[1] Its mission is to serve, advance, and lead the network of organizations and individuals who cultivate, promote, sustain, and support the arts in America.
The Americans for the Arts Action Fund[3] is its affiliate 501(c)(4) organization that seeks to mobilize one million grassroots advocates to advance pro-arts public policies at the federal, state, and local levels.
Americans for the Arts serves more than 150,000 organizational and individual members and stakeholders.
This spending supported 2.6 million jobs and generated $29.1 billion in local, state and federal tax revenue."
224,000 audience members and over 16,000 organizations in all 50 states and Puerto Rico were surveyed over an 18 month period to collect the data.