+“When we think about raising wages, we think that’s a good thing, but the question is: How do these things get paid for,” says Sheila Bravo, CEO of the Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement.
+The measure could also seriously impact nonprofits, according to Melissa Hopkins, vice president of sector advancement for the Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement.
+Most community-based nonprofits are locked into federal, state and local contracts that will not honor the increased employee costs that the wage increase brings, meaning that nonprofits would have to use or raise charitable dollars to subsidize...
+As champions for our strong and vital non-profit sector, the Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits and its members believe every individual deserves to make a living wage.
+Higher wages also help nonprofits retain employees and make jobs in the sector affordable for people who find the work rewarding.
+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.
+CalNonprofits, the state nonprofit industry’s lobbying arm, conditionally endorsed unspecified wage-hike...
+Unlike a big-name retailer or fast-food establishment that can absorb a wage increase by charging a few extra dollars for a cheeseburger, most nonprofits do not have such direct means of absorbing wage increases, said Doug Sauer, CEO of the New...
+Nancy Berlin from the California Association of Nonprofits said a survey of their members found that 77 percent of nonprofits support a minimum wage increase.
