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How government partnerships with nonprofits are changing under Trump
How government partnerships with nonprofits are changing under Trump

Fast Company

time16 hours ago

  • Business
  • Fast Company

How government partnerships with nonprofits are changing under Trump

Dawn Price signs rent checks worth about $160,000 every month for 79 people that her nonprofit helps house in Laguna Beach, California. Usually, she logs into an online portal to withdraw enough from an account funded by a grant from the federal housing agency. But in February, she couldn't. Access had been temporarily cut off for many housing organizations as part of the Trump administration's cuts and funding freezes. 'That was just a sea change for us for those dollars to be so immediately at risk,' said Price, the executive director of Friendship Shelter, which started in 1987 as a community organization. Access was eventually restored but the episode took a toll. 'Government moves slowly usually, and I think what was so disorienting early on was government was moving really fast,' she said. In the early days of his second term, President Donald Trump froze, cut or threatened to cut a huge range of social services programs from public safety to early childhood education to food assistance and services for refugee resettlement. Staffing cuts to federal agencies have also contributed to delays and uncertainty around future grant funds. Altogether, his policies are poised to upend decades of partnerships the federal government has built with nonprofits to help people in their communities. This vast and interconnected set of programs funded by taxpayers has been significantly dismantled in just months, nonprofit leaders, researchers and funders say. And even deeper, permanent cuts are still possible. That uncertainty is also taking a toll on their staff and communities, the leaders said. In response to questions about the cuts to grant funding, White House spokesperson Kush Desai said, 'Instead of government largesse that's often riddled with corruption, waste, fraud, and abuse, the Trump administration is focused on unleashing America's economic resurgence to fuel Americans' individual generosity.' He pointed to a new deduction for charitable giving included in the recently passed tax and spending law that he said encourages Americans' 'innate altruism.' But experts say private donations will not be enough to meet the needs. In 2021, $267 billion was granted to nonprofits from all levels of government, according to an analysis by the Urban Institute published in February. While the data includes tax-exempt organizations like local food pantries as well as universities and nonprofit hospitals, it underestimates the total funding that nonprofits receive from the government. It includes grants, but not contracts for services nor reimbursements from programs like Medicare. It also excludes the smallest nonprofits, which file a different, abbreviated tax form. However, the figure does give a sense of the scale of the historic — and, until now, solid — relationship between the public sector and nonprofits over the last 50 years. Now, this system is at risk and leaders like Price say the cost of undoing it will be 'catastrophic.' Government funding to nonprofits reaches far and wide The Urban Institute's analysis shows more than half of nonprofits in every state received government grants in 2021. In the vast majority of the country, the typical nonprofit would run a deficit without government funding. Only in two Congressional districts — one including parts of Orange County, California, and another in the suburbs west of Atlanta — would a typical nonprofit not be in the red if they lost all of their public grant funding, the analysis found. But in Orange County, famous for its stunning beaches, mansions and extraordinary wealth, funders, nonprofits and researchers said that finding surprised them. In part, that's because of major economic inequalities in the county and its high cost of living. Taryn Palumbo, executive director of Orange County Grantmakers, said nonprofits are not as optimistic about their resiliency. 'They are seeing their budgets getting slashed by 50% or 40%,' she said. 'Or they're having to look to restructure programs that they are running or how they're serving or the number of people that they're serving.' Last year, the local Samueli Foundation commissioned a study of nonprofit needs in part because they were significantly increasing their grantmaking from $18.8 million in 2022 to an estimated $125 million in 2025. They found local nonprofits reported problems maintaining staff, a deep lack of investment in their operations and a dearth of flexible reserve funds. The foundation responded by opening applications for both unrestricted grants and to support investments in buildings or land. Against this $10 million in potential awards, they received 1,242 applications for more than $250 million, said Lindsey Spindle, the foundation's president. 'It tells a really stark picture of how unbelievably deep and broad the need is,' Spindle said. 'There is not a single part of the nonprofit sector that has not responded to these funds. Every topic you can think of: poverty, animal welfare, arts and culture, civil rights, domestic abuse… They're telling us loud and clear that they are struggling to stay alive.' Charitable organizations have held a special role in the U.S. One of the founding stories of the United States is the importance of the voluntary sector, of neighbors helping neighbors and of individuals solving social problems. While other liberal democracies built strong welfare states, the U.S. has preferred to look to the charitable sector to provide a substantial part of social services. Since the 1960s, the federal government has largely funded those social services by giving money to nonprofits, universities, hospitals and companies. Several new policies converged at that time to create this system, including the expansion of the federal income tax during World War II and the codification of tax-exempt charitable organizations in 1954. Then, the Kennedy and Johnson administrations started to fund nonprofits directly with federal money as part of urban renewal and Great Society programs. 'It was a key approach of midcentury liberalism of addressing issues of poverty, sort of making a reference to civil rights and racial inequality, but not growing the size of government,' said Claire Dunning, an assistant professor of public policy at the University of Maryland, College Park. Conservatives also tended to support working through local, private, nonprofit organizations, though for different reasons than liberals, she said. With various expansions and cuts during different presidencies, the federal government has continued to fund nonprofits at significant levels, essentially hiding the government in plain sight, Dunning said. The size and importance of the nonprofit apparatus became suddenly visible in January when the Trump administration sought to freeze federal grants and loans. Dunning said the speed, hostility and scale of the proposed cuts broke with the long legacy of bipartisan support for nonprofits. 'People had no idea that the public health information or services they are receiving, their Meals on Wheels program, their afterschool tutoring program, the local park cleanup were actually enabled by public government dollars,' she said. A coalition of nonprofits challenged the freeze in court in a case that is ongoing, but in the six months since, the administration has cut, paused or discontinued a vast array of programs and grants. The impacts of some of those policy changes have been felt immediately, but many will not hit the ground until current grant funding runs out, which could be in months or years depending on the programs. Private donations can't replace scale of government support Friendship Shelter in Laguna Beach has an annual budget of about $15 million, $11.5 million of which comes from government sources. Price said the government funding is 'braided' in complex ways to house and support 330 people. They've already lost a rental reimbursement grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. But the Samueli Foundation stepped in to backfill those lost funds for three years. That kind of support is extremely unusual, she said. 'We don't know of any large-scale private philanthropy response to keeping people housed because it's a forever commitment,' Price said. 'That person is in housing and is going to need the subsidy for the rest of their lives. These are seriously disabled people with multiple issues that they're facing that they need help with.' She also believes that even in a wealthy place like Orange County, private donors are not prepared to give five, six or eight times as much as they do currently. Donors already subsidize their government grants, which she said pay for 69% of the actual program costs. 'We are providing this service to our government at a loss, at a business loss, and then making up that loss with these Medicaid dollars and also the private fundraising,' she said. She said her organization has discussed having to put people out of housing back on to the streets if the government funding is cut further. 'That would be, I think, a signal to me that something is deeply, deeply wrong with how we're looking at these issues,' said Price, adding, 'If I was placing a bet, I would bet that we have enough good still in government to prevent that.' ___

