Premium
How the State Shaped the Nonprofit Sector: Public Funding in British Columbia
Author(s) -
Clément Dominique
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
canadian review of sociology/revue canadienne de sociologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.414
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1755-618X
pISSN - 1755-6171
DOI - 10.1111/cars.12251
Subject(s) - thriving , nonprofit sector , public administration , state (computer science) , politics , government (linguistics) , public sector , public funding , political science , scope (computer science) , private sector , power (physics) , economic growth , business , public relations , economics , sociology , law , social science , philosophy , algorithm , computer science , linguistics , physics , quantum mechanics , programming language
This article examines how the state has used its spending power to shape the nonprofit sector in British Columbia since the 1960s. The province's thriving nonprofit sector and its polarized political culture provide an ideal case study for exploring the relationship between the state and nongovernmental organizations. The following study documents changes in state policy, the trajectory of funding, funding patterns, and organizations that have received state funding. Although public funding for nonprofits in Canada has been pervasive for decades, there is little empirical evidence on the nature and scope of this funding. This article is based on an innovative new database that provides a comprehensive list of grants from the provincial government to nonprofit organizations between 1960 and 2014. Despite concerns regarding cuts to public funding in recent years, this study finds that there has been an overall increase in funding. However, there has also been a significant shift in funding from women's issues to Aboriginal peoples since the early 2000s.