Taking a page from their NPR & PBS counterparts—local alternative weeklies go the nonprofit route and get the fundraising religion: https://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/alt-weeklies-nonprofits.php

Here’s how nonprofits support government programs—there are many examples of this right here in LA, too: http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170710/NEWS03/170719983/nonprofits-to-illinois-medicaid-health-plans-we-can-help

Two examples of how local government and nonprofits are joined at the hip—from Illinois and Nebraska: https://ctmirror.org/2017/07/11/26-nonprofits-told-to-stop-providing-services-as-other-cuts-loom/,  http://www.omaha.com/news/metro/county-board-oks-tax-exemption-for-salvation-army-and-habitat/article_270221ee-664a-11e7-90b5-db3ce9b1ac98.html

Though LGBTQ people face barriers, race has the most significant diversity impact on advancement in the nonprofit sector:  https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2017/07/11/lgbtq-bias-nonprofit-sector/?utm_source=Daily+Newswire&utm_campaign=785921c50c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_07_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_94063a1d17-785921c50c-12442753