TheInd.com -Local nonprofit organizations learn to operate in a financial landscape altered by back-to-back natural disasters.

TheInd.com - News | Business | Culture - Weekly - Lafayette LA: "The long lines aren’t there any more, but Executive Director Bill Charbonnet and Director Kimberly Jones say things are still far from normal. Evacuee needs have been substantial over the past four months, and Lafayette Catholic Service Centers has provided more than $300,000 in assistance to more than 5,000 families. “As soon as we receive it, we’re spending it,” says Jones, who points out that the center is deducting no administrative costs from hurricane donations. “Every dollar we get is distributed.”

Charbonnet estimates that, for the year, donations to the center could be up by as much as 100 percent, if hurricane-related gifts are included. “The giving is very generous,” says Charbonnet. “We are way up, and we have spent it all. It’s not like there wasn’t a need. But the problem is that our regular programs are going to suffer.”"