Statement from National Council of Nonprofits on Sequestration Cuts and the Damage to Nonprofits Serving Local Communities

By Mel Fabrikant    Sunday, March 03, 2013

- National Council of Nonprofits (Council of Nonprofits) President and CEO Tim Delaney released the following statement:

“While Washington lawmakers play the blame game over who is responsible for letting sequestration’s automatic spending cuts go into effect, America’s nonprofits, and the people they serve, have been the first to suffer the consequences.

“Nonprofits have been in limbo for months already due to sequestration’s uncertainty, with contract renewals held up as states and localities wait to see how they are affected by the cuts. While for-profit road-builders cease laying asphalt until payments are guaranteed, nonprofits continue providing needed services in their local communities.

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