Tuesday, May 31 2011 4:08PM
Without contributions, a number of California nonprofits may not last past the end of this year.
The economy is not only hurting rural families in need of money to survive, but also the nonprofits they usually rely on for financial aid, services and support. A new report by United Way shows a number of nonprofits in rural counties in Southern California are struggling to get money to help households in need.
Four out of 10 nonprofits in the Bay Area stated in the United Way's Bay Area Nonprofit Pulse Survey they are unsure whether they will survive through the end of the year, as funding has hit a near all-time low, due in large part to the recession.
Anne Wilson, CEO of United Way of the Bay Area, said it could take years to get many nonprofits working at pre-recession levels again if they don't receive adequate funding soon.
Tony Pearsall, executive director of Fighting Back Partnership, a nonprofit in Vallejo County, told the Vallejo Times-Herald that funding efforts haven't been there this year as they have in the past, leading to harsh economic times for his nonprofit and others in the area.
"We have some 25 percent more families coming for help than we've had in the past, but we don't have more funds to help them, and in fact, the county cut funding for our Family Resource Centers by 10 percent last year," Pearsall told the paper.