Michigan art groups get million-dollar grant to secure future Detroit Free Press

Jul 17, 2009
That’s the thinking behind a $1-million challenge grant announced today by the Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan. The grant is tied to an online marketing and fund-raising initiative that could generate as much as $3 million in operating funds for about 80 member groups of the Cultural Alliance of Southeast Michigan.

The money comes at a critical time for metro Detroit’s arts organizations, which have lost millions of dollars in corporate, individual and government support during the recession and have been forced to lay off staff, cut salaries and eliminate artistic programs. The grant also underscores the increasingly important role local foundations are playing in helping to sustain local arts groups, from large institutions like the Detroit Symphony Orchestra to midsize and grassroots groups.

“We want to help groups with money, but we also want to help them understand that so much of the future is online,” said foundation president Mariam Noland. “If

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