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Linking Environmental Health and Civic Health: An Analysis of Air Pollution and Charitable Giving
ABSTRACT This study examines the effect of air pollution on charitable giving. We suggest that the burdens associated with poor air quality are associated with a dampening of civic and philanthropic engagement. Analyzing 12 years of county‐level data from the United States with fixed‐effects OLS and instrumental variables regressions, we identify a ...
Gregory D. Saxton +6 more
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Nonprofit Organizations: Theory, Management and Policy
This text is the first to dedicate itself to the nonprofit sector. It provides a comprehensive overview of nonprofit and voluntary organizations, nongovernmental organizations, philanthropic foundations and civil society institutions.
Anheier, Helmut K. (Prof. Dr.)
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Nonprofit And Public Sector Human Resources Management: A Comparative Analysis
Centralto this paper is the task of identifying and understanding what differentiatesnonprofit human resources management from that practiced in public sectoragencies (e.g., federal, state, and local governments).
Meyer, C. Kenneth +2 more
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ABSTRACT With the aim to explore the potential of machine learning for nonprofit research, this article contrasts traditional linear regression with four contemporary supervised machine learning approaches. Concretely, we predict (1) reputation ratings and (2) the total number of volunteers for 4021 non‐profit organizations in the U.S.
Moritz Schmid +2 more
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Cutback management : facing the challenge for nonprofit agencies
How ironic that the king of corporate cutbacks himself, "Chainsaw'' Al Dunlap, got cut from the employee roster when Sunbeam stocks still sank after two years of cost cutting (Daily News, 1998). As chief executive of Sunbeam Corporation, Alfred J. Dunlop
Burke, Carmela Anne
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Crisis Preparation, Capacity Building, and Community Resilience: Lessons From Maui
ABSTRACT The 2023 Maui wildfires provide a unique context to explore the impact of nonprofit crisis networks taking a proactive role in community crisis response, leveraging resources, expertise, and networks. The Hawaiʻi Community Foundation (HCF) has been a key player in Maui's local response, providing critical support, mobilizing volunteers, and ...
Lauren Azevedo +3 more
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Laura D Carbone,1,2 Brian Le,3 Rachel E Elam,1,2 Emily Budde,1 Zhiping Huo,1 Dezon Finch,1 Thomas B Dodson,4 Peter J Gerngross,5 Howard A Fink,6 Robert A Adler,7 Frances Weaver,1 Joan C Lo,8 Joshua Barzilay,9,10 Laura Grangaard Johnson,11 John T ...
Carbone LD +14 more
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ABSTRACT Under the roof of Christian churches in Central Europe, some nonprofit organizations (NPOs) grow, while others are in marked decline. Our study in this context extends a previous focus on financial indicators to NPO managers' experiences, their role clarity and job satisfaction, during phases of organizational growth and decline. Specifically,
Max Niehoff, Johannes Stark
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The role of law in the development of the nonprofit sector in Nigeria and South Africa
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-238).The study of the nonprofit sector as the conglomeration of private initiatives in addressing public needs is increasing to match the growth of formal and informal associations of people in countries across
Okoye, Ada Obianuju
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Fundraising as Contracting: Why Nonprofits Accept In‐Kind Donations
ABSTRACT In‐kind (nonmonetary) donations are a popular form of philanthropy that have received much less scholarly attention than monetary gifts. This study documents the prevalence of types of in‐kind giving and associated organizational practices, then explores links between the perceptions of nonprofit managers, organizational practices, and ...
Elizabeth Searing +3 more
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