A recent story from Minnesota Public Radio highlights the challenges of funding disparities experienced by ALAANA (African, Latino/a, Asian, Arab, and Native American) arts organizations:
The Twin Cities continues to diversify culturally, and an increasing number of nonprofit organizations are geared to serve its diverse communities. But the vast majority of philanthropic support is still going to major institutions that serve a majority white and upper-class audience. . . . While larger, mainstream organizations receive the bulk of arts funding, [said Arleta Little, arts program officer at The McKnight Foundation], smaller organizations — particularly those working with and led by people of color — are kept in a perpetual survival mode.