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Are Too Many Nonprofits Starting Up in Hard Times?

By Louisa Hackett - Every year CRE gets dozens of calls from people who want to start a non-profit.  And, every year we hear other people say, there are too many nonprofits already, why do we need another one starting-up? Isn’t there an organization that does that already? Why support a new, untested organization when so many exist already?  And, why establish a new organization now when the economy is so bad and so many existing nonprofits are having a hard time making it.   Read more >>


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