VIII. Nonprofits Are Finding Creative Ways to Make up for Revenue Losses





seeking solutions for their revenue problems even before the World Trade Center (WTC) attack and current recession. In the past two years, 55% had applied for government pro-grams that had not funded them in the past and 84% turned to new sources in the founda-tion and corporate donor community.

Almost 29% of organizations reported greater reliance on fees or user charges (especially in the education sector) and on the sale of goods (particularly among arts organizations).

Almost 20% of nonprofits initiated joint ven-tures with other nonprofit organizations. Only 5% of all nonprofits set up a for-profit subsidiary or embarked on a joint venture with for-profit organizations.

Revenue concerns have led more than 40% of nonprofits to increase their reliance on the use of part-time employees and volunteers.