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Funding tight, but charities try to cope - baltimoresun.com: "Funding tight, but charities try to cope
Cuts in support by government and corporations present nonprofits with money-raising challenges
By Jamie Smith Hopkins
Sun reporter
Originally published January 13, 2006
Baltimore Reads' budget is a bit more than $1 million, which might sound good until you consider that it was four times larger a half-decade ago.

Its federal grants shrunk drastically after the government diverted welfare-to-work money away from programs that educate people but do not directly help them find employment, said Marlene C. McLaurin, the nonprofit's executive director. Appeals for private money didn't bring in nearly enough to bridge the gap. Her literacy group has cut its staff by more than half in the past five years, eliminated programs for children and reduced classes for adults."