Table 3. Regression results (internal controls combined)

Nonprofit fraud Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
Coef. (S.E.) Odds ratio Coef. (S.E.) Odds ratio Coef. (S.E.) Odds ratio
Governance policies –0.153***(0.039) 0.858***(0.033) –0.131***(0.040) 0.877***(0.035)
Financial audit systems –0.312***(0.100) 0.732***(0.074) –0.221**(0.105) 0.802**(0.083)
Org. charateristics
 Board size –0.102 0.903 –0.115 0.891 –0.102 0.903
(0.088) (0.080) (0.088) (0.078) (0.088) (0.080)
 Board independence –0.222 0.800 –0.262 0.769 –0.197 0.821
(0.241) (0.194) (0.239) (0.185) (0.242) (0.198)
 Org. age 0.006* 1.007* 0.007* 1.008* 0.007* 1.007*
(0.004) (0.004) (0.004) (0.004) (0.004) (0.004)
 Org. size –0.070** 0.932** –0.065** 0.937** –0.057* 0.944*
(0.033) (0.030) (0.033) (0.031) (0.033) (0.031)
 Employee –0.000 1.000 –0.001 0.999 –0.000 1.000
(0.001) (0.001) (0.001) (0.001) (0.001) (0.001)
 Government grant 0.152 1.164 0.074 1.077 0.182 1.199
(0.193) (0.225) (0.190) (0.204) (0.195) (0.233)
 Donative org. –0.229 0.798 –0.265 0.767 –0.214 0.808
(0.179) (0.142) (0.177) (0.136) (0.179) (0.145)
 Debt ratio 0.893*** 2.442*** 0.894*** 2.446*** 0.945*** 2.573***
(0.250) (0.603) (0.246) (0.603) (0.250) (0.642)
 Family relation 0.456** 1.578** 0.344* 1.410* 0.404* 1.500*
(0.220) (0.351) (0.221) (0.312) (0.224) (0.338)
 Location (urban=1) –0.220 0.803 –0.189 0.827 –0.263 0.769
(0.191) (0.155) (0.192) (0.159) (0.194) (0.149)
 NTEE-code control Yes Yes Yes
Constant 1.769*** 5.862*** 1.451** 4.269** 1.608*** 4.992***
(0.515) (3.020) (0.520) (2.218) (0.520) (2.594)
Observations 1,280 1,280 1,280 1,280 1,280 1,280
p<0.1,
p<0.05,
p<0.01.
Org, organization; NTEE, national taxonomy of exempt entities.