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Nonprofit arts receive $345,000 in stimulus money | detnews.com | The Detroit News: "Nonprofit arts receive $345,000 in stimulus money
Michael H. Hodges / Detroit News Arts Writer

Like a gentle summer rain, more federal stimulus money is sprinkling down on Michigan arts-and-culture nonprofits badly parched by the economic crisis.

The state-run Michigan Council for the Arts & Cultural Affairs announced Friday it's distributing $345,000 in federal money to 30 groups across the state, all intended to preserve jobs in the hard-hit cultural sector. Like recent direct grants to Michigan organizations from the National Endowment for the Arts, the money comes from the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act that Congress passed this spring -- better known as the 'stimulus bill.'"