Erwin de Leon: Sequestration's Damaging Effects on Nonprofits and Needy Families

Erwin de Leon: Sequestration's Damaging Effects on Nonprofits and Needy Families: An Urban Institute national survey of human service organizations determined that in 2009, over 30,000 nonprofits had about 200,000 contracts and grants from federal, state, and local governments amounting to $100 billion. Government funding accounted for over 65 percent of the total revenue of organizations surveyed. Sixty percent of nonprofits said government contracts and grants were their largest funding source.