August 21, 2011
Tough Economy Takes a Toll on Nonprofits Designed to Serve Rural Americans
The bad economy and changes in priorities at America’s big foundations have caused big financial woes for nonprofits that serve rural America.
Exhibit A is the near-collapse of the Big Sky Institute for the Advancement of Nonprofits, in Helena, Mont., a group known for documenting the “philanthropic divide” in states such as Mississippi, Montana, and Vermont that hold few foundation assets.
Following a challenge from Sen. Max Baucus, Democrat of Montana, for
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