Mum found dead with daughter feared losing her
Mum found dead with daughter feared losing her

BBC News

time16 hours ago

  • BBC News

Mum found dead with daughter feared losing her

A mother who was found dead alongside her disabled daughter in their home had repeatedly refused support from local services, an inquest has bodies of Alphonsine Djiako Leuga, 47, and 18-year-old Loraine Choulla were found on 21 May 2024 in a house in Hartley Road in Radford, Nottingham, though it was believed they had been dead for some time before they were discovered. Nottingham Coroner's Court heard they had moved into their council home in June 2019 following a homelessness in the years before her death, Alphonsine's engagement with housing and social services dwindled and she feared her youngest daughter would be taken away. The inquest, which started on Monday, heard how Alphonsine had called 999 from her house in February, pleading for an ambulance and saying she could not after the call was mistakenly considered an abandoned call and closed, nobody medical cause of death was proposed as pneumonia while her daughter's was "unascertained".On Tuesday, the court heard how in the years she lived in Hartley Road, Alphonsine started to refuse access to her property from housing services and other social care agencies. Alphonsine had been in the property since 2019 and initially engaged with council a statement read to the court, assistant director for tenancy and estate services at Nottingham City Council, Kathy Sheldon, said after 2021 "access to the property became more difficult".Several inspections were missed and as a result the gas supply to the property was capped in 2023. In October that year Alphonsine asked the city council for the gas to be turned back on, but did not grant access to her property for that to happen, the inquest was told. That meant from 2023 the house had no hot water and no heating. The court also heard how Loraine, who had Down's Syndrome and learning disabilities, stopped attending her SEN school from 2022, after her mother asked for her placement to be had been raised by the school between 2021 and 2022 about her daughter's low also refused help with Loraine's college applications and in September 2022 Loraine was "formally [considered] not in education, employment, or training", the inquest was told there was also a lack of engagement with support from the city council's Whole Life Disability Team, which provides specialist social care to Brettel, a city council SEND director, said in a statement: "Loraine was trying to engage with professionals but Alphonsine was trying to prevent her from doing so."During a conversation with Alphonsine, she expressed that she was really worried about Loraine."He added Alphonsine expressed fear that the specialist social care workers would "take Loraine away from her". Alphonsine, who was originally from Cameroon, moved from Italy - where her two daughters were born - to the UK in September three were housed in Hartley Road by the council in 2019 but her eldest daughter, Elvira Choulla, moved out of the property in April a statement to police which was read to the court, Elvira said after July 2023, her contact with her mother became less month, Alphonsine took Loraine on holiday to Africa, not telling Elvira until they had arrived, which she said upset added her mother travelled a lot - usually to Italy or Cameroon - and "usually for long periods of time"Of her sister's education, Elvira said: "Initially Loraine attended school all the time and loved it, but eventually Alphonsine believed Loraine was being neglected at school." 'Truly loving mother' Her last contact with Loraine was in November 2023, after Elvira visited her sister and mother for a family dinner."We had a lovely time and we had a lovely meal and I got to see Loraine and Alphonsine together," she going forward, their contact was further limited and when Elvira visited the house in early 2024, she said the house was "in darkness and there were no signs of life" inside. She was later told by a friend that her mum and sister had been seen in friend advised her against contacting the police over concerns about their whereabouts. The final time she attempted to contact Alphonsine or Loraine was in April. "Loraine and I had an amazing relationship and she was, and still is, my best friend," Elvira said. "I loved Loraine and every time I was with her I could tell she loved me added of her mother: "We had a strained relationship at points, however she took great care of Loraine and was very patient and very understanding, and was a truly loving mother."The inquest continues.

Takeaways from AP's report about cuts to government grants for nonprofits
Takeaways from AP's report about cuts to government grants for nonprofits

Al Arabiya

time19 hours ago

  • Business
  • Al Arabiya

Takeaways from AP's report about cuts to government grants for nonprofits

