During the same time period, these organizations said demand for their services surged by 63%.
As a result, 17% of the charities surveyed said they had to cut services, while 11% were forced to lay off employees. Nearly one third of organizations increased their reliance on volunteers, and 17% of them replaced paid staff positions with volunteer spots.
The report surveyed more than 7,000 employees of charitable groups, including 6,434 employees of public charities and 580 from private foundations. Some 8% of respondents said their organizations were in danger of closing.
The bulk of them reported a decline in both the number of individual contributions and the size of donations.
There was one group of charities that bucked the trend: food and nutrition organizations. About 56% of them reported an increase in contributions, while only 24% saw a decline.
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