While historically, agencies facing public cuts look to private donors to fill funding gaps, organizations serving poor and minority communities are at a stark disadvantage when it comes to accessing donations from private foundations and rich funders compared to their wealthy counterparts.
Those most in need of federal support to begin with are hardest hit by budget cuts. A 2011 report by the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy found that 55% of philanthropy went to 2% of arts organizations with budgets over 5 million.
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