July 2022 Accessibility Corner Blog: Accessibility & Philanthropy in the Arts

By: Elise Collins

Philanthropic funding is a critical resource to many arts organizations. Forty percent of all arts and culture funding in the US comes from private donors and eleven percent comes from governmental support. To make the arts more equitable, we have to look at the intersection of philanthropic funding in the arts and accessibility.

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