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Showing 1 to 20 of 49 for “"Nonprofit Administration and Management"”.
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Use of Funds in a Nonprofit Organization as Predictor of Organizational Effectiveness and Efficiency
… in a religious not-for-profit organization (NPO) and member recruitment. Financial data, from Seventh-day Adventist conferences at the organizational level, were correlated with data on membership recruitment from these same conferences.</p> <p><em>Method.</em> This study used a linear time-series …
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When Worlds Collide: Bringing the Native/Indigenous Transnational Nonprofit Leader to the Conversation
… Described differently according to discipline and study, the primary characteristic of transnationals is that they cross borders in support of a broad range of purposes, including advocacy and service provision, and profession and research. While not explicitly engaged within the nonprofit …
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Structure and Mission Effectiveness: a Study Focused on Seventh-day Adventist Mission to Unreached People Groups Between 1980 and 2010
… gospel to unreached people groups between 1980 and 2010. A historical descriptive study, this dissertation's theory base includes structure from an anthropological perspective; structure, mission, and effectiveness from an organizational perspective; and church structure and mission …
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The Food Education Project: Teaching Nutrition through Environmental Awareness
… Project (FEP). FEP provided a practical and hands- on opportunity, which allowed for the knowledge gained over the past two years at the University of San Francisco’s Public Health Program to be put to public health practice. The experience was invaluable for the author’s professional and …
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Does Winning Matter? An Examination of the Impact of Success on Former Student-Athlete Philanthropic Giving
… rival programs for prospective student-athletes and fans. Previous research in ICA philanthropy has found that team success is one of the key factors driving donations to athletic programs. However, much of the research in this field has centered on athletic giving on a macro-level, focusing on …
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U.S. Symphony Orchestra Bylaws: Policy Anomalies And Trends
Bylaws serve as the skeleton of any nonprofit organization's administrative culture. They are the laws and rules that govern the internal affairs of an organization. (Pickett 2000) Since the primary function of bylaws is to support the effective management of operations, the examination of bylaws …
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A Comparative Study of Giving and Volunteering Patterns Among Adults with Seventh-day Adventist and Other Christian Religious Identities
… to do more with less, it is important to understand the mechanisms that build and sustain two key resources-individual giving and volunteering. Research indicates that there is a great deal of variation in the extent to which individuals provide help. An integrative theoretical model is utilized …
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Organizational Leadership : a Study of the Perceptions of Servant Leadership Practices and Beliefs, and its Implications for a Private Christian Institution of Higher Education in Brazil
… University (UNASP) regarding the beliefs and practices of servant leadership by using data collected online through the instrument called the Organizational Leadership Assessment (OLA), focusing on six key areas of organizational health, according to three independent variables, which are …
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Riding the Wave: How the Philanthropic Revolution will Impact Museums in the United States and Canada
… of philanthropy from 1970 to the present, and presents a strategy for museums to leverage contemporary trends in nonprofit giving. The methods proposed in this project are specifically targeted at engaging new community leaders and the family members of legacy donors. I have researched and …
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Community Foundations as Community Leaders
… roles, including asset building, grantmaking, and community leadership. While asset building and grantmaking have methods available to quantify and measure their impact, community leadership has remained an elusive concept for community foundations for many years.</p> <p>This study investigates …
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Spinning Straw into Gold: A Study of Resource Creation, Flow, and Conversion in a Nonprofit Collaboration
… work cooperatively to enhance their efficiency and effectiveness. Collaborating organizations in the nonprofit sector are increasingly expected to produce system-level change as well. This collective impact approach is under-theorized and therefore not consistently actionable. A central puzzle …
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Crowdfunding in Museums
<p>The successes of websites such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo have propelled the popularity of crowdfunding and have made it a viable mode of fundraising in museums. Museums have used crowdfunding to raise funds for a wide variety of purposes including purchasing property, construction, disaster …
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A Complete Catalog of a Japanese Basket Collection
… inventory of a collection of Japanese baskets and other woven objects within the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology. This inventory project will therefore provide the museum with a more thorough research tool of other cultures for students and scholars. Through scholarly texts from the …
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Clients as Voting Board Members: A Mixed Methods Examination of San Diego County Nonprofit Human Services Organizations
… board composition generates more strategic and thoughtful policymaking. This study examined one aspect of board composition that is frequently cited as a source of more strategic and thoughtful policymaking: clients as voting members.</p> <p>This study used descriptive and inferential …
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Grassroots Talent Development at La Maestra: Understanding the Perceptions of Leaders and Staff
<p>This dissertation explored the leadership and staff perceptions of talent management (TM) in the San Diego-based community health center La Maestra. The organization initiated a scheme called Grassroots Talent Development (GTD) that focuses on developing its internal talents from the ground up, …
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Identifying Cross-Country Key Drivers of Social Entrepreneurial Activity
<p>Governmental and philanthropic efforts alone are not sufficient to eradicate poverty. The world needs new frameworks that enable sustainable development by integrating the economic, social and environmental dimensions, and social entrepreneurship is of great interest because it has the capacity …
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, KEEP IN TOUCH, AS A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF VISITATION
… process. Visitation is concerned with children and their families who have been separated. Reasons for separation vary; however, many children have been separated and would benefit greatly from a local visitation program. Items such as children’s rights, California’s mandatory mediation law, and …
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