10 Things Fund-Raisers Won't Say - SmartMoney.com: "1. 'We're getting desperate.'
Times are tough for fund-raisers and the nonprofits they serve. For decades American individuals and institutions have increased their annual donating by an average of about 3 percent. But in 2009 they gave $304 billion, 3.2 percent less than in 2008, the worst drop since the 1980s, according to the GivingUSA Foundation. The result: An estimated one-fifth of the country's 1.2 million nonprofits have smaller budgets in 2011, with 7 percent at risk of shutting down."
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