Challenges to Philanthropy

Challenges posed to Social Service Philanthropy by Politics and Government

It 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. 
 

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