America’s Nonprofit Sector_A Primer

228 Pages·1999·33.505 MB·English

by  Lester M. Salamon

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AMERICA'S
NONPROFIT
SECTOR
PRIMER
A
SECOND EDITION
Digitized by the Internet Archive
2015
in
https://archive.org/details/americasnonprofiOOIest
AMERICA'S
NONPROFIT
SECTOR
PRIMER
A
SECOND EDITION
Lester M Salamon
.
The Foundation Center
The Foundation Center is grateful to the Charles Stewart Mott
Foundation for its generous gift in support of this publication.
Copyright© 1999 by LesterM. Salamon.
All rights reserved.
Printed and bound in the United StatesofAmerica.
Coverand bookdesign byApicella Design.
Library ofCataloging-in-Publication Data
Salamon, LesterM.
—
America's nonprofit sector: a primer/ Lester M. Salamon. 2nd ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-87954-801-0
1. Charities—United States. 2. Nonprofit organizations—United States.
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3. Human services United States. 4. Publicwelfare—United States.
L Title.
HV91.S23 1999
361.7'097.3—dc21 99-12559
CIP
For
Noah and Matt

Table of
Contents
ListofTablesandFigures ix
Foreword, byJohnW. Gardner xiii
Acknowledgments xv
ChapterOne:
Introduction 1
PART
I:
OVERVIEW
5
ChapterTwo:
WhatistheNonprofitSectorandWhyDoWe Have It? 7
ChapterThree:
Scope andStructure: TheAnatomyofAmerica'sNonprofitSector 21
ChapterFour:
TheNonprofit Sectorin Context: TheGovernmentand Business Presence 49
ChapterFive:
HowDidWeGetHere? Historical Developmentsand RecentTrends 57
PART
II:
KEYSUBSECTORS 75
ChapterSix:
Healthcare 77
ChapterSeven:
Education 95
ChapterEight:
Social Services 109
ChapterNine:
Arts, Culture, and Recreation 123
ChapterTen:
Advocacy, LegalServices,
and InternationalAid 135
ChapterEleven:
Religion 149
PART
III:
LOOKINGTOTHE FUTURE 159
ChapterTwelve:
Trendsand Challenges 161
ChapterThirteen:
Conclusions 185
References 187
Index 197
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