2006--The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

“My sense is we’re going to see some record-breaking major contributions, kind of real path defining, if you will -- together with a broad-based general increase in philanthropic support of nonprofits,” he says.

More nonprofit organizations: This is good news and bad news, Knerr says -- good in that it’s a hopeful thing when individuals feel the need for a new nonprofit to meet a particular local or community need or broad-based issue, but not so good “in that there already are lots and lots and lots of nonprofit organizations, and many of them are struggling ... in terms of cutbacks in public funding or they’re not upscale or they don’t have the infrastructure to really be able to thrive in a highly competitive environment.”