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Who Benefits from the Nonprofit Sector? (Hardcover, New)
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Who Benefits from the Nonprofit Sector? (Hardcover, New)
Series: mersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith
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Over a million nonprofit organizations, from day-care centers and
neighborhood churches to major research universities and
metropolitan hospitals, are currently relied upon to deliver an
array of essential social services. This is in keeping with a
historical conviction that private voluntary action, as opposed to
government intervention, should address as many of the nation's
social needs as possible. But just how much to rely on the
nonprofit sector is the question at the center of a growing debate.
Critics challenge the assumption that nonprofit organizations have
successfully directed much of their benefits toward the poor and
disadvantaged - an assumption that has to date justified favorable
tax treatment for donations and nonprofit operations. Who Benefits
from the Nonprofit Sector? examines all the major elements of the
nonprofit sector - health services, educational and research
institutions, religious organizations, social services, arts and
cultural organizations, and foundations - describing each
institution and its function, and then exploring how their benefits
are distributed across various economic classes. The book's
findings indicate that while few institutions serve primarily the
poor, there is no evidence of a gross distribution of benefits
upwards toward the more affluent. The source of an institution's
funding is also shown to be an important determinant in how its
benefits are distributed. They show, for example, that: . Nonprofit
nursing homes and drug treatment centers have a lower concentration
of Medicaid patients than their for-profit public counterparts do.
Twenty-seven percent of social service agencies serve primarily the
poor, and the large majority ofthese received most of their income
from the federal government. The effective educational subsidy
(i.e., cost of education less tuition) per person at both public
and private univenities increases with income. The analysis of this
data makes for a book with profound implications for future social
and tax policy.
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