Recession Taking Toll on Non Profits

Just received my Listening Post eNews from The Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies

The title of this news was "RECESSION TAKING A TOLL ON NONPROFIT WORKERS AND PROGRAMS"

One statement in the summary said "Nonprofits have been stretched to the breaking point," noted Peter Goldberg, chair of the Listening Post Project Steering Committee and president and CEO of the Alliance for Children and Families. "It is crucial to take steps now to help sustain the vital work of America’s nonprofit organizations."

We're holding our annual Golf Benefit tomorrow, and it's great to see that many of the golfers and sponsors are people who have supported us in past years. However, many are sponsoring at lower levels, and there are not enough new donors to help us offset losses from grants and other donors.

Today was the third day of our annual 3-day workshop with graduate students from Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin. I encourage you to read what some of our interns and staff wrote about this.

These experiences are invaluable, yet at risk because of the recession and its impact on donations.

You can help change that by telling people you know to visit our web sites and see how we're not just helping kids in one neighborhood via Cabrini Connections, but trying to help kids in many neighborhoods via the Tutor/Mentor Connection. If we expand the network, we expand the donor base.

We keep doing this work.