Vermont arts organizations work hard to keep donors and attract a new generation of patrons

The arts community in northwestern Vermont needs friends — and their funds — as never before. Alex Aldrich, executive director of the Vermont Council on the Arts, says the budgets of Vermont's 40 to 50 largest arts groups add up to more than $30 million, and perhaps as much as $50 million (no accurate tally exists). More than a third of that money, and perhaps as much as half, must be raised from individuals, foundations and business patrons.

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