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Non-profits brace for funding cuts; Organizations say they'll have to reduce service and staff or even close their doors if the state gives them less.(News)

Crain's Chicago Business

| January 05, 2004 | Mullman, Jeremy | COPYRIGHT 2009 Crain Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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.…

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