September 16, 2012

Financial Needs Can Hinder Charities From Helping the Needy, Says Scholar

Financial Needs Can Hinder Charities From Helping the Needy, Scholar Says 1

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Publisher: Brookings Institution Press, Brookings Institution Press, 1775 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036; (202) 536-3600 fax (202) 536-3623; http://www.brookings.edu; 575 pages; $36.95; 978-0-8157-0330-3.

By Caroline Bermudez

Charities are under intense pressure to deliver their services to increasing numbers of people, often creating a tension between a nonprofit’s mission and its survival, says Lester Salamon, in the second edition of a book he has edited, The State of Nonprofit America. In an interview, Mr. Salamon, a professor of civil-society studies at the Johns Hopkins University, discussed the nonprofit climate:

What are the main challenges facing nonprofits?

Four impulses