GuideStar’s Data Paint Clear Picture: Many Charities Face Big Challenges

To the Editor:

In a letter to the editor (“The Nonprofit World’s Finances Are Not as Bleak as a New Study Suggests,” September 23), Lester Salamon commented on GuideStar’s 2010 Economic Survey, taking us to task for what he felt was an overly grim picture of the effects of the economic downturn on the charitable sector.

We at GuideStar stand by our interpretation of the data