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Government funding policies

In: Handbook of Research on Nonprofit Economics and Management

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  • Stefan Toepler

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This chapter provides a broad overview of government funding policies, first tracing the rise of government support for nonprofits in the post-World War II period that contributed to changing the sector from a small cottage industry into a significant economic force. It then discusses the conceptual underpinnings and the prevailing theory of the government-nonprofit relation- or partnership. However, there is not necessarily consensus on whether or not this partnership has turned out to be a good thing for nonprofits. This is followed then by a review on the literature on the drawbacks of government support on nonprofits, including government dependency, loss of autonomy, mission deflection, and bureaucratization. The chapter concludes with a general assessment of the evidence, suggestions for additional conceptual considerations to come into play to help shape the debate going into the future, and a brief outlook of possible implications of the Trump presidency.

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  • Stefan Toepler, 2018. "Government funding policies," Chapters, in: Bruce A. Seaman & Dennis R. Young (ed.), Handbook of Research on Nonprofit Economics and Management, chapter 21, pages 409-427, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    1. Anheier Helmut K. & Toepler Stefan, 2019. "Policy Neglect:The True Challenge to the Nonprofit Sector," Nonprofit Policy Forum, De Gruyter, vol. 10(4), pages 1-9, December.

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