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		<title>How Your Gift Makes a Difference</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Approximately two-thirds of our operating budget each season is comprised of contributed income.  It is a basic and unadorned truth that we could not fulfill our mission without contributions from the community.  That adds up to one meaningful difference! Your gift makes a difference because adequate support of our programs means: Our touring productions will [...] <p class="more_link"><a href="http://metrotheatercompany.org/support/how-your-gift-makes-a-difference/how-your-gift-makes-a-difference/">Click here to learn more</a></p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Approximately two-thirds of our operating budget each season is comprised of contributed income.  It is a basic and unadorned truth that we could not fulfill our mission without contributions from the community.  That adds up to one meaningful difference!</p>
<p>Your gift makes a difference because adequate support of our programs means:</p>
<ul>
<li>Our<a href="http://metrotheatercompany.org/section/performances/touring-productions/"> touring productions</a> will continue to reach some 20,000 young people every season, including some who may not otherwise have the opportunity to experience live performance.</li>
<li>Our commitment to <a href="http://metrotheatercompany.org/section/performances/new-work-development/">new work development</a> will continue to add new plays to the canon of dramatic literature for young audiences, as well as to feed the artists who create it.</li>
<li>Our <a href="http://metrotheatercompany.org/section/education/school-residencies/">school residencies</a> will continue to nurture meaningful learning though the arts, as they have done for thousands of young people across the region.</li>
<li>Our <a href="http://metrotheatercompany.org/section/education/professional-development/">professional development</a> programs will continue to provide critical support to educators as they contend with mounting pressures to increase student achievement.</li>
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<p>Here&#8217;s what it all looks like in terms of relevant income/expenses::</p>
<h3>Income<img class="size-full wp-image-2723 alignright" title="Sum-Income-rev" src="http://metrotheatercompany.org/wp-content/uploads/Sum-Income-rev.jpg" alt="" width="350" height="100" /></h3>
<h4>Earned Income:</h4>
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<li>Fees and Admissions
<ul>
<li>Touring</li>
<li>Mainstage</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Education Services</li>
<li>Other Earned Income</li>
</ul>
<h4>Contributed Income:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Public and Federated Funds</li>
<li>Corporate Support</li>
<li>Foundation Grants</li>
<li>Gifts from Individuals</li>
</ul>
<h3>Expenses<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-2724" title="Sum-Expense-rev" src="http://metrotheatercompany.org/wp-content/uploads/Sum-Expense-rev.jpg" alt="" width="350" height="100" /></h3>
<h4>Program Activities</h4>
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<li>Touring</li>
<li>Mainstage</li>
<li>Education</li>
<li>New Work Development / R&amp;D</li>
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<h4>Supporting Activities</h4>
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<li>Administrative</li>
<li>Fund Raising</li>
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