Nonprofits not immune to cutbacks for workers

Nonprofits not immune to cutbacks for workers: "Nonprofits not immune to cutbacks for workers
Robert Franklin, Star Tribune
October 16, 2004 NONPROFIT1016


Nonprofit organizations continued hiring while private employers and government agencies cut back last year. The result: Nearly 10 percent of employed Minnesotans do nonprofit work.
But it's not all good news, according to a report issued Friday by the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits.
About 90 percent of the 5,920 new jobs -- and two-thirds of all workers at nonprofits -- are in health care, including hospitals, nursing homes and clinics. But the most numerous nonprofits are social service agencies, and some have hit tough times, the report said.
Ask Tom Reynolds, whose small south Minneapolis nonprofit has laid off people, frozen salaries and lowered its budget.
Reynolds is executive director of Whittier Community Development Corp., which boasts of helping 300 small businesses in its neighborhood and 1,200 along Lake Street in the past 15 years."