81.   But he also helped nonprofit groups raise money for food and clothing for poor children in his native Clifton, N.J.

82.   But community organizations say they are competing against a growing number of nonprofit groups for the same dollars.

83.   But Housing Works, a nonprofit group that won the original court order and organized the latest case, called the city a flagrant violator.

84.   But in an era in which nonprofit groups are under growing scrutiny, the exemption is being called into question.

85.   But lately, corporations and nonprofit groups have ratcheted up the scope of sponsorship.

86.   But in a nod to human-rights groups, the agreement says the accounting firms should work closely with local nonprofit groups, like human-rights organizations.

87.   But nonprofit groups have lately begun to expand those efforts to try to raise both revenues and public awareness of their mission, licensing experts and organization executives say.

88.   But nonprofit groups like hospitals may have the most difficult task, consultants say.

89.   But nonprofit groups, said Gary Orfield, a Harvard University education professor, do not have the same access to capital.

90.   But others come to work for nonprofit groups or as freelancers.