Debbie Kelley

August 27, 2009, The Gazette — Thursday’s mail held a bona fide surprise for 25 Colorado Springs-area nonprofit organizations: an unsolicited and unexpected donation from El Pomar Foundation.

A national expert on nonprofits who will speak in Colorado Springs on Friday estimates that, because of the bad economy, 100,000 of the nation’s 1.3 million nonprofit organizations will collapse this year from frozen lines of credit, late payments by government entities and lack of efficient management.