This book assesses the impact of government funding, resulting from the passage of the charitable choice provision, on donations to faith-based organizations (FBOs). It tests the tenets of the crowding-out hypothesis, which posits that government funding to nonprofit organizations decreases or "crowds-out" private donations. The author uses mixed research methods to evaluate the relationship between public subsidies and private donations. The results of the quantitative research reject the crowding-out hypothesis and indicate that the relationship between government funding and private...