Who Benefits from the Nonprofit Sector?

Author: Charles T. Clotfelter Series: Emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith

This study examines the major elements of the nonprofit sector of the economy of the United States, describing the institutions and their functions, and then exploring how their benefits are distributed across various economic classes.

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This accessible study examines all the major elements of the nonprofit sector of the economy of the United States —health services, educational and research institutions, religious organizations, social services, arts and cultural organizations, and foundations—describing the institutions and their functions, and then exploring how their benefits are distributed across various economic classes. The book's findings indicate that while few institutions serve primarily the poor, there is no evidence of a gross distribution of benefits upward toward the more affluent. The analysis of this data makes for a book with profound implications for future social and tax policy.

About the Author

Charles T. Clotfelter is the Z. Smith Reynolds Professor of Public Policy, professor of economics and law, and director of the Center for the Study of Philanthropy and Voluntarism at Duke University. He is a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and the former director of the NBER Working Group on Higher Education.