The arts are integral to what makes New Jersey a special place to live, work, visit, and raise a family. As an industry, the nonprofit arts sector drives more than $662 million to our state's economy, employs nearly 22,000 of its citizens, educates 1.1 million students, and brings 8.3 million people to our local communities. Your donation to the New Jersey Arts & Culture Renewal Fund will help the arts be part of our state's COVID-19 recovery.
This represents the number of local full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs supported by nonprofit arts organizations that receive direct or indirect county funding from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and/or their audiences.
These jobs include those that work for arts organizations, the artists employed by them, and the many local businesses supported by these groups and their audiences (restaurants, hotels, designers, printers, retail shops, etc.).