For Sarasota-Manatee [Florida] nonprofits, virtual is ‘better than nothing’

Photo: Mitzi Howard, an educator with the Child Protection Center, films a workshop on “the touching rule” to be used in schools in the fall. The CPC is one of several area nonprofits that has adapted to reach clients virtually. Provided / Child Protection Center. Article by Emily Wunderlich.

“It’s not perfect, but it’s better than nothing.” That saying has been a popular refrain among those adjusting to life in a pandemic, where school, work and even health care have all transitioned to online alternatives. And it has especially rung true for area nonprofits, who agree that adapting to a “new normal” has gone better than expected.

Two words dominated the way nonprofits are adjusting to the COVID-19 pandemic: technology and fundraising, according to the Pandemic Recovery Nonprofit Survey Report.

The report, developed by seven nonprofit organizations in June, collected nearly 300 responses from nonprofit organizations in the area. […]

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