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By Zach Williams

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Nonprofit Financial Fund has released its State of the Nonprofit Sector Survey. Results show that almost 3,400 nonprofit leaders across the U.S. are facing the same type of problems, worries and challenges in maintaining staff and programs, according to a post on the fund’s website.

Here are a few takeaways from the survey:

  • Demand for services keeps rising according to 86 percent of respondents
  • Offering competitive pay is a top challenge, according to 66 percent of respondents
  • The U.S. Government is making live harder for the clients of 67 percent of respondents.
  • Just over half of respondents reported increasing staff and pay in 2017.
  • Full cost funding is a struggle for 57 percent of respondents.

 

Junior Achievement of New York raised nearly $130,000 to benefit programs in the lower Hudson Valley. More than 150 people attended the May 8 event in White Plains, according to a press release. Funds raised at the annual event will benefit financial literacy, entrepreneurship and work readiness for K-12 students in the area.

The event also honored Spencer Schwartz, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Atlas Air Worldwide, an airfreight company. Other local notables at the event were Westchester County Deputy Executive Ken Jenkins, White Plains Mayor Tom Roach, DaMia Harris, executive director of the Mount Vernon Youth Bureau, William J. Flynn, CEO of Atlas Air Worldwide, and Jack L. Kopnisky, president and CEO of Sterling National Bank, according to the press release.

 

The Administration for Children’s Services intends to renew four contracts with The Children’s Village, according to the City Record. The total amount of funds was not listed in the post, which did state that the money would be used for specialized non-secure placement for youth dealing with serious emotional issues, problematic sexual behavior, substance abuse issues, and fire-setting behaviors. The contracts will run for three years if renewed.

The city Department for the Aging meanwhile plans to renew a $660,042 contract with the Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island for one year, according to the City Record. The proposed one-year extension would fund home-delivered meals for seniors. The department also wants to renew for three years contracts with four nonprofits that provide services to prevent and respond to elder abuse. They are the Jewish Association for Services for the Aged (two contracts of $2,661,240 and $2,728,998), Carter Burden Center for the Aging ($1,536,390), Community Agency for Senior Citizens ($885,252) and The Neighborhood Self-Help by Older Person Project ($1,478,226).

 

Liz Roberts, deputy CEO at Safe Horizon, discussed how the recent domestic violence revelations about now-former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman relate to the nonprofits work, during an appearance on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show. Listen here.

She also appeared on NY1’s Inside City Hall:

 

The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs has a new pilot initiative to help people with disabilities. A press release from the department says the CreateNYC Disability Forward Fund will support artists, cultural workers and audience members alike. It will do this through grants made available to more than 900 organizations currently supported by the department through the Cultural Institutions Group or the Cultural Development Fund. The new fund will provide $350,000 in awards ranging in size from $10,000 to $35,000. Applications must be received by 6 p.m. on June 1, 2018, with winners required to complete projects over the next year, according to the press release.

 

Send your press releases, photos, and word of your latest happenings to reporter Zach Williams at zwilliams@nynmedia.com.

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