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A study by the Illinois based group, Openthebooks.com found millions of dollars in federal arts grants is going to wealthy non-profits, all paid for by taxpayers. The group is one of the nation’s largest private database of government spending and broke down the numbers on the National Endowment of Arts and Humanities. Their findings suggest the majority of the grants go to wealthy nonprofits, some of which already have endowments already over 1 billion dollars.
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Among those also includes those in the more obscure category, like a sightseeing tour for saguaro cactuses in the Arizona desert. “They green lit a ten thousand dollar grant so people can go on a tour to see the saguaro cactus, to listen to the cactus, to hear the cactus speak to them, and then share their findings on social media.”
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