Writing for non-profit organizations can be good business for a freelancer. Non-profits need writers – for fund-raising proposals, for magazines and newsletters, for annual reports, for websites, and for a whole host of other communications projects.

In an era when print magazines and newspapers seem to be going out of business on a daily basis, and Internet prices for writing are variable and often low, many writers find that non-profits offer a steady paycheck as well as the opportunity to work for a cause they believe in.

But non-profits aren't immune to economic realities. The economic carnage of the first decade of the 21st-Century has wreaked havoc with investment portfolios, and hence, with contributions to non-profits. The first thing a writer is likely to hear when negotiating a price for services is that budgets are frozen, and, by the way, can the writer offer a discount for the cause? Or do the project for free?

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