Tampa Bay Businesses for Culture and the Arts, TBBCA, is a 501(c) (3) founded in 1989, one of 11 national Business Committees for the Arts, part of the private sector network and national pARTnership Movement of Americans for the Arts. TBBCA mission is to unite Tampa Bay businesses to champion arts and culture for a prosperous community. TBBCA pARTnerships and programs connect, motivate and recognize the business community’s leadership and support of arts and culture as vital economic drivers, catalysts for innovation, creativity, transformation and development, and essential contributors to quality of life. FIN#592948216 #CH32681 Our Philosophy The arts are good for business – and business is good for the arts. The economic impact of a vibrant arts and cultural sector is important and unique, helping to attract and retain businesses and a talented workforce, supporting jobs, generating government revenue, serving as the cornerstone of tourism, inducing large amounts of related and ancillary spending by audiences, and helping local businesses thrive. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, for example, now publishes an annual Arts & Cultural Production Satellite Account, which extends beyond the nonprofit sector to include the full breadth of commercial and for-profit arts, education, and individual artists and lists the sector as a $730 billion industry (4.2 percent of the nation’s GDP – a larger share of the economy than transportation, tourism, agriculture, and construction). For more information on TBBCA, or to join the pARTnership movement, contact Executive Director at celestedavis@tbbca.org or 813-221-2787