Amid the government shutdown, nonprofits already facing financial instability because of federal funding disruptions are seeing greater uncertainty. Laura Tomasko, a nonprofits and philanthropy expert at the Urban Institute and coauthor of a report outlining the shutdown’s effects on the nonprofit sector, spoke with The Chronicle of Philanthropy about the implications: “Nonprofits that were relying on government funding and have experienced disruptions to that funding are now trying to fill the gap” with philanthropic funds. This means funders are gravitating toward larger organizations, which they perceive as better positioned to meet growing demands, effectively shutting smaller groups out of consideration, she said.

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