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Nonprofit fundraising fueled by individual donors

Curator Tamara Evans holds a new wine glass that depicts the county’s historic sites, now available for purchase in Magnolia Grange’s gift shop. Gift shop purchases support the efforts of the Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia. Page Dowdy/Chesterfield Observer

By Jacqueline Raithel, Contributing Writer

Dec. 8, 2010

With corporate giving still down this year, many Chesterfield nonprofits are counting on the generosity of individual donors to keep their organizations afloat.

“The biggest difference is the lack of corporate support,” said Amy McCracken, Richmond Animal League’s executive director. “The money that corporations had in the past, they just don’t have right now. We’re relying more and more on individual donors in the community.”

Read the full article here, in the Chesterfield Observer.