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Overcrowding is harder to define than it may appear. adike/Shutterstock.com

August 13, 2018

America has 1.5 million nonprofits and room for more

Robert Christensen, Brigham Young University and Rebecca Nesbit, University of Georgia

New nonprofits don’t make the same impact everywhere. In most places, there’s enough money to go around to support new ones.

Volunteers assemble food to be distributed to low-income schoolchildren in Pittsburgh through a government-funded program. AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar

March 9, 2018

How to get more Americans to volunteer

Rebecca Nesbit, University of Georgia and Robert Christensen, Brigham Young University

The share of people who give their time to good causes is starting to dip.

Federal workers based in and near Washington, D.C. raised a total of US$46,639,949.63 in 2015 through the Combined Federal Campaign of National Capital Area. USDA Photo by Shakeitha Stone

December 3, 2018

What works in workplace giving

Genevieve Shaker, Indiana University Indianapolis and Robert Christensen, Brigham Young University

By some measures, Americans are giving less to charity through their jobs than they used to. But many companies say that increasing this kind of charity is a priority for them.

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