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2005 Cultural Economic Impact Survey

Attention New England-based Cultural Nonprofit Organizations!

Research shows that nonprofit cultural organizations account for over 78,000 jobs and $5.4 billion in annual revenue in the region. Impressive stuff, but these figures are only the tip of the iceberg.

Please help the New England Foundation for the Arts and the Maine Arts Commission make these numbers more exact, and consequently, more potent in cultural advocacy efforts to policy-makers and funders. You can help by responding to 2005 nonprofit cultural economic impact survey.

To respond to the survey, please visit www.newenglandarts.org and click on the "annual survey" link.

This survey is being conducted through the New England Cultural Database, a regional data warehouse that tracks economic and descriptive information about creative sector businesses and organizations. The database provides cultural organizations, funders, artists, legislators and the public with a wealth of information to support analysis, advocacy and policy development for the creative sector of New England.

By responding, your organization will be accurately represented in powerful economic impact statistics that are published for cultural policy and funding advocacy. Also, the more New England Foundation for the Arts and the Maine Arts Commission know about you, the better the agencies can structure funding and service programs to support you. As a token of thanks for your survey response, you will gain immediate access to a comprehensive, online media contact tool that will help you reach newspaper, television, periodical and radio outlets across New England.

If you have questions or need a printed copy of the survey, please contact the foundation at 617/951-0010 or e-mail survey@nefa.org.