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This 2.5 page paper is based on the text: Nonprofits & Government: Collaboration and Conflict edited by Elizabeth T. Boris and C. Eugene Steuerle. Two of the key points in the book are discussed: the roles of nonprofits and the changing relationship between government and not-for-profit enterprises. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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an incredible publication comprised of 10 chapters written by different authors and discussing different issues. To distill this book down to one or even a few key points is
virtually impossible. The overall purpose of this book is to explain and clarify the existing relationship between nonprofits and government. As an example, one chapter discusses conversion, which means an
organization began as a not-for-profit enterprise and then converts to a for-profit enterprise (Goddeeris and Weisbrod, 1999). In the meantime, that enterprise has received tax breaks and perhaps even
funding from the government (Goddeeris and Weisbrod, 1999; Brody and Cordes, 1999). Not-for-profit organizations and agencies play a very important role in any civil society (Boris, 1999). They have
also become so powerful, they influence policy (Boris, 1999). The role of nonprofits has changed over the years (Boris, 1999). One of the changes is the number of the
types of organizations that are allowed to claim not-for-profit status (Boris, 1999). There are more than nine major groups of organizations that can claim not-for-profit status (Boris, 1999). There are
also 26 separate categories within those groups and more than 600 subcategories (Boris, 1999). The groups are extremely diverse, for example: arts, cultures and humanities; health-related enterprises; human services
organizations; public societal benefit organizations (such as the Rockefeller Foundation and civil rights groups); religion-related organizations; environment and animal oriented organizations, and more (Boris, 1999). This sector is so vast
that it is growing at a rate greater than the general population (Boris, 1999). Most are small and local but many are large and international (Boris, 1999). They play a
major role in society, filling in services the government does not provide, for example, or supplementing those services (Boris, 1999). Young (1999) tells the reader the role of nonprofits change,
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