Butler Eagle – A clinic in November at the RLA Learning and Conference Center in Cranberry Township aimed to help nonprofits in the area become more agile, resilient and sustainable in an uncertain economy.
To many nonprofits operating in Butler County, the workshop could not have come at a better time. Constant funding challenges combined with the federal government shutdown brought uncertainty to the nonprofit sector around the nation.
Joe Mahoney, executive director of the Ellen O’Brien Gaiser Center, said health care providers like the center had already missed out on getting a rate increase for the first six months of 2025 because of state funding challenges. The delay in the passing of the state budget by the Pennsylvania legislature also caused delays in payments to the Gaiser Center, Mahoney said…