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Who benefits from nonprofits and philanthropy, that is, the third sector? The answer in general terms is that we all benefit directly or indirectly, tangibly and intangibly, from nonprofit hospitals, museums, universities, religious institutions, and social services. We also benefit from the public interest advocacy by nonprofits, from their contributions to our civic society, and from our own voluntary participation in their efforts.
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Wolpert, J. (2002). The Distributional Impacts of Nonprofits and Philanthropy. In: Flynn, P., Hodgkinson, V.A. (eds) Measuring the Impact of the Nonprofit Sector. Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0533-4_7
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