-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. …

fundraising - depend on the intensity of competition among NGOs and on the degree to which they are refinanced by governments. We …' fundraising. Official funding tends to increase administrative costs. Nevertheless, officially financed NGOs spend relatively more … on charitable activities since they are less concerned with collecting private donations through fundraising efforts. …

-governmental organizations (NGOs). In particular, we analyze whether noncharitable 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. …

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 …