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Showing 1 to 20 of 110 for “"Nonprofits"”.
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Experiencing Nonprofits in Vietnam: What Matters Most to the People Nonprofits Aim to Serve
To better understand nonprofit performance and impact, this study set out to identify the salient viewpoints of the individuals and communities a nonprofit human service provider sets out to serve, i.e., the nonprofit’s constituents. Focusing on the first encounter with a nonprofit, which the …
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The Battle of Gentrification vs. Centrification: The role of nonprofits
… local government, community based organizations, nonprofits, and grassroots advocacy groups can build community engagement, raise-up and prioritize the historical neighborhood, and champion the value proposition for residents who face gentrification. Using a case study in Tacoma, Washington, this …
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Using environmental nonprofits to refine rules of interest group behavior
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-10-20 without embargo terms
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Leadership Transition Barriers in Small Nonprofits - An Analysis of Board Engagement
Board chairs of nonprofits agree that hiring an executive director is one of the most important things that boards of directors can do. Accordingly one would expect that boards would be prepared for executive director leadership transitions, whether planned or unplanned, recognizing that their …
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The contribution of disease focused nonprofits to biomedical research and development
Patient-centered, disease-focused nonprofits are playing an increasingly prominent role in accelerating the development of new diagnostics, drugs, and therapies. They are engaging in a variety of complex venture philanthropic activities as they seek to bridge the "valley of death" gap between basic …
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Making an Impact Creating a sustainable future for nonprofits through planned giving
<p>With a stagnant economy and significantly decreased government funding, nonprofit organizations are looking towards their development teams to raise more funds and expand their gift options in order to financially sustain their institution. When devising a museum's fundraising strategy, outright …
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Growing Support: Localism, Nonprofits, and Food Access in Post-Katrina New Orleans
<p>Problems with food insecurity, such as a lack of access to healthy and affordable food in low-income neighborhoods, has been an ongoing challenge in New Orleans. The damages inflicted by Hurricane Katrina and subsequent citywide flooding on the local food system reduced the numerical count of …
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How does interorganizational collaboration work? Examining interorganizational collaboration among human services nonprofits
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The role of nonprofits as administrators in municipal sustainability planning: An exploration of four cities
… of their sustainability plans. The roles of nonprofits vary between cities but often include information gathering and designing and developing plans, while the task of implementing these plans is managed by the municipal governments. This study explores this promising and emerging technique …
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Exploring organizational pressures on data driven decision making in social service nonprofits : a Grounded Theory study
… in the approximately 112,000 human service nonprofits in the United States (Bopp et al., 2017; National Center for Charitable Statistics [NCCS], 2020). Recognizing these barriers is crucial for progress. Data-driven decision making (DDDM) involves three stages: defining relevant data, …
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Motivations behind individuals' engagement with urban, community-building nonprofits on Facebook : a uses and gratifications approach
… engage with urban, community-building nonprofits on Facebook. Nonprofits rely heavily on social media marketing (SMM) given its cost efficiency and nonprofits' limited budgets (Young, 2017). Given the importance of social media to nonprofits, it is important to examine why individuals …
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Serving Through Adversity: Community-Based Nonprofits Negotiating Race, Place, and a State Budget Crisis, 2007-2011
… that threatened their very survival, these nonprofits connected residents with community institutions, government, and church in response to their needs.</p><p>Processes of acquiring resources and capital, prioritizing the needs, shifting programs and people for maximum benefit, and finally …
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Business orientated resource diversification in smaller social service nonprofits : why some are adopting and others are not
… of adoption might be and how governments, nonprofits and business stakeholders might support their emergence. This research aims to build an evidence base to provide greater understanding of these issues. The thesis analyses data from fourteen organisational case studies of nonprofit social …
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Navigating Post-Pandemic Leadership Succession in Child and Adolescent Mental and Behavioral Health Nonprofits in the Midwest
… in youth-serving mental and behavioral health nonprofits across Iowa help define the issue and possible solutions moving forward. The results of this study will provide policymakers, funders, and nonprofit leaders with information on the critical need for intentional leadership development and …
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Communities of the Dispossessed or Technocratic Housing Nonprofits? Political Logics Animating Community Land Trusts across the American Southwest
This dissertation investigates the political goals, frameworks, and practices of Community Land Trusts (CLTs) across the Southwest, in order to contribute to ongoing scholarly conversations about the potential cooptation of the CLT movement. In doing so, it contributes to the perennial question of …
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Separate but equal? : A comparison of land conservation and affordable housing nonprofits in three towns on Cape Cod, MA
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2003.
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The Doan Center Project Cleveland, Ohio : a case study of nonprofits as players in the real estate development process
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1987.
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The impact of social media use on fundraising as reported by nonprofit organizations in southern New Jersey
… attitudes and behaviors of participating nonprofits toward social media use in fundraising and communication. The author surveyed 40 nonprofit organizations to discover the extent of their knowledge, attitudes and use of social media. The author designed a 30-question survey, posted it …
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"But Why Facebook?" Why and How Local Nonprofit Organizations Use Facebook Compared to Other Social Media
… to inform people and carry out campaigns. For nonprofits, social media platforms provide a channel to reach large audiences quickly, efficiently, and engagingly. How social media is used by nonprofit organizations – especially medium to small-scale organizations – plays a huge factor in their …
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Breaking the Silence: Forgotten Stories in the Mental Health Field
… respond to them. The importance of mental health nonprofits is clear given the number of individuals who lean on them for support, and stories can enhance that importance. What if the leaders, volunteers, and staff members of mental health nonprofits shared their stories and gave the nonprofit a …
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