THE CAPITOL'S CHARITY CASE

摘要

Last Year Was among the worst on record for charitable giving. But even with a rebound forecast for 2010, the world of good works will remain unnaturally depressed, according to a new study, and not because of the economy. The culprit is Uncle Sam. Each year, the government gives thousands of grants to public-spirited nonprofits, many of which depend on these funds for a huge chunk of their budgets. But this "crowds out" private donors, according to a forthcoming paper in tine Journal of Public Economics. For each $10,000 in annual government grant money, the study shows, nonprofits cut fundraising by an estimated $1,370, and private charitable donations fell by about $7,271.