Keywords
dependency resources
non-profit organization
resources
Puerto Rico
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Abstract
Fundraising and diversifying to reduce fund-dependency are challenging for non-profit organizations (NPOs). However, challenges change over the years based on internal and external conditions. This paper analyzes 2018 data from a survey administered to NPOs located in the top five municipalities with NPOs and compared it to their 2008 data captured in López- Rodríguez (2010) to explore the fundraising behavior of the Puerto Rican non-profit sector. Findings show changes in their primary revenue sources from 2008 to 2018, with state grants declining and individual donors increasing. In 2018, the lack of staff with fundraising knowledge surpassed the 2008 main challenge of funding source reduction. That said, grant writing remained as the primary funding technique, and expenses reduction continued as the immediate effect of funding problems.
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