THE ARTS DELIVERECONOMIC IMPACT THE 587 ARTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT RECEIVED MISSOURI ARTS COUNCIL GRANTS LAST YEAR...

• provided 6,178 full and part-time jobs in Missouri• hired nearly 55,000 artists • paid $145 million in salaries which generated more than

$4.3 million in state tax revenues• produced more than 16,000 cultural events benefiting 8.6

million Missouri citizens and visitors to the state • generated $192 million in revenue

Source: Missouri Arts Council annual report, 2014

THE MISSOURI ARTS COUNCIL’S MOST RECENT STUDY OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE ARTS IN THE STATE FOUND THAT…

• Missouri’s non-profit arts and culture organizations generated $1.1 billion in statewide economic activity

• those same Missouri groups spent $510.2 million annually while their audiences spent an additional $562.5 million in event-related purchases

• that translated into 14,893 full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs in Missouri and $110.6 million in local and state government revenue

Source: “Arts & Economic Prosperity III: Economic The Economic Impact of Nonprofit Arts and Culture Organizations and Their Audiences in the State of Missouri,”

Americans for the Arts, 2009

ANNUALLY, THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS STUDIES HOW THE ARTS INDUSTRY IMPACTS THE U.S. GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP). THE MOST RECENT REPORT SHOWS THAT…

• the production of arts and cultural goods added more than $698 billion to the U.S. economy

• only two sectors – health care/social assistance and retail trade – outperformed the arts in value added to the U.S. GDP

• 4.7 million were employed in the arts industry with workers receiving $334.9 billion in salaries and benefits

Source: “The 2014 Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account: 1988-2012,” National Endowment for the Arts, 2014

Arts travelers are ideal tourists—they stay longer and spend more. The U.S. Department of Commerce reports that the percentage of international travelers who include museum visits on their trips has grown annually since 2003.

Source: “National Arts Index,” Americans for the Arts, 2013

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If the Missouri Arts Council was funded at the amount advocated by Missouri Citizens for the

Arts, the state’s investment in the arts would be 0.002% (or just less than one quarter of one

percent) of the total state budget.

NOTE: This assumes an allocation of $21 million to the Missouri

Arts Council from the state’s FY16 consensus revenue estimate of

$8,673,000,000. Core funding for the arts in FY15 is $4.8 million.

THE ARTS DELIVER

In Fiscal Year 2015, Missouri spent 79¢ per capita on the arts.

Missouri’s spending is more than 30% below the national average.

The national average spent per capita on the arts is $1.15.

Source: State Arts Agency Legislative Appropriations Review of Fiscal Year 2015, National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, July 2014

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$192 million inrevenue generated*

8.6 million audience members served*

$145 million insalaries paid*

*Information gathered from arts organizations funded by the Missouri Arts Council in FY2014.

hTHE ARTS DELIVEREDUCATIONMissouri Arts Council grants supported arts education programming statewide in 292 Missouri schools last year. Funds helped to pay salaries, purchase much needed supplies and materials, transport students on field trips and pay for special in-school performances.

Source: Missouri Arts Council

Students who participate in the arts, both in school and after school, demonstrate improved academic performance and lower drop out rates. They are...

• three times more likely to win an award for school attendance• four times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement• three times more likely to be elected to class office

Source: Mediaplanet in USA Today, 2014

Missouri school districts with higher levels of student participation in the arts have higher graduation rates, fewer disciplinary infractions and better attendance rates than districts with lower levels of arts education offerings. Additionally, higher arts participation in Missouri schools equals higher math scores on standardized tests at the district level.

Source: “Arts Education Makes a Difference in Missouri Schools,” Missouri Alliance for Arts Education, 2010

THE ARTS DELIVERQUALITY OF LIFECNN’s Money magazine includes the availability of art and leisure in a community when compiling their “Best Places” list. The process uses “arts funding” in the ranking determination, specifically, state dollars spent per person on the arts.

Source: CNNMoney.com

Art therapies for veterans recovering from combat injuries have been shown to enhance neuroplasticity, improve recovery of function, increase brain resilience to injury and reduce stress and anxiety.

