Poll shows area nonprofit organizations will lose $15 million this year

BRING YOU SOME MORE UPDATES.HERE AT KMTV, WE ARE STILLWORKING HARD TO BRING YOUINFORMATION AND RESOURCES TOHELP EVERYONE REBOUND FROM ALLTHE CHALLENGES THE LAST YEAR HASBROUT.GHNON-PROFITS THAT RELIED ON THEGENEROSITY FROM THE COMMUNITYWERE HIT HARD AS PEOPLE ANDBUSINESSES STRUGGLED ANDDONATIONS DWINDLED.3 NEWS NOW REPORTER,DANIELLE DAVIS, GIVES US ACLOSER LOOK AT HOW NON PROTSFIFAIR.EDTHE NUMBERS ARE IN FOR THENONPROFIT PULSE POLL AND THEPROFIT NUMBERS FOR CHARITABLEORGANIZATIONS ARE DOWN,EXPECTING A LOSS OF MORE THAN 15MILLION DOLLARS ISTH YEAR.HANNAH YOUNG, COMMUNICATIONSMANAGER, NONPROFIT ASSOCIATIONOF THE MIDLANDS(4949):42 - 53"MOST NON-PROFITS ANTICIPATE NOTBEING BACK TO PRE-PANDEMICSTABILITY FOR 12-24 MONTHS, SOTHAT IS SUCH A LONG TIME ANDTHERE ARE JUST A LOT OF THINGSWE DON’T KNOW YET IN THENON-PROFIT COMMUNITY."THE NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION OF THEMIDLANDS..

OR NAM... IS AMEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION, WHIT700 CHARITY GROUPS.NAM, LOOKS TO HELP OTHERCHARITABLE COMPANIES GROW,STRENGTHEN THEIR PHILANTHROPICGOALS AS WELL AS KEEP THEM ONTRACK THWI THEIR MISSION.DANIELLE DAVIS(4976)"159 NON PROFITS IN NEBRASKA ANDSOUTHWEST IOWA RESPONDED TO THEPOLL.

NOT SURPRISING THEIRNUMBER ONE CONCERN WAS MONEY,ESPECIALLY ORGANIZATIONS THATHAVE BEEN UNDERFUNDED IN THEPAST."FROM THE POLL, OF THOSE ATTHSURVIVED THE PANDEMIC, 16PERCENT FEEL LESS FINANCIALLYSTABLE THAN LAST YEAR.AND 6 PERCENT REPORT THEY ARECURRENTLY IN A FINANCIAL CRISIS.HANNAH YOUNG, COMMUNICATIONSMANAGER, NONPROFIT ASSOCIATIONOF THE MIDLANDS.(4949)2:18 - 2:29"WE HAD PEOPLE WHO WERE ACTUALLYABLE TO EXPAND THEIR PROGRAMSAND OFFERINGS VIRTUALLY, BECAUSEOF COVID, BUT SOME PEOPLE AREHAVING TO REEL THEM CKBADEPENDING ON WHERE THEY ARE ATFINANCIALLY."WHILE NON-PROFITS ARE STILLSTRUGGLING, YOUNG AD TDSHAT THATDOESN’T HAVE TO BE THE CASE.(4949)3:45 - 3:58"WHEN YOU FIRST THOUGHT OFGIVING TO NON-PROFITS IT ISPROBABLY GOING TO BE THE FIRSTRESPONDERS TO GIVE TO, NATURALLYTHAT JUST MAKE SENSE.

SO WHATNON-PROFITDIS DN’T PEOPLE THINKABOUT AN HOW ARE THEY REACTING."YOUNG SAYS SHE IS HOPINGORGANIZATIONS WILL TEAKADVANTAGE OF THE MANY DIFFERENTSERVICES THE NONPROFITASSOCIATION OF THE MIDLANDS SHATO OFFER.AND AN ADDED PERK, MEMBERS CANUSE THEIR CONFERENCE ROOMS FORTRAINING, MEETINGS AND VOLUNTEERBRIEFINGS.IN OMAHA, DANIELLE DAVIS, 3 NEWSW.NOSOME NON-PROFITS THAT MANAGED TOSTAY OPEN ARE CONSIDERINGCOLLABORATION WITH OTHERS IFTHEIR MISSION AND GOALS ALIGN.TO FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN HELP,YOU CAN CONTACT THE NONPROFITASSOCIATION OF THE MIDLANDS ATNON PROFIT AM DOT ORG.WE WILL ALSO HAVE A DIRECT LINKTO THEIR NONPROFIT PUL