President Donald Trump's policies are poised to upend decades of partnerships the federal government has built with nonprofits to help people in their communities. Since the 1960s, presidential administrations from both parties have used taxpayer dollars to fund nonprofits to take on social problems and deliver services. A vast and interconnected set of federal grants fund public safety programs, early childhood education, food assistance, and refugee resettlement services in every state. In January, the Trump administration sought to freeze federal grants and loans. Nonprofit groups immediately challenged the move and won a court-ordered pause. But in the six months since, the administration has cut, frozen, or discontinued many federal grant programs across agencies. An analysis by the Urban Institute provides a sense of the scale and reach of government support for nonprofits. Published in February, the data comes from the tax forms nonprofits file where they report any government grants they receive. In response to questions about the cuts to grant funding, White House spokesperson Kush Desai said, 'Instead of government largesse that's often riddled with corruption, waste, fraud, and abuse, the Trump administration is focused on unleashing America's economic resurgence to fuel Americans' individual generosity.' How much support does the government give to nonprofits? The Urban Institute found $267 billion was granted to nonprofits from all levels of government – federal, state, and local – in 2021, the most recent year a comprehensive set of nonprofit tax forms are available. That figure underestimates the total funding nonprofits receive from the government. It includes grants but not contracts for services nor reimbursements from programs like Medicare. It also excludes the smallest nonprofits which file a different abbreviated tax form. The data includes all tax-exempt organizations that file a full tax return, from local food pantries to universities and nonprofit hospitals. But government funding does not just go to the largest organizations. A majority of nonprofits in the dataset, across every sector from the arts to the environment to human services, report receiving government grants. In most places, the typical nonprofit would run a deficit without government funding. The Urban Institute cautions that just because a nonprofit would run a budget deficit without government funding, it does not necessarily mean the nonprofit will close. Even in wealthy areas, nonprofits would struggle without government support. In only two Congressional districts – one that includes parts of Orange County, California, and one in the suburbs west of Atlanta – would typical nonprofits not be in the red if they lost all of their public grant funding, the analysis found. However, funders in Orange County warn that nonprofits are not as optimistic about their resiliency. Taryn Palumbo, executive director of Orange County Grantmakers, said local nonprofits are seeing their budgets getting slashed by 50 percent or 40 percent. Last year, a large local foundation, Samueli Foundation, commissioned a study of nonprofit needs because they were significantly increasing their grantmaking from $18.8 million in 2022 to an estimated $125 million in 2025. They found local nonprofits reported problems maintaining staff, a deep lack of investment in their operations, and a dearth of flexible reserve funds. The foundation responded by opening applications for unrestricted grants and to support investments in buildings or land. Against this $10 million in potential awards, they received 1,242 applications for more than $250 million, said Lindsey Spindle, the foundation's president. 'It tells a really stark picture of how unbelievably deep and broad the need is,' Spindle said. 'There is not a single part of the nonprofit sector that has not responded to these funds. Every topic you can think of: poverty, animal welfare, arts and culture, civil rights, domestic abuse.' Private donations can't replace government support. The nonprofit Friendship Shelter helps house and support 330 people in Laguna Beach, California, which falls within Orange County. Dawn Price, its executive director, said the organization has an annual budget of about $15 million, $11.5 million of which comes from government sources. Price said the government funding is braided in complex ways to support different programs and fill in gaps. Private donors already subsidize their government grants, which she said pay for 69 percent of the actual program costs. 'We are providing this service to our government at a loss, at a business loss, and then making up that loss with these Medicaid dollars and also the private fundraising,' she said. Even in a wealthy place like Orange County, Price said she does not believe private donors are prepared to give five, six, or eight times as much as they do currently if new cuts to government grants occur or programs are not renewed.

