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Community psychologists as consultants, II: A national survey of children's trust and prevention funds
Author(s) -
Kincaid Stephen B.,
Caldwell Robert A.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1520-6629(199604)24:2<175::aid-jcop7>3.0.co;2-y
Subject(s) - donation , trust fund , business , actuarial science , demographic economics , family medicine , psychology , public economics , finance , medicine , economics , economic growth
The Michigan Children's Trust Fund and its associated consulting community psychologists undertook a survey of national Trust and Prevention Funds regarding income tax checkoffs as a means of funding child abuse prevention programs. Over the decade examined, there were significant patterns of decline in the percentage of taxpayers donating and increase in the average individual donation. The annual percentage donating, average individual donation, and total donations each correlated significantly with both tax‐return variables and economic indicators. Regressions indicated the number of years the checkoff was present on the tax form also was predictive of declines in donations. We concluded tax checkoffs have limited utility as monies for child abuse prevention and recommended diversifying funding sources. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.