Share the news!
AEP5 is the most comprehensive economic impact study of the nonprofit arts and culture industry ever conducted, and we hope you’ll be part of the movement to share the news far and wide.
We encourage you to use these sample social media posts to share the results. Feel free to adapt the messaging to fit your voice, and use our AEP5 Calculator to estimate the findings for your community. Be sure to ask colleagues, organization members, and other interested parties to like and share your posts, and always use the hashtag #AEP5 to help us build buzz around this important story. (You can also draw inspiration from others who are posting using the #AEP5 hashtag!)
Social media posts with images get more attention and reach more people! Use photos of the arts in your own community with your posts, or download and use any of the images in this folder, contributed by many of our national study partners. Please give study partners a shout-out if you use their photos; a file of credits is included in the folder. Also included is a short (90 second) video overview of the AEP5 results that you may download and post directly to social media.
Download a shareable AEP5 social media kit here (PDF, 350 KB).
@Americans4Arts #AEP5
Sample tweets
National results
The nonprofit arts have a $166 billion economic impact in the US! Learn more in @Americans4Arts #AEP5 study: americansforthearts.org/aep5
America’s nonprofit arts & culture industry supports 4.6 million jobs. Learn more in @Americans4Arts #AEP5 study: americansforthearts.org/aep5
The US nonprofit arts industry generates $27.5 billion in govt revenue. Learn more in @Americans4Arts #AEP5 study: americansforthearts.org/aep5
Spending by arts audiences sends $102.5 billion to local businesses. Learn more in @americans4arts #AEP5 study: americansforthearts.org/aep5
The arts are an economic & employment powerhouse! New @americans4arts study shows impact locally & nationally. #AEP5 americansforthearts.org/aep5
The arts deliver community well-being & economic vitality across the US. Learn more in @americans4arts #AEP5 study: americansforthearts.org/aep5
Local results
New Arts & Economic Prosperity Study from @americans4arts shows economic impact of arts in [MY COMMUNITY]. americansforthearts.org/aep5 #AEP5
The arts generate $[FIGURE] in economic activity in [MY COMMUNITY]! Learn more in @americans4arts’ #AEP5 study. americansforthearts.org/aep5
The arts support [FIGURE] full-time jobs in [MY COMMUNITY]! #AEP5 @americans4arts americansforthearts.org/aep5
The arts mean business in [MY COMMUNITY]—$[FIGURE] in local revenue, to be exact. #AEP5 @americans4arts americansforthearts.org/aep5
[MY COMMUNITY] ❤️s the arts—& the feeling is mutual! Learn more in @americans4arts #AEP5 economic impact study. americansforthearts.org/aep5
Sample Facebook / Instagram posts
Note: Links are not clickable in the body of Instagram posts; you may consider adding the AEP link in your Instagram bio and indicating in each post to click on the link in your bio for more information.
National results
The arts are an economic and employment powerhouse! A new economic impact study from Americans for the Arts shows that the U.S. nonprofit arts and culture industry spurs $166 billion in annual economic activity, supporting 4.6 million jobs and generating $27.5 billion in government revenue. #AEP5
http://www.americansforthearts.org/aep5
The arts mean business—$166 billion in economic activity [or $27.5 billion in government revenue, or 4.6 million jobs], to be exact. Learn more and find out how the nonprofit arts industry helps your community thrive in Americans for the Arts’ new Arts & Economic Prosperity study, the most comprehensive arts & culture economic impact study ever conducted. #AEP5
http://www.americansforthearts.org/aep5
Local results
The arts are an economic and employment powerhouse! A new economic impact study from Americans for the Arts shows that the nonprofit arts and culture industry in [MY COMMUNITY] generates $[FIGURE] in annual economic activity, supporting [FIGURE] full-time equivalent jobs and generating $[FIGURE] in local and state government revenues. #AEP5
http://www.americansforthearts.org/aep5
The arts mean business in [MY COMMUNITY]—$[FIGURE] in economic activity [or local revenue, or full-time jobs], to be exact. Learn more about the impact of nonprofit arts in [MY COMMUNITY] in Americans for the Arts’ new Arts & Economic Prosperity study, the most comprehensive arts & culture economic impact study ever conducted. #AEP5
http://www.americansforthearts.org/aep5
[MY COMMUNITY] ❤️s the arts—and the feeling is mutual! Learn more about how the arts make [MY COMMUNITY] a better place to live and work in in the new Americans for the Arts economic impact study. #AEP5
http://www.americansforthearts.org/aep5