Click on the following links. Please note these will open in a new window.

Article 1
Government Funding and Nonprofit Organizations.
Luksetich, W., (2008)
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 37: 434-442.

Discussion Questions

• List and discuss two of the reasons governments prefer to subsidize nonprofits rather than provide services.
• What effect has the increase in government grants had on nonprofit organizations? Is there a relationship between government grants/contracts on the rate of growth of nonprofits? Why or why not?
• Does the number of nonprofits in a state and their fundraising efforts have any impact on the amount of government grants? Why or why not?

 

Article 2
Why Not Partner with Local Government?: Nonprofit Managerial Perceptions of Collaborative Disadvantage.
Gazley, B., (2010)
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 39: 51-76.

Discussion Questions

• Discuss two of the factors that contribute to collaboration between local government and nonprofit institutions. Discuss some of the potential disadvantages to such collaborations.
• How is government collaboration impacted by the perceptions of nonprofit executives when their organization relies on less government funding?
• Discuss the role that nonprofit organizational capacity plays in collaborations with government.
• What role does politics and ideology play in the collaboration between nonprofits and government?

 

Article 3
Do Charitable Donors Know Enough-and Care Enough-About Government Subsidies to Affect Giving to Nonprofit Organizations? 
Horne, C., Johnson, J., Van Slyke, D. (2005)
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 34: 136-149.

Discussion Questions

• Would donors give more or less to a nonprofit organization if they are aware of an increase in government funding to that nonprofit? Why or why not?
• Discuss the terms “crowding-in” and “crowding-out” as they apply to nonprofit organizations.
• What steps could a nonprofit organization take to ensure donors that the government funding it receives must be supplemented by their donations?

 

Article 4
Linking Collaborative Capacity to Performance Measurement in Government-Nonprofit Partnerships.
Gazley, B., (2010)
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 39: 653-673.

Discussion Questions

• Discuss the difference in public-private partnerships at the local government level as opposed to the federal government level. How do the relationships differ between the two?
• What drives performance in government-nonprofit partnerships? How can a nonprofit organization enhance its government partnerships?
• Describe the role that partnership characteristics play in predicting performance. What about the role of attitudinal factors?
• Discuss the factors that contributed to government managers’ perspectives of the nonprofit partnerships?

 

Article 5
Revenue Diversification in Housing Nonprofits: Impact of State Funding Environments
Shea, J., Wang, J. (2015)
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, DOI: 10.1177/0899764015593643, pp. 1–20.

Discussion Questions

• What is the authors’ position regarding state-level funding and revenue diversification? Explain.
• What tools do federal, state, and local governments use to fund affordable housing programs managed by nonprofit organizations?

 

Article 6
Neoliberalism and the Convergence of Nonprofit Care work in Canada
Baines, D. (2015)
Competition & Change, 19(3): 194–209.

Discussion Questions

• Why did the Canadian government offload and contract out public services to the nonprofit sector?
• How well have Canadian nonprofit organizations been able to provide contracted long-term health care?