A Shifting Landscape for Island Nonprofits

- The MVTimes, Friday, September 19, 2025. Link to article: https://www.mvtimes.com/2025/09/19/shifting-landscape-island-nonprofits/

“People are worried that the models right now are not sustainable,” said Jackie Friedman, executive director of the Martha’s Vineyard Nonprofit Collaborative. The collaborative counsels and works with the hundreds of nonprofits around the Island. “Many nonprofits experienced disruption in grants and funding in the spring. The uncertainty and changes to predictability in funding streams forced many nonprofits to diversify funding streams, creating more local events, and looking to local grants and donors to support sustainability.”