How Boston and Other American Cities Support and Sustain the Arts
In January 2016, the Boston Foundation commissioned a new study on how Boston and 10 other American cities support the arts including funding from individuals, foundations, corporations and local government. The study shows that only New York City has higher per capita contributed revenue for the art than Boston. However, the study also shows that Boston’s arts organizations receive the least government funding per capita among the comparison cities and that Boston has relatively few foundations making grants to the arts.
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