Understanding nonprofit organizations: governance, leadership, and management

Illustrations

Foreword / David O. Renz

Preface

Acknowledgments

I. Governance of Nonprofit Organizations

1. Board of Directors / Stephen R. Block (1998)

2. The High-Impact Governing Model / Doug Eadie (2009)

3. Guide to Nonprofit Corporate Governance in the Wake of Sarbanes-Oxley American Bar Association, Coordinating Committee on Nonprofit Governance (2005)

II. The Legal Framework

4. Organizational, Operational, and Related Tests and Doctrines / Bruce R. Hopkins (2007)

5. Update: The Current State of Nonprofit Director Liability / Jaclyn A. Cherry (1999)

III. Effective, Ethical Leadership

6. Executive Director / Stephen R. Block (1998)

7. Ethics in Nonprofit Management: Creating a Culture of Integrity / Thomas H. Jeavons (1994)

IV. Capacity Building

8. Building Nonprofit Capacity: A Framework for Addressing the Problem / Carol J. De Vita / Cory Fleming / Eric C. Twombly (2001)

9. Introduction to Strategic Planning / Michael Allison / Jude Kaye (2006)

V. Fund Development: Generating Revenues

10. The Fundraising Process / Wesley E. Lindahl (2010)

11. Analyzing the Dynamics of Funding: Reliability and Autonomy / Jon Pratt (2004)

12. The Giving Circle Landscape / Angela M. Eikenberry (2009)

13. Foundations / Elizabeth T. Boris (1998)

VI. Social Entrepreneurship and Commercialism

14. Nonprofit Entrepreneurship / Dennis R. Young (1998)

15. The Legitimacy of Social Enterprise / Raymond Dart (2004)

16. Taking Social Entrepreneurship Seriously / J. Gregory Dees (2007)

17. Conceptualizing Nonprofit Commercialism: A Case Study / Stefan Toepler (2004)

VII. Managing Under Government Contracts, Through Networks, and in Collaborations

18. Dilemmas of Management in Nonprofit Organizations / Steven Rathgeb Smith / Michael Lipsky (1993)

19. A Manager's Guide to Choosing and Using Collaborative Networks / H. Brinton Milward / Keith G. Provan (2006)

20. Collaboration: Mission Driven Partnerships / Carol Chetkovich / Frances Kunreuther (2006)

VIII. Budgets, Financial Reports, and Management Control

21. The Underpinnings of Financial and Fiscal Operations / Dale Swoboda / Georgalu Swoboda (2009)

22. Types of Nonprofit Income: Financial and Cash Flow Management Considerations / Murray Dropkin / Allyson Hayden (2001)

IX. Managing Volunteers

23. What Is Volunteering? / Marc A. Musick / John Wilson (2008)

24. Volunteers at Work / Jone L. Pearce (1993)

25. It Ain't Natural: Toward a New (Natural) Resource Conceptualization for Volunteer Management / Jeffrey L. Brudney / Lucas C. P. M. Meijs (2009)

X. Accountability and Evaluation

26. Multiple Constituencies and the Social Construction of Nonprofit Organization Effectiveness / Robert D. Herman / David O. Renz (1997)

27. Balancing Competing Accountability Requirements: Challenges in Performance Improvement of the Nonprofit Human Services Agency / Seok-Eun Kim (2005)

28. Measuring Outcomes of United Way-Funded Programs: Expectations and Reality / Michael Hendricks / Margaret C. Plantz / Kathleen J. Pritchard (2008)