Challenges to PhilanthropyMain MenuChallenges to PhilanthropyFSSO 119 Fall 2020Chapter 1: Challenges to Educational Nonprofit OrganizationsChallenges to Educational Nonprofit OrganizationsChapter 2: Challenges to Healthcare PhilanthropyRead about how the COVID-19 Pandemic is affecting some of the world's leading nonprofit healthcare organizationsChapter 3: Challenges to Arts Nonprofit OrganizationsPage 1 Challenges to Arts Nonprofit OrganizationsChapter 4: Challenges to Social Service OrganizationsChallenges to Social Service OrganizationsChapter 5: Challenges to Faith-Based Nonprofit OrganizationsChallenges to Faith-Based Nonprofit OrganizationsChapter 6: Challenges to Social Justice Nonprofit OrganizationsChallenges to Social Justice Nonprofit OrganizationsBarbara Burgess-Van Akendffa201f9e142dde249b32b2c708a4eebdb9f6daFSSO 119: Philanthropy in America
12020-11-09T00:13:46+00:00Challenges posed to Social Service Philanthropy by Politics and Government11plain2020-11-16T20:56:29+00:00It has been argued that human services philanthropy is the most effective way to help others because it withdraws these services from the political sphere. So, at first glance it may seem like social service nonprofits are most likely not susceptible to challenges that may occur at the hands of the government and politics.
But, as seen on the previous page, a substantial amount of the funding going into social service sector of philanthropy is from public dollars and government grants. In his article "Social Services and Government," Reingold states that, "these organizations utilize federal public funds to pay for staff, implement training and technical assistance, and support fundraising efforts, among other basic organizational functions," when referring to the well-known organizations such as Habitat for Humanity and Teach for America. So government funding and political climate needs to be considered in this sector because federal dollars sustain essential aspects of these foundations.
In 2017, it was thought that nonprofits of all kinds would run the risk of losing funding during the Presidency as a good chunk of funding, especially to social service nonprofits, comes from public funding.
