SEATTLE – The number of people seeking help from health and human services nonprofits during the COVID-19 pandemic have gone up between 10% and 28%, while those same agencies have seen their funding and workforce cut in half, according to survey responses from hundreds of organizations and documented in a new study by the University of Washington.

The Christmas Bureau has been a staple of the Spokane community for decades, but it hasn’t always looked the same.

Today is Giving Tuesday, a day in which your email box fills up with pitches and requests from organizations and nonprofits you have supported in the past.