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Byline: JEREMY MULLMAN
Illinois non-profit organizations are bracing for cuts in state funding that, they fear, will result in service cutbacks and some outright program closures.
Some 31% of Illinois non-profits reported decreases in government funding last year, according to a study by the Donors Forum of Chicago, an association of area grantmakers. In 2004, even as the economy improves, non-profits could suffer more.
In the current budget cycle, the state gave more than $2.5 billion to social service agencies.
"I don't think the worst is behind us,'' says Bob Palmer, director of housing policy at the Statewide Housing Action Coalition.…
Source: HighBeam Research, Non-profits brace for funding cuts; Organizations say they'll have to...