at the same time, these entities enjoy the same level of service the rest of the residents of the given city or county enjoy. these services include fire, police, sewer, trash collection, etc. it is argued that asking some, or all, nonprofits to pay taxes, either voluntarily, or via statutory measures, would help offset some of these costs and ease the strain on local budgets. this would be equivalent to increasing the tax base in these areas. many nonprofits, whose own budgets are dwindling, fear this trend.