Gambling with taxpayer dollars: Colorado bill could allow nonprofits to get paid before work is done
By Cory Gaines | Colorado Accountability Project
Gambling taxpayer money to bolster our nonprofit ecosystem.
When you hire someone to do something for you, do you give them an advance? I’ve done it both ways: cash on delivery only and an upfront payment for, say, the materials.
The bill linked at bottom makes some noteworthy changes to the way our state interacts with multiple nonprofits it pays to do its work. There are multiple directions you could go in with your speculation, but I think it’s reasonable to conclude overall that the bill bolsters the connection between our government and nonprofits, that it enriches the tightly-interconnected ecosystem of NGO’s and nonprofits in Colorado.**
Under current law, prior to this bill, if a state awards a grant to a nonprofit for so...

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