Determinants of fundraising efficiency of nonprofit organizations: evidence from US public charitable organizations

David T. Yi
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David T. Yi: Department of Economics, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH, USA, Postal: Department of Economics, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH, USA

Managerial and Decision Economics, 2010, vol. 31, issue 7, 465-475

Abstract: Using a translog stochastic production frontier and maximum likelihood estimation method, we estimate fundraising efficiency and examine the determinants of fundraising efficiency in public charitable organizations in the United States. Our study shows that organizational size has a positive impact on fundraising efficiency and government grants have a negative impact on fundraising efficiency. We also show that charities that allocate more resources on fundraising related labor, as compared with fundraising-related materials and equipments, are more efficient in fundraising. These findings provide important managerial implications for public charities. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1002/mde.1503

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