Faith-Based Public Foundations: Identifying the Field and Assessing its Impact

IF 0.7 Q3 SOCIAL ISSUES Foundation Review Pub Date : 2022-02-07 DOI:10.31235/osf.io/6s72u
Allison K. Ralph, B. Fulton, S. Allen
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Charitable activity is a core tenet of most faith traditions, and many charitable organizations have a religious identity. However, little is known about the prevalence and scale of faith-based foundations, and how they differ from secular foundations. This study identifies the field of public foundations, differentiates between faith-based and secular foundations, and compares their characteristics by analyzing Form 990 data. Our analysis estimates that 24% of all public charities operate as foundations and that 17% of public foundations are faith-based. We use these findings to generate first-ever estimates for the entire field of public foundations. Based on our analysis and calculations using nonprofit sector data, there are approximately 300,000 public foundations in the U.S., and we estimate that 52,000 of them are faith-based. Collectively, these faith-based public foundations have at least $90 billion in assets, and in 2015, they contributed at least $8 billion to charitable causes. Additional analyses comparing faith-based and secular foundations indicate that faith-based foundations tend to be older, have greater revenue and more assets, receive less money from the government, and distribute more money in grants, especially to international causes. This study provides an important lens through which to examine the field of public foundations and better understand similarities and differences among faith-based and secular foundations. It can help scholars analyze relationships between religion and philanthropy, help grantmakers assess foundations through a faith-based-secular grid, and help grantees identify funders who share a similar orientation toward religion. Overall, this study reveals the meaningful presence of faith-based foundations, indicates the scale of their impact, and underscores religion’s enduring and significant influence in the philanthropic sector.
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基于信仰的公共基金会:确定领域并评估其影响
慈善活动是大多数信仰传统的核心原则,许多慈善组织都具有宗教身份。然而,人们对信仰基金会的普遍性和规模以及它们与世俗基金会的区别知之甚少。本研究确定了公共基金会的领域,区分了信仰基金会和世俗基金会,并通过分析表格990的数据比较了它们的特征。我们的分析估计,24%的公共慈善机构以基金会的形式运作,17%的公共基金会以信仰为基础。我们利用这些发现首次对整个公共基金会领域进行了估计。根据我们使用非营利部门数据进行的分析和计算,美国大约有300000个公共基金会,我们估计其中52000个是基于信仰的。这些基于信仰的公共基金会总共拥有至少900亿美元的资产,2015年,它们为慈善事业贡献了至少80亿美元。对信仰基金会和世俗基金会进行比较的其他分析表明,信仰基金会往往更老,收入更高,资产更多,从政府获得的资金更少,并以赠款的形式分配更多的资金,特别是用于国际事业。这项研究提供了一个重要的视角,通过它来审视公共基金会领域,更好地理解信仰基金会和世俗基金会之间的异同。它可以帮助学者分析宗教和慈善事业之间的关系,帮助受赠人通过基于信仰的世俗网格评估基金会,并帮助受赠人识别对宗教有相似取向的资助者。总的来说,这项研究揭示了信仰基金会的存在意义,表明了其影响的规模,并强调了宗教在慈善部门的持久和重大影响。
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