows nonprofit arts and cultural organizations and their patrons generated $2.4 billion in business activity in the Puget Sound area in 2014.

The 5th Avenue Theatre is just one of the more than 300 arts and cultural nonprofits in the Puget Sound region that help pump more than $2.4 billion into the economy.
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The 5th Avenue Theatre is just one of the more than 300 arts and cultural nonprofits in… more

That spending is up 5 percent from 2009, the last time the ArtsFund study was conducted.

The study by also shows that nonprofit arts cultural organizations support 35,376 jobs in Washington state, labor income totaled $996 million and cultural activity contributed $105 million to the state’s tax coffers.

Becky Monk
Assistant Managing Editor
Puget Sound Business Journal

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