Author: Beth Gazley
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Climate Change and the Voluntary Sector: An Introduction
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. The voluntary and civil society sector plays important roles in climate policy, mitigation and adaptation, especially given the pervasive government and market failures in this policy domain. Does the quality and quantity of scholarship published in nonprofit-focused journals reflect the topic’s importance? This article reviews voluntary sector…
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Understanding Contextual Determinants of Likely Online Advocacy by Millennial Donors
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Increasing online advocacy by donors has important implications for nonprofit organizations (NPOs). Through a lens of self-disclosure theory, this current research combines data across three quantitative cross-sectional surveys of millennial Australian donors who donate blood, time, and/or money to better understand how NPOs can encourage existing donors…
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Why GiveWell funded the rollout of the malaria vaccine
Since our founding in 2007, GiveWell has directed over $600 million to programs that aim to prevent malaria, a mosquito-borne disease that causes severe illness and death. Malaria is preventable and curable, yet it killed over 600,000 people in 2021—mostly young children in Africa.[1] Following the World Health Organization’s approval of the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine…
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Understanding Location and Density: A Spatial Analysis of Cuyahoga County Ohio’s Nonprofit Sector
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Theories of density dependence emphasize the role of competition and legitimation in organizational life. However, agglomerative configurations and ecological processes vary substantially over space, resulting in heterogeneous sub-populations which organizations select into by choosing locations. Using geostatistical data constructed from form-990 submissions and the American Community Survey,…
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Book Review: Doctoral student skills: Using your comparative advantage to succeed in grad school and prepare for the job market, by Pallas, C. L.
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“Jesus Speaks Better”: Interactions Between State and Faith-Based Organizations in Service Implementation
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This article investigates the factors that enable cooperation between the state and faith-based organizations (FBOs) in public service implementation. Looking at the Brazilian context, the research explores the consequences of hybridization processes for FBOs and state organizations, as well as for public services. The article analyzes the…
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Who Is Threatening ‘Philanthropic Freedom?’
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Partners or Providers? An Analysis of Nonprofit Federal Contractor Performance
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. As competition over grant funding increases, nonprofit organizations (NPOs) are increasingly likely to enter into contracts with government agencies to ensure funding stability and accomplish organizational goals. Public agencies seek to reduce the possibility of contractor performance problems. Unlike profit-seeking firms that may need constant monitoring, NPOs…
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Contributions of the Paycheck Protection Program to Nonprofit Short-Term Sustainability
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This article draws on literature on nonprofit resilience to hazards to explore the impact of federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans on nonprofits’ staffing, services, and financial health during the COVID-19 pandemic’s first year. Through propensity score matching with survey data collected in spring 2020 and winter…
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COVID-19 Pandemic, Physical Distancing Policies, and the Non-Profit Sector Volunteer Force
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Although COVID-19-related physical distancing has had large economic consequences, the impact on volunteerism is unclear. Using volunteer position postings data from Canada’s largest volunteer center (Volunteer Toronto) from February 3, 2020, to January 4, 2021, we evaluated the impact of different levels of physical distancing on average…
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EXPRESSION OF CONCERN: “Even a Single Package of Pastas Will Help . . .”: The Effectiveness of the Legitimizing Paltry Contribution Technique on Altruism
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How much funding does GiveWell expect to raise through 2025?
Summary We’re optimistic that GiveWell’s funds raised will continue to increase in the long run. Over the next few years, we believe our annual funds raised are more likely to stay relatively constant, due to a decrease in expected funding from our largest donor, Open Philanthropy, offset by an expected increase in funding from our…
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Eight Signs Your Board Might Be Dysfunctional
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