Ideals versus Dollars: Donors, Charity Managers, and Government Grants
分析无条件政府拨款或捐赠基金收入如何影响有强烈理念或职业承诺的慈善经理的行为,发现此类资金会降低慈善机构对私人捐赠者的责任并减少筹款活动,经理会将资金用于减少对偏好不一致的捐赠者的依赖。
This paper demonstrates how changes in untied, lump-sum government grants or income from unrestricted endowments will affect the behavior of charities operated by managers with s trong philosophical or professional commitments. An increase in such funds will reduce the charity's accountability to private donors and lower its fund-raising activities. The grant will not be spent entire ly on raising the quantity of output. Instead, it will permit the cha rity manager to reduce his or her dependence on the costly solicitati on of donors who do not completely share the manager's preferences. Copyright 1987 by University of Chicago Press.