From The Mercury News - click here to read the article...
President Bush prodded corporate America on Thursday to open its wallet to faith-based charities and declared his administration's efforts in that area a great success. Independent analysts said the picture was far less clear.
While the federal government sent more than $2 billion to religious charities last year, the five-year White House priority has fallen far short of the ambitious goals that Bush touted as a presidential candidate in 2000.
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Gauging the success of Bush's five-year effort is tricky, because no one can say for sure how much government money goes to faith-based organizations or what they do with it. White House officials acknowledge that their $2.1 billion figure for last year is a best-guess estimate.
Academic studies that try to measure the effectiveness of charitable work fail to support the president's opinion that religious groups work better than secular organizations.
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