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Arts Funding: All Update on Foundation Trends provides a framework for understanding recent trends in foundation support for arts and culture and spotlights new and leading arts funders. The report focus on grantmaking in 1996 and analyzes over 11,000 arts grants awarded by 800+ foundations, providing a detailed picture of giving priorities in the field. Among other topics, Arts Funding compares the growth of foundation arts support in the 1900s with other sources of support, examines changes in giving for specific arts disciplines, and explores shifts in the types of support funders award. This new edition of Arts Funding also includes several enhancements, such as an analysis of arts grantmakers and recipients by region, an overview of arts funding by family foundations, an examination of the impact of smaller grants on the field, and brief profiles of arts grantmakers that support individual artists.