The government was once a steady partner for nonprofits. That's changing
The government was once a steady partner for nonprofits. That's changing

The Independent

time20 hours ago

  • Business
  • The Independent

The government was once a steady partner for nonprofits. That's changing

Dawn Price signs rent checks worth about $160,000 every month for 79 people that her nonprofit helps house in Laguna Beach, California. Usually, she logs into an online portal to withdraw enough from an account funded by a grant from the federal housing agency. But in February, she couldn't. Access had been temporarily cut off for many housing organizations as part of the Trump administration's cuts and funding freezes. 'That was just a sea change for us for those dollars to be so immediately at risk,' said Price, the executive director of Friendship Shelter, which started in 1987 as a community organization. Access was eventually restored but the episode took a toll. ' Government moves slowly usually, and I think what was so disorienting early on was government was moving really fast,' she said. In the early days of his second term, President Donald Trump froze, cut or threatened to cut a huge range of social services programs from public safety to early childhood education to food assistance and services for refugee resettlement. Staffing cuts to federal agencies have also contributed to delays and uncertainty around future grant funds. Altogether, his policies are poised to upend decades of partnerships the federal government has built with nonprofits to help people in their communities. This vast and interconnected set of programs funded by taxpayers has been significantly dismantled in just months, nonprofit leaders, researchers and funders say. And even deeper, permanent cuts are still possible. That uncertainty is also taking a toll on their staff and communities, the leaders said. In response to questions about the cuts to grant funding, White House spokesperson Kush Desai said, 'Instead of government largesse that's often riddled with corruption, waste, fraud, and abuse, the Trump administration is focused on unleashing America's economic resurgence to fuel Americans' individual generosity.' He pointed to a new deduction for charitable giving included in the recently passed tax and spending law that he said encourages Americans' 'innate altruism.' But experts say private donations will not be enough to meet the needs. In 2021, $267 billion was granted to nonprofits from all levels of government, according to an analysis by the Urban Institute published in February. While the data includes tax-exempt organizations like local food pantries as well as universities and nonprofit hospitals, it underestimates the total funding that nonprofits receive from the government. It includes grants, but not contracts for services nor reimbursements from programs like Medicare. It also excludes the smallest nonprofits, which file a different, abbreviated tax form. However, the figure does give a sense of the scale of the historic — and, until now, solid — relationship between the public sector and nonprofits over the last 50 years. Now, this system is at risk and leaders like Price say the cost of undoing it will be 'catastrophic.' Government funding to nonprofits reaches far and wide The Urban Institute's analysis shows more than half of nonprofits in every state received government grants in 2021. In the vast majority of the country, the typical nonprofit would run a deficit without government funding. Only in two Congressional districts — one including parts of Orange County, California, and another in the suburbs west of Atlanta — would a typical nonprofit not be in the red if they lost all of their public grant funding, the analysis found. But in Orange County, famous for its stunning beaches, mansions and extraordinary wealth, funders, nonprofits and researchers said that finding surprised them. In part, that's because of major economic inequalities in the county and its high cost of living. Taryn Palumbo, executive director of Orange County Grantmakers, said nonprofits are not as optimistic about their resiliency. 'They are seeing their budgets getting slashed by 50% or 40%,' she said. 'Or they're having to look to restructure programs that they are running or how they're serving or the number of people that they're serving.' Last year, the local Samueli Foundation commissioned a study of nonprofit needs in part because they were significantly increasing their grantmaking from $18.8 million in 2022 to an estimated $125 million in 2025. They found local nonprofits reported problems maintaining staff, a deep lack of investment in their operations and a dearth of flexible reserve funds. The foundation responded by opening applications for both unrestricted grants and to support investments in buildings or land. Against this $10 million in potential awards, they received 1,242 applications for more than $250 million, said Lindsey Spindle, the foundation's president. 