Section 5: Who Benefits, Who Pays? -- Gaming Revenues and Non-Profit/Charitable Organizations (From Gambling in Canada: Golden Goose or Trojan Horse?, P 289-296, 1989, Colin S. Campbell and John Lowman, eds. -- See NCJ-126295)

• NCJ Number: 126312
• Author(s): L Fletcher-Gordon
• Date Published: 1989
• Length: 8 pages
• Sale Source: Simon Fraser University
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: Canada
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS.

Annotation

This paper examines the dependence of certain Canadian nonprofit and charitable organizations on the gaming industry for their revenue. This situation began in 1983 when both the Federal and provincial governments responded to the global recession through large budgetary cutbacks, greatly affecting social programs.

Abstract

A recent survey found that nearly half of the polled agencies received revenue from some type of gambling; this trend is apparent across the entire spectrum of non-profit social service organizations. There is, however, a broad range in the amount of revenue realized by these organizations. The research indicates that, while organizations may be affected positively or negatively by involvement in gaming, the impact may be tempered by several factors including agency size, who is involved in the fundraising, how necessary the fundraising is, the amount of revenue raised, and the way in which these revenues are spent. This article argues that at least one provincial government, in British Columbia, seems to be reducing social services and grants to non-profit organizations while simultaneously shifting gambling revenues away from the private sector and into government coffers. 7 references