
Read First: Part 1
1.0 Introduction
Part 1 of this research showed that the Twin Cities (Metropolitan area) received approximately 24%-36% more funding in absolute terms than Metro Detroit, but, this disparity is unevenly distributed, with Detroit nonprofit arts and culture organizations of over $1M/year doing relatively well, and small nonprofits, individual artists, and other grassroots organizations doing significantly worse. In addition, the composition of the funding is noticeably different, with the Twin Cities having approximately 240% more discretionary funding than Metro Detroit.
In Part 2, we will compare the two art and culture ecosystems in terms of (i) the distribution of nonprofits by revenue size, (ii) the nature of support for creative individuals and community-based art and culture nonprofits, and (iii) the total combined nonprofit art and culture revenue.
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