The Substance of Things Hoped For: Do State Faith-Based and Community Partnership Offices and Liaisons Help Grassroots Organizations Get Federal Funding?

Sloan Margaret F. ()
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Sloan Margaret F.: James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, USA

Nonprofit Policy Forum, 2013, vol. 5, issue 1, 111-137

Abstract: In response to The White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (FBCI, later renamed the Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, FBNP), many states either created an FBCI office within state government or established a state liaison to the federal program through a nonprofit organization. While the offices have multiple stated goals, the acquisition of federal funding for community organizations within their respective states is a fairly consistent, and critical, goal for most of these offices. Using a multivariate regression model and a survey of state liaison offices, this mixed methods study finds that there is no difference between states with liaisons and states without with respect to federal funding for community organizations in their states and identifies barriers to their successful achievement of funding objectives. A survey of state FBNP offices detailing budgets, staffing, and reporting structures, among other things, indicates that a lack of unrestricted funds, lack of adequate staffing, and decreasing political salience are contributing factors.

Keywords: federal grants; community organizations; faith-based organizations; faith-based and neighborhood partnerships; federal funding (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1515/npf-2013-0008

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