Abstract Although nonprofit organizations are expected to contribute to public interests, their tax exemption does not necessarily entail serving the broader public. What, then, makes nonprofit organizations orient their work externally, serving the broader public, instead of internally, pursuing private goals? This paper examines this question by studying the link between nonprofits’ board governance, with a specific focus on boards’ racial diversity, and their contribution to public interests. The analysis of the 2015 US Local Arts Agency Census reveals that boards’ racial diversity is closely related with nonprofit arts organizations’ participation in serving the broader public through civic engagement and community development activities. The findings offer insights on how nonprofit boards, which are neither publicly elected nor publicly accountable, can be trusted to attend to broader issues of the public interest.

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非营利艺术组织对公共利益的追求：董事会多元化的作用

摘要 尽管非营利组织被期望为公共利益做出贡献，但它们的免税并不一定意味着为更广泛的公众服务。那么，是什么让非营利组织将其工作定位于外部，服务于更广泛的公众，而不是内部，追求私人目标？本文通过研究非营利组织董事会治理（特别关注董事会的种族多样性）与其对公共利益的贡献之间的联系来检验这个问题。对 2015 年美国地方艺术机构人口普查的分析表明，董事会的种族多样性与非营利艺术组织通过公民参与和社区发展活动参与为更广泛的公众服务密切相关。调查结果提供了有关非营利委员会如何，