Nonprofits Increasingly Pay Local and State Taxes, Study Finds

Nearly two-thirds of nonprofits say they pay some type of local or state tax, user fee, or other compensation to local governments to finance services and benefits supported by tax-paying entities, according to a new study.

The survey was conducted by the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies, in Baltimore, as part of the Listening Post Project, a research effort to examine issues facing tax-exempt groups.