Group studies value of service - Roanoke.com

Group studies value of service - Roanoke.com: "Group studies value of service
The agency wants to learn how much nonprofit groups add to Roanoke's economy.

Matt Chittum

When city leaders toughened application requirements for nonprofit groups seeking city grants last year, they did it without input from the nonprofits themselves.

The groups objected that some of the requirements were onerous for smaller organizations in particular, and won some concessions.

But to them, the message was clear: Too many people don't understand or respect the value of nonprofit organizations.

Now the Nonprofit Resource Center of Western Virginia is out to prove the value of nonprofits in actual dollars and cents -- and win the respect they feel they deserve."