Trumbull-based The Kennedy Center will host a legislative breakfast titled “Why All State Nonprofits Are In Crisis Mode” on Friday, 7:30 to 9 a.m., at Chip”™s Family Restaurant, 57 Monroe Turnpike, Trumbull.
Regional legislators, among others, are expected to speak.
The Kennedy Center said in a statement that 73 percent of Connecticut”™s nonprofits with budgets of $1 million or more ended with a deficit in 2009.
Also, wages in the sector remain low. “In many nonprofits supporting people with disabilities, more than 65 percent of employees are earning $12 an hour or less,” the center reported.
Despite the benefits nonprofits offer and the money they save municipalities, the center said, “More than half of nonprofits are operating dangerously close to their margin and likely would not be able to maintain operations if they experienced unforeseen increases in expenses or a financially detrimental incident.”
The Kennedy Center is a nationally accredited, nonprofit, community-based rehabilitation organization that serves 2,300 individuals annually.
