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Nonprofits and the LePage Administration

As a new administration and legislative leadership prepare to go to work in Augusta, they need to pay attention to recent survey results indicating that seven in ten Americans trust nonprofit organizations more than they trust the government or businesses to solve society's problems (The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Nov. 3, 2010). Couple this high level of trust with the reality that one out of seven Maine workers is employed by a nonprofit (Maine Association of Nonprofits), and it only makes sense that nonprofit leaders should be at the table as state policies and strategies are developed.