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The Scope and Activities of 501(c)(3) Supporting Organizations

Publication Date: June 05, 2005
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SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

Supporting organizations provide a broad array of services, including grants and other financial benefits, to the organizations they support. This study found that nearly 92 percent of the large supporting organizations with no apparent grants in our sample did, in fact, provide significant financial services and benefits to their supported organizations. Complex business and legal reasons similar to those found in the for-profit world appear to lie behind the activities of most of these organizations.


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