The Latest Lowdown on Government Money

Nonprofits feel like they can't argue with this because they know that the government will give the contract to someone else if they do. They think, "Well, we'll find the rest of the money somewhere."

But when the nonprofit has to compromise this way, the quality of the service goes down.

The state government is refusing to pay for the true cost of providing services. Most nonprofit executive directors are tremendously afraid to speak up about this. They're afraid that if you speak up and say there's a problem, it will mean you won't get the contract again. And very often they are right.