Jonetta Rose Barras: Feeding at the trough

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When did the District government assume the obligation of prime funder for nonprofit organizations? I asked myself that question while reading reports in which local officials were blamed for potential financial woes and service delivery problems of several groups, including a Virginia school.

Once upon a time, nonprofit and faith-based organizations supplemented the government’s work, acting as a second safety net. Money for their work came from commercial private-sector corporations, congregants or members of their resident communities.

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