In 2024, the industries of Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (or AER) accounted for 1.3% of the St. Louis GDP. We track the performance of nonprofit arts and culture organizations that report revenue and expenses of at least $1,000,000. These organizations tend to employ the most people in the St. Louis nonprofit arts sector outside of the Zoo Museum District with 3,874 employees and 1,385 contractors. These 23 organizations claim 5% of the AER GDP, which amounts to $2 billion for the 2-county region. For context, the state of Missouri did $5.5 billion in AER GDP. That means the 23 STL-based Read More