Nonprofits Can Be ‘Political' in a Perfectly Legal Way
By Ona Porter
New Mexico Independent
February 10, 2009
... So why are some New Mexico politicians attacking the nonprofit sector this year, determined to hamstring our advocacy and public education work?
Are they ignorant of the fact that our advocacy work delivered more than $2.6 billion of benefits to New Mexicans between 2003 and 2007, according to a study by the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy? Do they not value the impressive and desperately needed return on investment to New Mexico's economy?
Without the extensive services provided by nonprofits in all of our communities, the additional pressure on the state budget would be enormous. We certainly don't need that right now.
So what's the problem? Apparently, some of us are too "political."
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