D.C. and N.Y. Charities Reveal Recession Jitters in New Surveys

These findings are not surprising, says Gayle A. Brandel, president of Professionals for NonProfits.

“Whenever we find that an organization has to go through some sort of a budget trimming, unfortunately we find that it affects programs, and they tend to be able to cut programs much more quickly, much more easily than they can other things. So programs tend to be cut first,” Mr. Brandel says.