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