Assessing the impact of federal funding on faith-based and community organization program spending

Margaret F. Sloan, Cleopatra Grizzle

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Abstract

This study examines the impact of federal funding levels on the program spending of faith-based and community organizations in Kentucky. Prior research indicates that organizations could increase spending on overall program expenses or decrease program spending relative to administrative costs as a result of greater reporting demands from federal funders. Three models of program spending are proposed: increased program spending relative to administrative costs (program enhancement effect), decreased program spending relative to administrative costs (administrative enhancement effect), and no net effect (neutral program-spending effect). The analysis supports the program enhancement effect and estimates that federal funding has a positive relationship with increased program spending relative to other expenses in faith-based and community organizations.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)44-62
Number of pages19
JournalPublic Budgeting and Finance
Volume34
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Finance
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Public Administration

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