Working Paper
Does government spending really crowd out charitable contributions? new time series evidence
Garrett, Thomas A.; Rhine, Russell M. (2007)
We exploit the time series properties of charitable giving data to provide additional insights into the crowding out of charitable contributions in response to government spending. We find that the short-run and long-run government spending and charitable giving relationships are quite different - the long run relationship appears to be largely spurious, and estimates of the short-run relationship provide only weak evidence of crowding out. We also find that system estimation can improve upon the efficiency of single equation models used in previous works. Our results support the prestige ...
Working Papers , Paper 2007-012

Journal Article
Funding New England's cooperative movement
Crowell, Erbin (2008-10)
With its focus on community needs, the co-op is the original social enterprise. Today patient capital from the Cooperative Fund of New England is helping co-ops involved in housing, food delivery, health care, financial services, and agricultural marketing to build for the future.
Communities and Banking , Issue Fall , Pages 24-26

Essay
Nonprofits Serving and Led by People of Color Showed Pandemic Resiliency
Guo, Baorong; Gutkowski, Violeta A.; Chalise, Nishesh (2023-09-26)
Nonprofits serving and led by people of color were resilient to pandemic challenges, despite fewer government funds and significant economic disruption.
Economic Equity Insights

Journal Article
Delaware Financial Education Program Enlists State Agencies, Nonprofits, and Businesses
Rolland, Keith (2015-04)
Stand by Me (SBM), a four-year-old program created to educate Delaware residents about personal finance and motivate them to achieve financial goals, is currently being implemented by four state agencies, seven nonprofits, and about 50 businesses. The program, which is a joint initiative of the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services and the United Way of Delaware, has the support of Delaware Governor Jack Markell ? a longtime proponent of financial education.
Cascade , Volume 2

Journal Article
Tracking the elusive nonprofit economy
Wirtz, Ronald A. (2006-07)
Fedgazette , Volume 18 , Issue Jul , Pages 5

Journal Article
The evolution of philanthropy: takeaways for community groups
Murphy, Kerry (2008-04)
As philanthropy evolves, nonprofits are responding to trends that include donors? increased emphasis on results, a movement to pool small contributions for targeted impact, and a preference for contributing professional skills instead of baked goods.
Communities and Banking , Issue Spr , Pages 20-23

Journal Article
Q&A: Black Executives on Equitable Funding
Wilson, Teresa C. (2020-11-16)
What is your definition of true equity? Three Black executives share their personal insights and tips on counteracting funding inequality.
Bridges , Volume 2020 (4)

Journal Article
How fiscal sponsorship nurtures nonprofits
Spack, Jonathan (2005-10)
Umbrella organizations taking care of administrative details for small nonprofits.
Communities and Banking , Issue Fall , Pages 22-24

Conference Paper
Creating new rural development strategies : the role of nonprofits
Stauber, Karl N. (2004-05)
Proceedings – Rural and Agricultural Conferences , Issue May , Pages 91-100

Journal Article
The hidden economy of nonprofits
Wirtz, Ronald A. (2006-09)
The nonprofit sector has been growing fast in recent years, much faster, in fact, than the rest of the economy?as far as we know. Overall, economists are certain about surprisingly little regarding the characteristics and activities of nonprofits. Data are thin, and the numbers that are available come with many caveats.
The Region , Volume 20 , Issue Sep , Pages 28-33, 44-46