Exam 2: Overview of the Nonprofit Sector

What is intended to encourage charitable giving and sustain the services provided by charitable organizations?

The legal foundations of America's nonprofit sector are drawn from:

Beginning in the 1980s, federal spending for many social programs was sharply reduced under President Gerald R. Ford.

Back up the case made for giving by Andrew Carnegie in his "Gospel of Wealth."

What term is used to identify organizations that do not have to pay federal, state, or local income taxes?

What is defined as giving intended to meet current individual human needs or to alleviate current human suffering?

Another name for social welfare organizations is:

A certain mistrust of this has been a pervasive and continuing aspect of American culture and has provided philosophical support for private, voluntary initiatives throughout the nation's history.

These are organizations that exist for the sole purpose of directing money to other nonprofits.

Analyze the terms "third sector, fourth sector, charitable sector, voluntary sector, independent sector, and tax-exempt sector." Explain what characteristic(s) distinguish each term.

This principle prevents government funds from going directly to religious congregations or to organizations that would use them for religious activities.

Select either The National Geographic Society or The Smithsonian Institution and explain the complexity of its structure as opposed to a traditional nonprofit.

Private foundations most often are funded by:

Identify and explain the three ancient traditions in which the roots of America's nonprofit sector lie.

The person credited with helping to establish the distinction between the concepts of charity and philanthropy was Warren Buffet.

The National Geographic Society is a nonprofit organization that also has a for-profit subsidiary.

The number of nonprofits operating in the United States today is approximately:

Which subsector of charitable nonprofits is the least professionalized?

Giving intended to meet current individual human needs or to alleviate current human suffering is referred to as charity.

Increased government spending on social programs in the 1960s and early 1970s began with President Lyndon B. Johnson.