Impact of the EU Structural Funds on Financial Capacities of Non-profit Organizations |
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Authors: | Oto Potluka Martin Spacek Georg von Schnurbein |
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Affiliation: | 1.CEPS,University of Basel,Basel,Switzerland;2.SPECTRA Centre of Excellence EU,Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava,Bratislava,Slovakia |
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Abstract: | To fulfil their role, non-profit organizations (NPOs) need sufficient capacities. These include, first and foremost, financial capacity. EU Cohesion Policy commands financial resources of 351.8 bn. EUR. The EU is also willing to support NPOs from this source. With such considerable funding, the research questions arise: How much money have NPOs received? What are the effects of such assistance on the financial capacities of NPOs? On a sample of 2715 non-profit organizations in the Czech Republic, we have found that EU subsidies have a positive impact on financial capacities, measured as real assets. It is caused by using EU funds for investment. We have not proved an effect on short-term financial capacities measured on revenues. Moreover, the distribution of financial support among PBOs is unequal as 4% of NPOs collected 80% of subsidies due to differences in skills among NPOs’ managers. |
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