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Arts Impact

$478M

in revenues to state and local government are delivered by Illinois arts nonprofits each year - Arts & Economic Prosperity 5, Americans for the Arts

$31.1B

of our state's gross domestic product was contributed by arts and culture in 2021 - Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Dept of Commerce

196,769

Illinois jobs were in the arts and cultural production (2021)
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce

100%

of all legislative districts throughout Illinois receive free access to local and regional news, public affairs and arts programming through IACA support for Illinois Public Radio and Television (FY2023)

13

grants totaling $825,000 were directed to Illinois school districts in developing arts and foreign language curricula in partnership with the Illinois State Board of Education (FY2023)

27

local arts councils partnered with IAC through its Local Arts Network to support statewide arts programming (FY2023).
 

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