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Ask the Times: Nonprofit mostly funded by feds
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Where does the funding for Ninth District Opportunity originate? What agency or entity conducts the oversight for Ninth District Opportunity?Ninth District Opportunity is a private nonprofit agency that receives about 75 percent of its funding from federal sources, Program Director Brenda Dalin said. Much of that comes from the Community Services Block Grant, which is appropriated by Congress, sent to the states and distributed between community action agencies, Dalin said.The organization provides a variety of services, though, with funding coming from different federal pots.