Friday, January 30, 2009

Credit Crisis Is Leaving Charities Low on Cash - NYTimes.com

Credit Crisis Is Leaving Charities Low on Cash - NYTimes.com: "While nonprofits are working feverishly to accommodate increased demand, they are facing severe financial constraints that are threatening their ability to go on, much less expand their services,” said Diana Aviv, president and chief executive of Independent Sector, a nonprofit trade association.

Almost three-quarters of nonprofits in the United States receive some type of government financing, according to new research by the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago, and about half of those count on that aid for at least half of their budgets."

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