The emerging nonprofit sector An overview Lester M. Salamon and Helmut K. Anheier
Copyright Lester M. Salamon, Johns Hopkins Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project 1996 Published by Manchester University Press Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9NR, UK and Room 400, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010, USA Distributed exclusively in tire USA alld Cal/ada by St Martin's Press, lnc., 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010, USA British Library Ca talogui'lg-ill-publicatioll Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-ill-Publicatioll Data Salamon, Lester M. The emerging nonprofi t sector : an overview I Lester M. Salamon and Helmut K. Anheier. p. em. - (Johns Hopkins nonprofi t sector series; 1) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN ~7 1 90-487 I -O (ha,dback). - ISBN ~719(}..4872-9 (pape, back) l. Nonprofit organizations. 2. Nongovernmental organi zations. 3. Social service. 4. Nonprofit organizations-employees. 5. Nongovemmental organizations-employees. 6. Social workers. 7. Volunteers. I. Anheier, Helmut K., 1954-. II. Ti tle. III. Series. H02769. 15.525 1996 338.7-dc20 95-21423 ISBN 0 7190 4871 0 Iw rdback o 7190 4872 9 paperback First published 1994 by Institute for Policy Studies, The Johns Hopkins Uni versity 00 99 98 97 109876543, Printed in Great Britain by Bell & Bain Ltd, Glasgow
CONTENTS List of figures List of tables Series editors' foreword Preface Summary of principal findings About the authors Chapter 1: Chapter 2: Chapter 3: Introduction An economic force Variations on a theme Chapter 4: A house with many rooms Chapter 5: Nonprofit finance Chapter 6: Country profiles Chapter 7: Issues and implications ix x xi xiv xvii xxi 1 23 33 45 61 81 115 Appendices A. Selected social and economic indicators of project countries 132 B. The International Classification of Nonprofit Organizations (ICNPO) 136 C. Data assembly methodologies 141 D. Annual nonprofit sector operating expenditures by country and ICNPO group, 1990 148 vii
Contents E. Employment in the nonprofit sector by country and ICNPO group, in percent, 1990 149 F. Revenue sources of the nonprofit sector by country and ICNPO group, in percent, 1990 150 References Projected publications Index 153 159 161 The following signs and conversion rates are used in this book: billion = thousand million = decimal point 1 ECU = 1.273 U.S.$ (1990) 1 U.S.$ = 0.785 ECU (1990) viii
/o/llls Hopkills NOllprofit Sector Series Manchester Uni versit y Press is proud to be publishing this important series, the product of the most comprehensive compara tive analysis of the global nonprofit sector ever undertaken. The growth of the sector between the public and the private, known va riously <1S the nonprofit, volunta ry or third sector, is one of the most significa nt contemporary developments in societies throug hout the world. The books cover the development and role of this secto r in a broad cross-section of nati ons, and also provide comparati ve, cross-country analyses. Edited by Lester M. Salamon and Helmut K. Anheier The emerging nonprofit sector An overview Lester M. Sa lamon ami Helmut K. Anheier 'There is hardly a day that passes in the course of my work with the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the national governments without my drawing on the findings in Tlte elllerg;/ig nonprofit sector... The emerging nonprofit sector has helped us find the lost continent of the social economy in Europe.' john Richardson Executive Director, European Foundation Centre 'The emerging nouprofit sector will form the basis of a ll future serious cross-national study of the not-for-profit sector: Dr. Stanley N. Katz Presid ent American Council of Learned Sot ieties 'TI, e emergillg Jlollprofit sector is an excellent contribution to public understanding of the nonprofit sector at the international level: james joseph U.s. Ambassador to South Africa and former President, U.s. Council on Foundations Lester M. S., lamon is Director of the Johns Hopkins Comparati ve Nonpro fit Sector Project, a nd Profcssor at The Johns Hopkins Uni versity School of Arts and Sciences. Helmut K. Anheier is Associate Director of the Project, a Senior Research Associate of the Institute fo r Policy Studies, and Associate Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University. Johns Hopkil/s Nonprofit Sector Series Manchester University Press ISBN 0-7 190-4872-9