DETROIT -- A Miami-based foundation is providing $20 million to Detroit's top art institutions, as well as smaller organizations in the city.

The Knight Foundation, which invests in journalism and the arts in cities where brothers John S. and James L. Knight once published newspapers, made the announcement on Wednesday.

Money is being provided to Detroit's "anchor arts institutions to reimagine their relationships with the community through innovation and experimentation."

"Great art, tough art, challenging art helps to tell a great city's own story. Nowhere is this more true than today's Detroit," said Alberto Ibarguen, Knight Foundation president, in a statement.

"This is the place where art, culture and design have changed the narrative of a community. And in the art world, Detroit has become the new Berlin."

The grants include about $8 million to support innovation at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Sphinx Organization, Michigan Opera Theatre and the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit.

Smaller organizations, including the Concert of Colors, Cinetopia Film Festival and Young Nation, will split $3.2 million, according to the Associated Press.

Another $6 million will go to the Knight Arts Challenge, a competition open to individual artists and arts groups. An additional $2.8 million will be awarded In 2019 go arts projects and organizations that align with the strategic goals of its overall arts investment in Detroit.

Since 2012, the Knight Foundation has awarded $52 million to Detroit's arts community.

"Detroit is rewriting its narrative, and artists are leading the way," said Victoria Rogers, VP for arts at Knight Foundation. "With our funding, we look to add to that momentum, supporting organizations big and small, as a way to build community through the arts."