Although record amounts of money and other resources are being donated
to American charities, few discussions focus on the issue of accountability.
This article attempts to lay the framework for such a discussion by exam
ining charitable health organizations as a case study. Such issues as fiscal
responsibility, fund-raising, organizational structure, and political lobbying
are explored in an effort to define the problems that surround the concept
of accountability in the nonprofit sector.
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