LEADER 04188nam 2200493Ia 450 001 9910778447303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-04506-8 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674045064 035 $a(CKB)1000000000805653 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300769 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10331357 035 $a(OCoLC)923116398 035 $a(DE-B1597)574306 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674045064 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300769 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000805653 100 $a19880523d1988 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe nonprofit economy$b[electronic resource] /$fBurton A. Weisbrod 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d1988 215 $aix, 251 p 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-674-62625-7 311 $a0-674-62626-5 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tPreface -- $tContents -- $t1. Nonprofits in a Mixed Economy -- $t2. Options among Institutional Forms -- $t3. Incentives and Performance -- $t4. Anatomy of the Voluntary Nonprofit Sector -- $t5. Charitable Donations -- $t6. Revenues from Sales -- $t7. Volunteer Labor -- $t8. Are Nonprofits Really Different? -- $t9. Recommendations for Public Policy -- $tAppendix A. Characteristics of the Nonprofit Economy -- $tAppendix B. The Nonprofit Sector around the World -- $tAppendix C. Financing Nonprofits -- $tAppendix D. Restrictions on Lobbying by N onprofits -- $tAppendix E. Volunteer Labor -- $tAppendix F. For-profit and Nonprofit Behavior in Three Long-Term-Care Industries -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aNonprofit organizations are all around us. Many people send their children to nonprofit day-care centers, schools, and colleges, and their elderly parents to nonprofit nursing homes; when they are ill, they may well go to a nonprofit hospital; they may visit a nonprofit museum, read the magazine of the nonprofit National Geographic Society, donate money to a nonprofit arts organization, watch the nonprofit public television station, exercise at the nonprofit YMCA. Nonprofits surround us, but we rarely think about their role in the economy, or the possibility of their competing unfairly with private enterprise. Burton Weisbrod asks the important questions: What is the rationale for public subsidy of nonprofit organizations? In which sectors of the economy are they of real importance? Why do people contribute money and time to them and why should donations be tax deductible? What motivates managers of nonprofits? Why are these organizations exempt from taxes on income, property, and sales? When the search for revenue brings nonprofits into competition with proprietary firms?as when colleges sell computers or museum gift shops sell books and jewelry?is that desirable? Weisbrod examines the raison d?être for nonprofits. The evidence he assembles shows that nonprofits are particularly useful in situations where consumers have little information on what they are purchasing and must therefore rely on the probity of the seller. Written in a clear, direct style without technicalities, The Nonprofit Economy is addressed to a broad audience, dealing comprehensively with what nonprofits do, how well they do it, how they are financed, and how they interact with private enterprises and government. At the same time, the book presents important new evidence on the size and composition of the nonprofit part of the economy, the relationship between financial sources and outputs, and the different roles of nonprofits and for-profit organizations in the same industries. The Nonprofit Economy will become a basic source for anyone with a serious interest in nonprofit organizations. 606 $aNonprofit organizations$zUnited States 606 $aEconomics$zUnited States 615 0$aNonprofit organizations 615 0$aEconomics 676 $a338.74 700 $aWeisbrod$b Burton Allen$f1931-$0120731 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778447303321 996 $aNonprofit economy$9618992 997 $aUNINA