b'WHAT CHARITIES ARE SAYINGSMALLER CHARITIES ARE MORE FRAGILESmaller organizations have struggled over the course of the pandemic as employees have faced illness or lockdown restrictions, and fundraising has become much more difficult when charities have limited staff resources. The disconnection from donors as well as communities they are committed to serving have proven an existential problem for small charities.Acrossthefivesurveyedcountries,thereisanevenHow many employees does your organization have? cross-sectionofrespondentorganizationsizes,with (N=429)approximately25%ineachofthethreesmallest14.22%categories,andtheremaining25%representing organizations with 51 or more employees. One and a half years into the pandemic, it is welcome news that12.58% Number ofacrosstheglobe,smallerorganizationscontinuetoEmployeesoperate in large numbers alongside the larger and more established charities with larger fundraising bases.19.58%29.38%1-5 21-506-20 51-100more than 100Donate to smaller and medium-sized NPOs. They are on theground responding very pragmatically to disasters and often are underfunded.In fact, small NPOs must compete for funds [from]the large Fund[ers].- South AfricaPAGE8CAF AmericaSurvey, Volume 8 | Lessons in Disaster Philanthropy| cafamerica.org'