For a good cause?
Subtitle: how charitable institutions become powerful economic bullies
By: John Hawks.
Publisher: Carol Pub.
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Secaucus, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
Subjects: Charities -- United States.; Nonprofit organizations -- United States.
Description: For a Good Cause? explores the largely unchecked growth of America's 1.2 million nonprofits, from the first community chests and veterans' aid societies to the enormous number of organizations today that enjoy tax breaks and other benefits.

Written by an experienced executive in the nonprofit field, For a Good Cause? examines why the regulation of nonprofit organizations encourages excess and deceit, how government overseers and nonprofit executives fail to police each other, and how donors can protect themselves when they select and support their favorite causes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-232) and index.
"A Birch Lane Press book."