Maybe Americans are more likely to believe that nonprofits can accomplish feeding the hungry than abolishing poverty and oppression. They’re not wrong.
Almost half of Americans believe that nonprofits are on the “wrong track,” and only a third believe that they contribute a lot to society. That’s according to a new poll commissioned by the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. The poll of 1,300 people conducted in the summer of 2022 may only confirm what statistics have been showing: a general decline in giving over the past few years. But falling confidence in charities may also be the result of messages from the so-called Independent Sector that have made people less confident in nonprofits.
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James Piereson is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Naomi Schaefer Riley is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a senior fellow at the Independent Women’s Forum.
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