Author: Nicole P. Marwell, Kevin Credit, Sunggeun (Ethan) Park
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Configuring the Geography of Social Service Provision: Neighborhood Characteristics, Nonprofit Spatial Strategies, and Public Funding
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Social services in the United States are delivered jointly by government and nonprofits. Prior research examineseitherthe locationorthe resources of nonprofits; it rarely examines how these factors jointly influence social service availability or … Goto full post >>
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Finding the Bottlenecks in Family Planning Access
When GiveWell investigates a new cause area, we’re often focused on two priorities: directing funding where we think it can help people most and generating evidence to inform larger investments later. Family planning is a clear example. Recent foreign aid cuts—including reductions from the US, UK, and Dutch governments—deepened an already substantial need and opened…
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Understanding What Nonprofits Say Versus What They Do When It Comes to Advocacy
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This paper explores a notable paradox in nonprofit advocacy: nonprofit leaders frequently claim in surveys and interviews that they do not engage in advocacy or lobbying, but many of them often report conducting activities that qualify as such. This … Goto full post >>
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July 2026 Updates
Every month we send an email newsletter to our supporters sharing recent updates from our work. We publish selected portions of the newsletter on our blog to make this news more accessible to people who visit our website. For key updates from the latest installment, please see below! If you’d like to receive the complete…
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The Social Costs of Signaling: On the Negative Relationship Between Social Image Concerns and Green Crowdfunding
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This study examines the role of social signaling in charitable giving on a green crowdfunding platform. Using a dataset linking survey responses on motivations and social signaling with real donation data from a German platform, we examine how reported … Goto full post >>
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The Relationship of Scaling and Democracy in Third-Sector Organizations
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. The scaling of third-sector organizations (TSOs) in terms of the number of beneficiaries they serve and/or the range and quality of contributions they offer is generally assumed to be a desirable aim. At the same time, many TSOs are embedded in local … Goto full post…
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Book Review: A Relational Approach to NGOs in Global Politics: Beyond Cooperation and Competition by Deloffre, M. Z., & Quack, S. (Eds.)
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Tackling Diarrheal Disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and South Sudan
Diarrhea is one of the leading causes of death for children under five, killing more than 400,000 children every year.1“Diarrhoeal disease is the third leading cause of death in children under 5 years old and is responsible for killing around 443 832 children every year.” World Health Organization, “Diarrhoeal disease,” 2024. jQuery(‘#footnote_plugin_tooltip_16749_1_1’).tooltip({ tip: ‘#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_16749_1_1’, tipClass:…
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Disaster-Response Charities and Climate Change: What Predicts Risk Reduction Behavior?
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Even as climate change brings more extreme weather and threatens nonprofit service continuity, the organizations that respond to local disasters vary considerably in how much risk reduction they carry out. Theories of protection motivation and planned … Goto full post >>
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What Counts as Volunteering? Evolving Definitions and Measures of Volunteering in Australia (1970s–2025)
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This research note examines how volunteering has been defined and measured in Australia since the 1970s, and how those choices shape what becomes visible in policy and statistics. Drawing on a historical analysis of national surveys, government reports, … Goto full post >>
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Navigating Dual-Structured Crisis: Factors Influencing Nonprofit Organizational Resilience
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. The COVID-19 pandemic constituted an unprecedented exogenous shock to many nonprofit organizations, testing their ability to sustain operations and adapt to crises. Building on population ecology and nonprofit organizational resilience framework, this … Goto full post >>
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When the Supreme Court Speaks, Philanthropy Must Listen Closely
NCRP’s Response to Regressive SCOTUS 2026 Decisions Indigenous sovereignty. Reproductive justice. Birthright citizenship. Trans rights. Voting rights. Civil rights. Whether the decisions were favorable or unfavorable, the cases of the 2026 Supreme Court session are not isolated. These rulings are just the latest example of the impressive decades-long tactics by regressive funders. For more than a…