Source: “Arts, Health and Well-Being Across the Military Continuum,” National Initiative for Arts and Health in the Military, 2013

State support of the arts ensures that quality arts programs are available to a variety of Missouri’s citizens, regardless of their socioeconomic situations. Accessibility of the arts removes social barriers, giving more equal opportunities for all residents. And state-supported arts programming encourages exceptional artists to live in and contribute to the state.

MISSOURI ARTS COUNCIL & MISSOURI CULTURAL TRUST

Annually, the Missouri Department of Revenue collects approximately $35 million in new funds from the income tax on professional non-resident athletes and entertainers who work in Missouri. By statute, 60% is to be allocated to the Missouri Arts Council.

The Non-resident Athletes and Entertainers Tax (A&E Tax) is the personal income tax on professional athletes and entertainers when they play or perform in the State of Missouri. It is collected by the State of Missouri and, by Statute (Section 143.183 RSMo), a designated amount is to be distributed among the following five Cultural Partners: Missouri Arts Council Trust Fund (60%); Missouri State Library Networking Fund (10%); Missouri Humanities Council Trust Fund (10%); Missouri Public Broadcasting Corporation Special Fund (10%); and the Missouri Historic Preservation Revolving Fund (10%).

• Missouri Citizens for the Arts (MCA) requests that the Governor and the Legislature appropriate 60% of the non-resident professional athlete and entertainers’ income tax or an estimated $21 million to the Missouri Cultural Trust Fund for FY2016.

• MCA also requests that the Governor and the Legislature fund the Cultural Partners at 10% as required by statute.

• MCA supports the A&E distribution formula for the five Cultural Partners. MCA does not support expanding or revising the distribution formula.

In FY2015, the Missouri General Assembly appropriated $4.8 million to the Missouri Cultural Trust Fund. The Missouri Arts Council utilized these funds to support more than 500 arts programs throughout the state of Missouri.

STATE TAX INTERPRETATION

Missouri Citizens for the Arts supports legislation to clarify non-profit arts organization status as “tax exempt,” relating to the collection of sales taxes, in order to prevent the Department of Revenue from changing the interpretation of sales tax collections on various places of “amusement, entertainment and recreation.”

MISSOURI FINE ARTS ACADEMY

Missouri Citizens for the Arts requests that the Governor and the Legislature fund the 2016 Missouri Fine Arts Academy and Missouri Scholars Academy at $750,000.• The Missouri Fine Arts Academy is a three-week residential

program at Missouri State University for more than 200 rising high school juniors and seniors who are gifted in the arts.

ARTS EDUCATION IN MISSOURI SCHOOLS

• MCA encourages the Missouri State Board of Education to support comprehensive fine arts instruction (dance, drama/theater, music and visual art) in elementary, middle and high schools. MCA and the MAAE recommend a minimum of 50 minutes of instruction per week for music and 50 minutes of instruction per week for visual art in elementary schools, a minimum of 3,000 minutes of fine arts instruction in middle schools and one-fine arts graduation requirement in high schools, and that all courses are taught by certified fine arts specialists in the appropriate disciplines.

• MCA and the MAAE recommend that the Missouri State Board of Education supports the implementation of the Missouri Learning Standards and recognizes the role of arts instruction as an integral part in the effective achievement of these standards.

• MCA and the MAAE recommend that DESE fully implement Fine Arts professional development programs in the regional Professional Development Centers.

Missouri Citizens for the Arts’ 2016 arts advocacy agendawas adopted January 2015.

MISSOURI CITIZENS FOR THE ARTSWHAT MATTERS MOST IN 2016: OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA

FISCAL YEAR 2016 GOVERNOR’S RECOMMENDATION: The Governor has recommended no new increase for the Missouri Arts Council for FY 2016. Core funding for MAC is $4.8 million. Missouri Citizens for the Arts continues to advocate for the $21 million that would represent 60% of the Non-Resident Professional Athletes & Entertainers Tax (A&E Tax), as intended by state statute.

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100% OF MISSOURI’S SENATE DISTRICTS have Missouri Arts Council funded programs

77% OF MISSOURI’S HOUSE OF REP. DISTRICTS have Missouri Arts Council funded programs.

MISSOURI IS MORE THAN 30% BELOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IN PER CAPITA

STATE ARTS INVESTMENT.SOURCE: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE ARTS AGENCIES, 2014