5. Charitable Donations

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents xi
4. 1. Nonprofits in a Mixed Economy 1
5. 2. Options among Institutional Forms 16
6. 3. Incentives and Performance 43
7. 4. Anatomy of the Voluntary Nonprofit Sector 59
8. 5. Charitable Donations 88
9. 6. Revenues from Sales 107
10. 7. Volunteer Labor 130
11. 8. Are Nonprofits Really Different? 142
12. 9. Recommendations for Public Policy 160
13. Appendix A. Characteristics of the Nonprofit Economy 169
14. Appendix B. The Nonprofit Sector around the World 191
15. Appendix C. Financing Nonprofits 194
16. Appendix D. Restrictions on Lobbying by N onprofits 200
17. Appendix E. Volunteer Labor 202
18. Appendix F. For-profit and Nonprofit Behavior in Three Long-Term-Care Industries 205
19. Notes 217
20. Index 247