Nonprofits across the country and the D.C. region have lost significant dollars due to the federal government鈥檚 reduction in spending and grant giving this year.
That鈥檚 left many of them in a precarious situation and in need of more donations than ever before.
Matt Gayer is executive director at , which vets hundreds of local groups seeking donations. That means if you do donate this GivingTuesday, you can be sure your money will go to the cause you support.
鈥淪o, they鈥檙e trying to do more with less in many cases, so every year it鈥檚 critical to support local, but especially this year in the DMV,鈥� Gayer said.
He said local nonprofit leaders are really stressed out this year.
鈥淲e do a survey each year and two out of every three local nonprofit executive directors report feeling a sense of burnout.鈥�
Gayer said Spur Local has a website, , with a searchable database of local groups that apply to be listed.
鈥淲e do a financial review to make sure everything adds up, and then from there, the ones that score the highest are included and sent out to the community.鈥�
By entering a search word on the website, Gayer said you can find nonprofits that are doing good work on issues you care about.
鈥淭hey are all doing a wide variety of things, from putting food on plates to roofs overhead 鈥� but they鈥檙e all doing that here in the DMV.鈥�
Gayer said most of the groups listed are small, with small staffs looking to do big things.
鈥淥ne thing about these organizations, they鈥檙e all small and local so you know your dollars are going to go farther with these groups. They鈥檙e very creative on how they use the resources they have.鈥�
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