'It tells a really stark picture of how unbelievably deep and broad the need is,' Spindle said. 'There is not a single part of the nonprofit sector that has not responded to these funds. Every topic you can think of: poverty, animal welfare, arts and culture, civil rights, domestic abuse... They're telling us loud and clear that they are struggling to stay alive.' Charitable organizations have held a special role in the U.S. One of the founding stories of the United States is the importance of the voluntary sector, of neighbors helping neighbors and of individuals solving social problems. While other liberal democracies built strong welfare states, the U.S. has preferred to look to the charitable sector to provide a substantial part of social services. Since the 1960s, the federal government has largely funded those social services by giving money to nonprofits, universities, hospitals and companies. Several new policies converged at that time to create this system, including the expansion of the federal income tax during World War II and the codification of tax-exempt charitable organizations in 1954. Then, the Kennedy and Johnson administrations started to fund nonprofits directly with federal money as part of urban renewal and Great Society programs. 'It was a key approach of midcentury liberalism of addressing issues of poverty, sort of making a reference to civil rights and racial inequality, but not growing the size of government,' said Claire Dunning, an assistant professor of public policy at the University of Maryland, College Park. Conservatives also tended to support working through local, private, nonprofit organizations, though for different reasons than liberals, she said. With various expansions and cuts during different presidencies, the federal government has continued to fund nonprofits at significant levels, essentially hiding the government in plain sight, Dunning said. The size and importance of the nonprofit apparatus became suddenly visible in January when the Trump administration sought to freeze federal grants and loans. Dunning said the speed, hostility and scale of the proposed cuts broke with the long legacy of bipartisan support for nonprofits. ' People had no idea that the public health information or services they are receiving, their Meals on Wheels program, their afterschool tutoring program, the local park cleanup were actually enabled by public government dollars,' she said. A coalition of nonprofits challenged the freeze in court in a case that is ongoing, but in the six months since, the administration has cut, paused or discontinued a vast array of programs and grants. The impacts of some of those policy changes have been felt immediately, but many will not hit the ground until current grant funding runs out, which could be in months or years depending on the programs. Private donations can't replace scale of government support Friendship Shelter in Laguna Beach has an annual budget of about $15 million, $11.5 million of which comes from government sources. Price said the government funding is 'braided' in complex ways to house and support 330 people. They've already lost a rental reimbursement grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. But the Samueli Foundation stepped in to backfill those lost funds for three years. That kind of support is extremely unusual, she said. 'We don't know of any large-scale private philanthropy response to keeping people housed because it's a forever commitment,' Price said. 'That person is in housing and is going to need the subsidy for the rest of their lives. These are seriously disabled people with multiple issues that they're facing that they need help with.' She also believes that even in a wealthy place like Orange County, private donors are not prepared to give five, six or eight times as much as they do currently. Donors already subsidize their government grants, which she said pay for 69% of the actual program costs. 'We are providing this service to our government at a loss, at a business loss, and then making up that loss with these Medicaid dollars and also the private fundraising,' she said. She said her organization has discussed having to put people out of housing back on to the streets if the government funding is cut further. 'That would be, I think, a signal to me that something is deeply, deeply wrong with how we're looking at these issues,' said Price, adding, 'If I was placing a bet, I would bet that we have enough good still in government to prevent that.' ___ Associated Press coverage of philanthropy and nonprofits receives support through the AP's collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content. For all of AP's philanthropy coverage, visit

