United Way to cut funding nearly 25 percent for most nonprofits - Dayton Business Journal:

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Fourteen agencies received cuts more than 24 percenf and seven received 100 percent funding cuts though those were mostly organizations that had merged or will be merge d intoother programs. The results will mean tighter budgets forarea nonprofits, which will need to cut programminhg and staff to survive the next Allen Elijah, president and chief executive officer of the United Way of the Greate r Dayton Area, said the funding decisionz were some of the most difficult in the agency’s history.
The Unite d Way hosted meetings and consultationz with its organizations as it fell furtherd from itscampaign goal, but even heavy preparation on the part of some area nonprofitxs won’t be able to shield them from resultingt cuts. “It’s been difficult, and it’s been stressful for all our partnet agencies, but if we can come out of this workin g smarter and collaborating witheach other, then some good has come out of Elijah said.
• had 53 percent of its fundinf cutto $17,000; • The had 40 percent of its fundinbg cut to $20,400; • was cut 40 perceny to $32,400; • was cut 32 percent to and • was cut 31 percent to Some of the largest cuts in dollarw included: the , which lost $227,602; , which lost $112,236; The YWCA of which lost $91,157; and , which lost $84,918. “Logically, if the campaigjn didn’t make it there is going to be some effect ofpartner agencies,” said Tom Fodor, chief executive office of the local chapter of the American Red “So we have been anticipating this.
” Fodor said becausse his organization is taking the biggest of the United Way cuts in term of dollars, there will need to be some changezs made throughout the next fiscal year to make things Fodor said the Red Crosa likely will cut some of its services, includin g donating mattresses and box springs to families who have survive fires and restructuring its community outreach to include more The nonprofit shrunk in the past year from a $4.2 millionm organization to a projected $3.8 million for next Through attrition, Fodor said he has eliminated 6.5 positiona from the 45-person staff, and he would need to take a closwe look at possibly cutting more positions for next year.