This network diagram shows how the individuals who responded to our survey believe they provide resources to the important organizations in their daily lives. Only the strongest ties are shown, which depict the general interactions among these organizations and individuals. The resources that are exchanged could be information, material goods, or services. Because the diagram shows people and organizations, it is called a two-mode network diagram. There are not ties between people or between organizations, only between people and organizations. Each type of organization (such as schools or churches) and each group of people (such as men who report high informal arts participation) is represented as a node in this diagram. The nodes are circles for people and squares for organizations. Different colors distinguish between men, women, and organizations. The size of the node represents how active in informal arts the respondents were and how collaborative each type of organization reported being. Arrows represent the flow of resources from informal arts participants to each different type of organization. For example, the arrow from men that report high informal arts participation to churches shows that men who reported high informal arts participation told us that they provide a large amount of resources (information, services, etc.) to churches.

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This diagram illustrates seven key findings from the survey:

1. 1) Men with high informal arts participation report providing resources to a larger variety of organizations than other groups of men. These organizations are cultural organizations, schools, churches, media and arts and cultural groups.
3. 2) Women with moderate informal arts participation report providing resources to more different organizations than other women. These organizations are social clubs, home town associations, businesses, community centers, social service organizations, churches, media, and arts and cultural groups.
5. 3) Women with high informal arts participation report providing resources to businesses, schools and community centers.
6. 4) Women with some informal arts participation report providing resources to a number of different organizations: banks, cultural organizations, media, churches, social services, community centers, and schools.
8. 5) Men and women with low informal arts participation don’t report providing resources to any organizations.
10. 6) Churches, schools, and community centers receive the most resources from informal arts participants, followed by cultural organizations, social services, arts and cultural groups and businesses.
12. 7) Churches and schools bridge groups of men and women, while social services, community centers and businesses bond groups, especially women, together.

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