Preparing for Multiple Futures Is the Key for Nonprofits in an Age of Intersecting Calamities

[...]they lost a critical window when they could innovate and seize their future. There are lots of actions that foundations and nonprofits can take that use the disruption of the status quo in the current moment as a way to try to rethink and reset long-established systems. [...]limits on federal s...

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Published inThe Chronicle of philanthropy
Main Authors Holk, Jennifer, Kasper, Gabriel
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington Chronicle of Higher Education 01.11.2020
Subjects
Commercial real estate
COVID-19
Disruption
Donors
Government agencies
Local government
Newspaper industry
Nonprofit organizations
Pandemics
Social services
Stimulus
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Summary:[...]they lost a critical window when they could innovate and seize their future. There are lots of actions that foundations and nonprofits can take that use the disruption of the status quo in the current moment as a way to try to rethink and reset long-established systems. [...]limits on federal stimulus relief, combined with sizable budget cuts, are likely to drastically impair the ability of state and local governments to provide health, education, and other social services. If government agencies are forced to retrench, it will leave enormous pockets of need that nonprofits, donors, and foundations will be asked to fill — even though they do not have anything close to sufficient resources to cover the gap. [...]it’s now clear that a significant number of nonprofits will be forced to consolidate or close their doors.
ISSN:1040-676X
1943-3980