EDITORIAL: Tap resources to buoy nonprofits
Hawaii’s nonprofits are struggling in a perfect storm of frenetic federal funding cuts and layoffs — now exacerbated by a government shutdown — that have reduced resources, even as demand grows for the essential services many of them provide.
Crucial aid to nonprofits must be expedited so that they can keep helping others; at the same time, nonprofits themselves must learn new survival strategies to keep afloat.
Donated food items are seen on a pallet as volunteers wave signs along Ala Moana Blvd. during Hawaii Food Bank’s annual food drive on Aug.
Author's summary: Nonprofits need help to survive.