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The week of June 24, 2002,
House and Senate appropriations panels approved funding increases in 2003
for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The House Interior
Appropriations Subcommittee on June 25 passed legislation raising NEA
spending from the current level of $115.2 million to $116.5 million for
rent and salary increases, as requested in the president’s budget. On June
27, the Senate Appropriations Committee bettered the House bill by adding
$3.25 million to the endowment, putting the NEA at $119 million in 2003.
The additional NEA spending in the Senate’s bill includes $2 million
designated for the Challenge America program, which has gained popular
support from Congress for its emphasis on arts education and broadening
access to the arts.
Americans for the Arts
(AFTA) released the findings from their study Arts & Economic
Prosperity: The Economic Impact of Nonprofit Arts Organizations and Their
Audiences. This research project reveals that America’s nonprofit arts
industry generated $134 billion in economic activity during 2000,
including $53.2 billion in spending by nonprofit arts organizations and
$80.8 billion in event-related spending by arts audiences.
 The project findings
are available for download on the AFTA Web
site, along with many other materials that you can use to help make
the case for increased public and private sector arts funding in your
community.
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