NGOs could help scale up foreign aid efforts by mobilizing private donations. However, fundraising activities do not … private donations, government grants, commercial revenues and fundraising expenditures. According to our results, a marginal … dollar spent on fundraising yields almost five dollars in new donations in the long run. Government grants crowd in private …

-governmental organizations (NGOs). In particular, we analyze whether non-charitable expenditures for administration, management and fundraising … competition is associated with more efficient foreign aid activities of NGOs, rather than leading to excessive fundraising … charitable activities since they are less concerned with collecting private donations through fundraising efforts. …