Thursday, February 23, 2006

Style Weekly in Richmond, Virginia

Style Weekly in Richmond, Virginia: "Too Much Charity? Some Nonprofits Think So
by Melissa Scott Sinclair
February 22, 2006

A small group of nonprofit service organizations are worried that Richmond is overrun with, um, nonprofit service organizations. There are just too many, some leaders in this group say. It’s creating an environment that leaves organizations with similar missions to fight for money as federal funding shrinks and shrinks. Yet more nonprofits keep sprouting to address needs that aren’t being met, observes Reggie Gordon, executive director of the William Byrd Community House in Oregon Hill. Something’s gotta give."

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