Enriching our culture and engaging diverse and underserved communities, small arts organizations pop up, flourish, and sometimes flounder, mostly under the philanthropic radar. They often foster artistic expressions not adequately served by larger organizations.
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There is no doubt that the face of art and culture in the United States is changing.
2007, 29 pages. Grantcraft, 320 East 43rd Street, New York, NY, 10017, 212-573-4879, www.grantcraft.org
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As the Twentieth Century approaches a finale, the arts in America exist in a vast array of styles, disciplines and organizational structures. The purpose here is to examine one major organizational component of the American arts scene, the nonprofit sector, as an organic system that has progressed through three distinct stages over the past century.