If your non-profit relies on local government funding, you need to have a good relationship with local politicians: http://nonprofitquarterly.org/2015/06/26/why-did-pico-youth-and-family-center-lose-almost-all-its-city-funding/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=19634144&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9L8meSxWgLyGCWwuWV2njN4-wI6syq9tvgO1KLTAP9wqN6a9_jXZlLuvVGmSVPOgzgWs4k8-bUpfPbLE1ViHP__XEeJoYFjgnNUGB6LcamKYtOvxk&_hsmi=19634144