Nonprofits as policy solutions to the burden of government

Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 - Purpose, Policy, Theory, Definitions and Context -- Purpose -- The Burden of Government -- Perspective, Collaboration, Competence -- Traditional, Nontraditional, Burden -- Organizational Design -- Prices, Profits and Nonprofit Motives -- The Context -- Dimension of the Problem in the United States -- Why the Nonprofit Option -- Toward a Supporting Theory -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2 - Designing, Empowering and Engaging the Nonprofit to Lessen the Burden of Government -- The National Trust for Historic Preservation -- Crafting the Intent to Lessen the Burden of Government -- Federal and State Designation of an Eligible Burden -- Classification of Nonprofits as Doers and Facilitators -- The Planks on Which to Design a Nonprofit to Reduce the Burden of Government -- Plank 1: Money -- Plank 2: Marketing and Persuading -- Plank 3: Membership and Public -- Plank 4: Management -- Plank 5: The Mission -- Plank 6: Collaboration and Cooperation -- Plank 7: Tax Exemption -- Plank 8: Powers to Act -- Plank 9: Accountability -- Plank 10: Legitimacy -- Summary and Preview -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3 - Empowering the Nonprofit to Lessen the Burden of Government -- The Creation of the Corporation -- Incorporation: Process, Purpose, Powers -- The Powers of the Nonprofit Corporation -- Prohibitions -- Financial Advantages and Disadvantages of Exemption -- Some Factors that Threaten the Loss of Tax-Exampt Status Under 501(c)(3) -- Summary and Preview -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4 - Nonprofits as Doers in Reducing the Burden of Government -- The Doers: Distinguishing Examples -- Categorizing 501(c)(3) Doers -- Doers Depending Mostly on Business Income -- Subsidiaries, Affiliates, and Holding Companies as Internal Facilitators -- Other Categories of Doers -- A General Comparison of Doers