Non-Profit Arts surpasses cultural tourism and rivals the TV and Film industry in combined economic impact. Lower Manhattan’s shift from financial center to a residential neighborhood requires grassroots community cultural development.

The arts and culture generated by non-profits are the international face of New York City. Media and technology development are our future. Recent studies also show that an artistic ecosystem has a much broader and more rapidly accelerating effect on community than one central large-scale arts facility. 3LD has already begun turning Lower Manhattan into a 24/7 neighborhood.

We bring major institutions like Columbia University, NYU, The New Yorker Festival, Under the Radar and The Public Theater as well as 300,000 audience members and 700 artists year from 23 countries to a formerly blighted neighborhood.