Takeaways from AP's report about cuts to government grants for nonprofits
Takeaways from AP's report about cuts to government grants for nonprofits

Yahoo

timea day ago

  • Business
  • Yahoo

Takeaways from AP's report about cuts to government grants for nonprofits

President Donald Trump's policies are poised to upend decades of partnerships the federal government has built with nonprofits to help people in their communities. Since the 1960s, presidential administrations from both parties have used taxpayer dollars to fund nonprofits to take on social problems and deliver services. A vast and interconnected set of federal grants fund public safety programs, early childhood education, food assistance and refugee resettlement services in every state. In January, the Trump administration sought to freeze federal grants and loans. Nonprofit groups immediately challenged the move and won a court-ordered pause. But in the six months since, the administration has cut, frozen or discontinued many federal grant programs across agencies. An analysis by the Urban Institute provides a sense of the scale and reach of government support for nonprofits. Published in February, the data comes from the tax forms nonprofits file where they report any government grants they receive. In response to questions about the cuts to grant funding, White House spokesperson Kush Desai said, "Instead of government largesse that's often riddled with corruption, waste, fraud, and abuse, the Trump administration is focused on unleashing America's economic resurgence to fuel Americans' individual generosity.' How much support does the government give to nonprofits? The Urban Institute found $267 billion was granted to nonprofits from all levels of government — federal, state and local — in 2021, the most recent year a comprehensive set of nonprofit tax forms are available. That figure underestimates the total funding nonprofits receive from the government. It includes grants, but not contracts for services nor reimbursements from programs like Medicare. It also excludes the smallest nonprofits, which file a different, abbreviated tax form. The data includes all tax-exempt organizations that file a full tax return from local food pantries to universities and nonprofit hospitals. But government funding does not just go to the largest organizations. A majority of nonprofits in the dataset across every sector, from the arts to the environment to human services, report receiving government grants. In most places, the typical nonprofit would run a deficit without government funding. The Urban Institute cautions that just because a nonprofit would run a budget deficit without government funding, it does not necessarily mean the nonprofit will close. Even in wealthy areas, nonprofits would struggle without government support In only two Congressional districts — one that includes parts of Orange County, California, and one in the suburbs west of Atlanta — would typical nonprofits not be in the red if they lost all of their public grant funding, the analysis found. However, funders in Orange County warn that nonprofits are not as optimistic about their resiliency. Taryn Palumbo, executive director of Orange County Grantmakers, said local nonprofits "are seeing their budgets getting slashed by 50% or 40%.' Last year, a large local foundation, Samueli Foundation, commissioned a study of nonprofit needs because they were significantly increasing their grantmaking from $18.8 million in 2022 to an estimated $125 million in 2025. They found local nonprofits reported problems maintaining staff, a deep lack of investment in their operations and a dearth of flexible reserve funds. The foundation responded by opening applications for unrestricted grants and to support investments in buildings or land. Against this $10 million in potential awards, they received 1,242 applications for more than $250 million, said Lindsey Spindle, the foundation's president. 'It tells a really stark picture of how unbelievably deep and broad the need is,' Spindle said. 'There is not a single part of the nonprofit sector that has not responded to these funds. Every topic you can think of: poverty, animal welfare, arts and culture, civil rights, domestic abuse.' Private donations can't replace government support The nonprofit Friendship Shelter helps house and support 330 people in Laguna Beach, California, which falls within Orange County. Dawn Price, its executive director, said the organization has an annual budget of about $15 million, $11.5 million of which comes from government sources. Price said the government funding is 'braided' in complex ways to support different programs and fill in gaps. Private donors already subsidize their government grants, which she said pay for 69% of the actual program costs. 'We are providing this service to our government at a loss, at a business loss, and then making up that loss with these Medicaid dollars and also the private fundraising,' she said. Even in a wealthy place like Orange County, Price said she does not believe private donors are prepared to give five, six or eight times as much as they do currently if new cuts to government grants occur or programs are not renewed. ___ Associated Press coverage of philanthropy and nonprofits receives support through the AP's collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content. For all of AP's philanthropy coverage, visit Solve the daily Crossword

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