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Nonprofit leaders urge state-funded technical assistance to stabilize small organizations
Summary
Representatives from Common Good Vermont and other nonprofit leaders told the Commerce & Economic Development Committee that private philanthropy and shared services have helped but that state funding for technical assistance would make capacity-building sustainable and prevent sudden closures of small nonprofits.
Nonprofit leaders, including a Common Good Vermont representative and Jesse Bridges (identified in the transcript as CEO of the Inebriated Northwest Vermont), told the Vermont House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development that a combination of membership services, fiscal sponsorship and shared back-office services can help small nonprofits survive—but that sustainable, state-supported technical assistance is still needed.
"We represent about 50% of the GDP," Jesse Bridges said in testimony…
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