When government becomes the principal philanthropist: The effects of public funding on patterns of nonprofit governance

• 成果类型: Article; Proceedings Paper
• 署名作者: Guo, Chao
• 署名单位: Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2007.00729.x
• 发表日期: 2007
• 页码: 458-473
• 关键词: institutional pressures; CIVIL-SOCIETY; boards; ORGANIZATIONS; PARTICIPATION; POWER; ACCOUNTABILITY; EVOLUTION; responses; DIRECTORS

摘要

This study uses board governance as an analytical lens for exploring the effects of government funding on the representational capacities of nonprofit organizations. A typology of governance patterns is first developed that captures the boards strength relative to the chief executive and its representation of community interests. Using this typology and employing multinomial logit analyses of survey data from a sample of urban charitable organizations, the study tests bow nonprofit governance is mediated by levels of government funding. Controlling for other relevant environmental and institutional factors, reliance on government funding decreases the likelihood that nonprofit organizations will develop strong, representative boards.