+“Workforce shortages at other areas mean an inconvenience,” said David Thompson. “At non-profits, it means a crisis.”
Thompson is the Vice President of Public Policy with the National Council of Nonprofits.
+The study was produced by the Nonprofit Association of Oregon, Portland State University’s Nonprofit Institute, Mercy Corps Northwest and Oregon Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters.
+“We are hearing from a lot of nonprofits that donors are bunching gifts through a donor-advised fund, where they can get the tax benefit while contributing,” says Jim White, executive director of the ...
+But some nonprofits lag behind for-profit crowdfunding campaigns as consumers give more to businesses and individual causes, no matter how outlandish.
+Nonprofit directors are scratching their heads over provisions in the Republican tax reform package that could lead to a drop in charitable giving.
+Additionally, the Nonprofit Association of Oregon fears a decline in charitable giving could negatively impact the overall economy. Nonprofits employ more than 183,000 people in the state of Oregon, according to the NAO.
+There are more than 17,000 nonprofit organizations in Oregon. A vast majority of those have no paid staff. But between those that do, there are about 172,000 employees, said Jim White, executive director of the Nonprofit Association of Oregon.
+"Nonprofits in Oregon as a business class are a major economic force of employment," says Jim White, executive director of the Nonprofit Association of Oregon.
+“While the name ‘nonprofit’ implies that there cannot be profit, this is not at all true,” according to Alexis Millett, the rural programs and helpline manager for the Nonprofit Association of Oregon.
Legislatures in more than 40 states have convened in recent weeks, and governors are taking the opportunity to set their agendas through inaugural addresses and annual State of the State/Commonwealth speeches.
