Do you work (or intern or volunteer) in a government-funded and / or non-profit organization?

Do you work (or intern or volunteer) in a government-funded and / or non-profit organization?
Where does the funding come from for your work?
In what ways does funding influence how the work gets defined?
How much time do you spend responding to the needs of funders as opposed to the needs of the people you serve?
In what ways (if at all) have the staff of your program become separated from the people they serve because of the following: the demands of funders, the status and pay of staff; the professionalization of the work; the role of your organization in the community; the interdependence of your work with governmental agencies, businesses, foundations, or other non-profit organizations?
In what ways (if at all) have your ties with governmental and community agencies separated you from the people you serve?
In what ways (if at all) have those ties limited your ability to be “contentious”—to challenge the powers that be and undemocratic or abusive practices?

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