Organizational characteristics and funding environments : a study of a population of United way-affiliated nonprofits
By: STONE, Melissa Middleton
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Contributor(s): HAGER, Mark A | GRIFFING,Jennifer J.
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ArticlePublisher: Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishers, mar./apr.2001Public Administration Review: PAR 61, 2, p. 276-289Abstract: This study examines a population of United Way-affiliated nonprofit organizational in Massachusetts (1)to test hypotheses generated by previous research on relationships between government funding and specific noprofit organizational characteristics,(2) to compare differences in organizational characteristics between nonprofits receiving higher percentages of revenues from the United Way and from government sources, and (3) to explore associations between government funding and United Way and underexamined characteristics, including use of commercial income and racial diversity of organizational membership. The study supports previous research on the relationship between government funding and nonprofit characteristics, with one notable exception - less administrative complexity was associated with higher percentages of government funding. The study also finds differences in organizational characteristics between nonprofits with higher proportions of government funding and those with higher percentages of United Way funding, including organization size, number of board members, administrative complexity, use of volunteers, and the racial diversity of boards, staff , and volunterrs
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This study examines a population of United Way-affiliated nonprofit organizational in Massachusetts (1)to test hypotheses generated by previous research on relationships between government funding and specific noprofit organizational characteristics,(2) to compare differences in organizational characteristics between nonprofits receiving higher percentages of revenues from the United Way and from government sources, and (3) to explore associations between government funding and United Way and underexamined characteristics, including use of commercial income and racial diversity of organizational membership. The study supports previous research on the relationship between government funding and nonprofit characteristics, with one notable exception - less administrative complexity was associated with higher percentages of government funding. The study also finds differences in organizational characteristics between nonprofits with higher proportions of government funding and those with higher percentages of United Way funding, including organization size, number of board members, administrative complexity, use of volunteers, and the racial diversity of boards, staff , and volunterrs
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