Local government funding for the nonprofit sector in British Columbia

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominique Clément
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Nonprofit Sector ◽  
Government Funding

scholarly journals Local government funding and life expectancy in England: a longitudinal ecological study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandros Alexiou ◽  
Katie Fahy ◽  
Kate Mason ◽  
Davara Bennett ◽  
Heather Brown ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Ecological Study ◽  
Government Funding

Local Government Funding Agencies: Lessons from Success and Failure

2010 ◽  
pp. 114-134
Author(s):  
Nicholas Anderson ◽  
Stephen J. Bailey ◽  
Hartwig Pautz
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Government Funding ◽  
Funding Agencies

The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle: Empirical Evidence From a German Context

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 467-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Schubert ◽  
Silke Boenigk
Keyword(s):  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Nonprofit Sector ◽  
Government Funding ◽  
Financial Data ◽  
Organizational Infrastructure ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Over Time

The nonprofit starvation cycle describes a phenomenon in which nonprofit organizations continuously underinvest in their organizational infrastructure in response to external expectations for low overhead expenditure. In this study, we draw on nonprofit financial data from 2006 to 2015 to investigate whether the German nonprofit sector is affected by this phenomenon, specifically in the form of falling overhead ratios over time. We find reported overhead ratios to have significantly decreased among organizations without government funding and that the decrease originates from cuts in fundraising expenses—two results that are in contrast to previous findings from the U.S. nonprofit sector. With this study, we contribute to nonprofit literature by engaging in a discussion around the starvation cycle’s generalizability across contexts.

Re-thinking corruption in post- 1950 urban Britain: the Poulson affair, 1972–1976

Urban History ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 510-528 ◽  
Author(s):  
PETER JONES
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Urban Environment ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Urban History ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
Government Funding ◽  
Public Officials ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Activity Cycles ◽  
Local Councillors

ABSTRACT:The Poulson affair is central for the agenda of post-1950 British urban history. Particularly, it suggests that corruption is a key facet within the politics of planning and the rebuilding of Britain's urban environment. Poulson provides a useful route into an examination of the place of corruption because of the scale of his activity both in terms of volumes and types of constructions he planned. His networks and the geographical concentrations of his work also provide a regional dimension. Perceptions of Poulson have been fashioned by investigative and satirical journalism and television. A re-evaluation in light of official government sources and Poulson's autobiography raise important issues concerning the ethics of public officials and private businessmen; and the consequences of the interaction of public and private markets. Poulson's business was driven by the twin engines of government funding and the activity cycles of the construction industry. The fluctuation in his planned commissions provides a useful barometer of the planning environment. Poulson's demise exposed the complex relations between business, civil servants, ministers and local councillors contributing to growing public distrust of the workings of government. Finally, it is suggested that the affair was a critical factor in re-shaping central–local government relationships.

scholarly journals Public Private Partnership between Local Governments and Nonprofits in Japan

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Naoko Okuyama ◽  
Yu Ishida ◽  
Naoto Yamauchi
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Nonprofit Sector ◽  
Public Private Partnership ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
Public Service Provision

In the framework of public sector reform and the recently popularized concept of a “new public sphere,” attention has been focused on the significance and effectiveness of public private partnership (PPP). However, the smooth operation of PPP practice is yet to be realized, and the nonprofit sector still faces challenges in becoming a government partner in public service provision. We examine government behavior in PPP practice and its stance on partnership practice and collaborative relations with contemporary nonprofit organizations. Through public finance statistics and a unique set of variables, an empirical analysis reveals that the existence of nonprofit organizations (NPOs) positively affects local government decisions to implement PPP practices and outsource to NPOs for public service provision. Other influential factors include local governments’ budgetary conditions, attitudes towards public administration and finance, local chief executive characteristics, and neighboring local government behaviors.

scholarly journals A Comparative Approach to Fiscal Illusions: a Synthesis of the Conclusions from a Polish Study in Relation to New Ideas and Empirical Research in Selected Countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 7-21
Author(s):  
Beata Guziejewska
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Government Funding ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Intergovernmental Transfers ◽  
Fiscal Illusion ◽  
Research Perspective ◽  
New Ideas

This article examines fiscal illusions in public finance systems where decentralisation involving the introduction of an independent and autonomous component of local government funding brings new problems. It presents a synthesis of the findings from a Polish empirical study that set out to determine the types and extent of fiscal illusion among Polish councillors, focusing on the qualitative aspects of the phenomenon. It also compares the findings with other streams of research and new approaches to fiscal illusion. The purpose of the article is to systematise the knowledge of fiscal illusion based on selected empirical studies, to formulate proposals for practitioners and public decision‑makers, and to highlight areas for future research to address. The article was prepared using a desk research approach and the author’s own experiences and research perspective formed during the study of fiscal illusions. The findings presented in the article corroborate its main thesis that a local government funding system based on intergovernmental transfers contributes to the emergence and perpetuation of fiscal illusions.

Governing Without Government: Nonprofit Governance in Detroit and Flint

2019 ◽  
Vol 56 (5) ◽  
pp. 1472-1502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Reckhow ◽  
Davia Downey ◽  
Joshua Sapotichne
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Comparative Politics ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Urban Politics ◽  
Urban Policy ◽  
Nonprofit Sector ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Weak State ◽  
Nonprofit Governance

Scholars across the social sciences have shown how economic, social, and political changes are weakening local governments and contributing to rising nonprofit activity in urban politics. But these trends could now add up to a new form of decision-making in some American cities. The convergence of public sector austerity and a burgeoning philanthropic and nonprofit sector have created space for what we call “nonprofit governance.” In some cities, nonprofit leaders can guide urban policy, sometimes with limited input from elected officials or citizens. First, we apply insights from studies in comparative politics to demonstrate how nonprofit leadership can expand, particularly in the context of a weak state. Next, we assess trends in public sector capacity, based on local government employment in Midwestern U.S. cities. We closely examine Detroit and Flint due to dramatic declines in local government capacity and recent public sector crises in both cities, focusing on the role of nonprofits in each. These leading-edge cases allow us to trace the development of nonprofit governance and explore different forms of nonprofit and local government relationships.

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