Non-profits face risks and governance challenges in tough times
Community leaders warn that non-profit losses hurt areas as much as for-profit downturns. Boards must set strategic plans, hire and fire executives, and ensure accountability. Experts urge endowments, diverse funding, and business oversight to sustain missions and donor confidence.
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Gazette forum to discuss healthy non-profits in Cedar Rapids
The Gazette hosts a 7 p.m. forum at Beems Auditorium Cedar Rapids Public Library 500 First St SE on what makes non profits well managed and how organizations like Science Station and Koehler History Center navigate financial trouble Panelists include Terri Christoffersen Rich Patterson and Peggy Boyle Whitworth with Gazette Editor Mark Bowden moderating The event is open to the public with a Q&A session afterward.
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