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Nonprofits warn federal funding shifts, policy moves threaten local services
Summary
Panelists at a Columbus Metropolitan Club forum said nonprofits face growing uncertainty from proposed federal grant cuts, agency rollbacks and changing philanthropic patterns, even as local funders and businesses consider stepped-up support.
Leaders of Columbus-area nonprofits told a Columbus Metropolitan Club forum on the National Veterans Memorial and Museum stage that federal and state policy changes, shrinking government grant streams and shifting philanthropic behavior are creating an unusually unstable operating environment for social-service and cultural organizations.
Dan Sharp, senior leader at The Columbus Foundation, cited new national data showing broad giving growth while warning the local sector still faces structural threats: “592,500,000,000.0 went to US charities in 2024. That's a 6.3% increase in current dollars, a new high,” he said, then added that recent shifts in federal policy and appropriations are creating large new risks for nonprofits.
Michael Kory, executive director of the Human Service Chamber of Central Ohio and moderator of the discussion,…
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