2010 National Survey of Nonprofit-Government Contracting and Grants

Posted by on October 17, 2010

Report highlights problems of government contracts

A new report released by the Urban Institute explores the results of the 2010 National Survey of Nonprofit-Government Contracting and Grants, a study of human service organizations designed to document the extent of nonprofit-government contracting, processes and problems.

The study found that human service nonprofits helping families and communities weather the recession report “serious and widespread” problems with their government contracts and grants, including government payments that do not cover the full cost of services, complex and time-consuming applications and reporting requirements, and governments changing the terms of existing agreements and paying contracts late.

The report also examines the impact of the recession on these organizations and the cutbacks they have made to keep their programs operating. While contracting problems are not new, many are exacerbated by the deep recession that has reduced government budgets and private contributions.

Nearly 33,000 human service nonprofits have government contracts and grants, and 9,000 organizations with expenditures over 100,000 were surveyed for the study.

The full report can be downloaded here.

http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?ID=412228