In all, at least 23 women hold top leadership positions in the county's nonprofit arts organizations.

Of the total, $45.2 million is to go directly to grants for nonprofit arts and cultural organizations that have programs for the public.

Rothman is active in the nonprofit arts and education arenas.

In 1996, the latest year for which information is available, the nonprofit arts and cultural industry brought about $1.36 billion annually into the state.

Ours is a "bottom up" approach to strengthening nonprofit arts and culture in this country.

But then the whole point of subsidy for nonprofit arts disappears.

Take a look at the scale of this industry of the nonprofit arts.

More than 50 percent of the operating income for the nonprofit arts had to be raised from contributions.

Raising money is a continuing problem for virtually all nonprofit arts institutions.

Last year in Westchester, nonprofit arts generated $28 million for the local economy.