Understanding Nonprofit Organizations

J. Steven Ott is Director of the Institute of Public and International Affairs and professor of political science at the University of Utah. He has served as a consultant to numerous nonprofit organizations and local and state government agencies, and has chaired the Executive Committee of the Nonprofit Management Education Section of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA). Dr. Ott has authored and edited many books, articles, and chapters on the nonprofit sector and its organizations, organization theory, organizational behaviour, human resource management, administrative theory, accountability, and organizational culture.Lisa A. Dicke is a professor of public administration at the University of North Texas. Dr. Dicke serves on the Executive Council and on the Committee of the Nonprofit Management Education Section of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA). Her research interests include organizational leadership, as well as accountability in government and nonprofit organizations, and her articles have been published in numerous books and journals.

Foreword David O. Renz

Preface

Part I. Governance of Nonprofit Organizations

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

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

Meyer: Case 1: Welcome to the Board of Directors

Meyer: Case 2: Unwelcome News

Part II. The Legal Framework Jared Bennett

3. Organizational, Operational, and Related Tests and Doctrines Bruce R. Hopkins (2011)

4. Evaluating the Charitable Deduction and Proposed Reforms Roger Colinvaux, Brian Galle, Eugene Steuerle (Urban Institute, June 2012)

5. Punctilios and Nonprofit Corporate Governance--A Comprehensive Look at Nonprofit Directors’ Fiduciary Duties Thomas Lee Hazen & Lisa Love Hazen (2012)

Meyer: Case 3: Daughter Dearest

Meyer: Case 4: Conflicting Values

Part III. Strategic Leadership

6. Executive Director Stephen R. Block (1990)

7. When No One Is in Charge: The Meaning of Shared Power Barbara C. Crosby and John M. Bryson (2005)

Meyer: Case 5: The Downward Spiral of Founder’s Hospital

Meyer: Case 6: Between a Rock and Boulder

Part IV. Innovation and Capacity

8. Taking Social Entrepreneurship Seriously J. Gregory Dees (2007)

9. Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World Beth Kanter and Katie Delahaye Paine (2012)

Meyer: Case 7: Creative Curmudgeonry

Meyer: Case 8: Introspection, Creativity and Cloud Computing

Part V. Fund Development: Generating Revenues

10. Capacity Building: Strategies for Successful Fundraising Michele Cole (2014)

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

12. Foundations Elizabeth T. Boris (1998)

Meyer: Case 9: Ethical Considerations in Fundraising

Meyer: Case 10: The Selling of America

Part VI. Philanthropy in Action

13. Philanthropic Social Ventures: A Framework and Profile of the Emerging Field Holona LeAnne Ochs (2012).

14. Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur’s Odyssey to Educate the World’s Children John Wood (2006)

Meyer: Case 11: Growing Support Online One Meal at a Time

Meyer: Case 12: Volunteer and Donor Recruitment on Social Media

Part VII. Contracts, Partners and Collaborations

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

16. Paradoxes in the Management of Networks Sonia M. Ospina and Angel Saz-Carranza (2010)

Meyer: Case 13: Printing, Politics and Personal Preferences

Meyer: Case 14: Show Me the Money

Part VIII. Budgets, Financial Reports, and Management Control

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

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

Meyer: Case 15: Throwing the First E-Stone

Meyer: Case 16: When the Funding Stops

Part IX. Managing Volunteers

19. What is Volunteering? Marc A. Musick and John Wilson (2008)

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

Meyer: Case 17: Now You See ‘Em, Now You Don’t: Volunteers and Nonprofits

Meyer: Case 18: Turning the Tide: Transitioning From Volunteers to Paid Staff

Part X. Accountability and Evaluation

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

22. Accountability Online: Understanding the Web-Based Accountability Practices of Nonprofit Organizations Accountability Gregory D. Saxton and Chao Guo (2011)

Meyer: Case 19: An Awareness Campaign

Meyer: Case 20: Technology and Transparency at the Museum