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The relationship between public subsidies and private philanthropy is at the heart of a common claim that state subsidies "leverage" private donations to the arts. This claim might seem counterintuitive to some who find it more likely that state funding would crowd out private donations. This article empirically tests this question, using panel data on five major American symphony orchestras. The principal result of the statistical analysis is that neither claim is correct for these orchestras: The two funding sources are independent. This finding has significant managerial implications with respect to revenue-raising strategies for arts organizations as well as nonprofit firms in general. These implications and several related policy issues are discussed.

There is clear evidence that the prevalence of negative media reporting has increased substantially over the past years. There is evidence that this negative reporting adversely affects social interactions, and thereby also health and well-being outcomes. Given the wide reach of negative media reporting and the contagion of such reporting and the resulting interactions, the effects on health are arguably substantial. Moreover, there is little incentive at present for media outlets to change practices. A commitment of news outlets to report one positive story for every 3 negative stories, and of news consumers to restrict attention to outlets that do, could dramatically alter practices and, consequently, population health.

Traditional empirical policy analysis generally takes up to three pieces of information from regression results: the statistical significance, direction, & (in some cases) size of the impacts of policy variables on the outcome of interest. In this article we introduce a policy modeling technique called exploratory analysis, which can squeeze additional information from regression results, providing a clearer sense of a variable's policy significance & allowing decisionmakers to find combinations of interventions that achieve particular objectives. We provide a brief primer on this technique, employing as an example a binary choice model on private charitable giving in Russia. 3 Exhibits, 1 Appendix, 9 References. Adapted from the source document.

The issue of whether people's mistrust of government negatively influences their willingness to volunteer time or contribute money to religious & non-religious organizations is studied. Data from the 1996 General Social Survey was analyzed to determine the nature of the relationship between volunteering & government trust. The findings indicated that individuals with extremely low levels of government trust were much more likely to participate in religious or non-religious organizations than those with moderate or high levels of confidence in the government. Several additional variables that influenced people's decisions about volunteering are also identified including religious affiliation & educational achievement. 2 Tables, 10 References. J. W. Parker

In Wealth and Justice, Arthur C. Brooks and Peter Wehner provide an overview of the history of capitalism in contrast to other economic systems, answer vital questions about the relationship between the free market system and moral character, and explore how the good in human nature can animate capitalism for the betterment of all.

As the nonprofit sector grows and its relationship with the public sector deepens, nonprofit managers are working harder at developing donated financial and human resources. Although much research on nonprofit fund-raising has looked at who donates and which fund-raising strategies are most effective, no work to date has connected the two concepts; to illuminate which fund-raising strategies work with which donors. Using interview data conducted with nonprofit fund-raising executives and survey data on Atlanta residents, the authors estimate the impacts of sociodemographic and economic characteristics on the success of different donor development approaches. After constructing conceptual and empirical models, the authors' data analysis allows them to develop a set of management implications that will assist nonprofit managers in crafting development strategies for the organizations they operate.