Thursday, October 18, 2007

Where does a nonprofit organization go for funding?

Where does a nonprofit organization go for funding?: "Where does a nonprofit organization go for funding? GIVING BY CAROL _MCLAUGHLIN Chief Program Officer of the Southwest Florida Community Foundation
Nonprofit agencies face an everdecreasing funding sources. Federal, state and county money for nonprofits is diminishing. As more agencies are established to meet the evergrowing need for services, the pot available to nonprofits gets smaller.

There are regional and national funders who may be compatible partners in providing capital for programs, projects or just for operating expenses but it is up to the nonprofit organizations to reach out to find these partnerships and tell their stories.

A new resource available to nonprofit organizations is the Southwest Florida Community Foundation Cooperating Collection. The Community Foundation was accepted as a site for the Cooperating Collection of the Foundation Center in New York. What does this mean for the nonprofits and the communities we serve?"

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