Nonprofits
These nonprofits are both tax-deductible and tax- exempt.
What are 501(c)(3) nonprofits?
In the U.S., charitable giving represents _____% of GDP.
What is 2%?
The word philanthropy means.
What is love of humanity?
Government failure theory suggests nonprofits exist because _____.
Government provides services to meet the needs of the median population of voters. This leaves some people under-satisfied with the level of government service provision and, thus, it leaves room for nonprofits to step in.
Holding open a door, agreeing to watch your neighbor's kid for free, taking an elderly person shopping... all of these would be considered.
What is informal volunteering?
These are typically referred to as "advocacy" nonprofits.
What are 501(c)(4) nonprofits?
The largest share of charitable giving in the US comes from this group.
What are individuals?
What is Greek?
Market failure theory suggests ________.
This gender volunteers more than the other.
Who are women?
To obtain 501(c)(3) nonprofits must meet three "tests."
What are: 1.) organized for one of 8 charitable purposes, 2.) abide by the NDC, and 3.) limit lobbying?
This nonprofit sub-sector receives the largest share of charitable giving in the US.
What is religion?
Andrew Carnegie believed wealthy individuals should give away the bulk of their wealth at this point.
What is during their lifetime?
Of the four voluntary failures, ________ says that only certain issues will receive attention and funding in the nonprofit sector (e.g., koala bears).
What is philanthropic particularism?
These volunteers volunteer in, or through, a nonprofit organization.
What are formal volunteers?
The nonprofit distribution constraint says _____.
What is, that nonprofits will not distribute profits to owners. All profits will be reinvested back into the organization.
Giving to nonprofits after death is referred to as ______.
What are bequests?
Who is Maya Angelou?
A form of government or a social class where power and privilege are concentrated in the hands of a small, hereditary ruling elite.
What is an aristocracy?
The Edward M. Kennedy serve America Act established _________ as a National Day of Service?
This commission was formed in 1973 to study philanthropy, the role of the nonprofit sector in U.S. society, and then to recommend measures to increase voluntary giving.
What is the Filer Commission?
This woman, born into slavery, later became a well-known midwife in California. She invested in real estate with her earnings and, upon her death, donated the land she owned to establish East Los Angeles.
Who is Biddie Mason?
Brings a group of people with shared values together to collectively discuss and decide where to make a pooled gift
What are giving circles?
Government or the holding of power by people selected on the basis of their ability.
What is meritocracy?
More Americans engage in _____ volunteering than in _______ volunteering.
What is formal, and informal.