Author: Megan LePere-Schloop
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“We Expected a Revolution and Got a Slow Burn”: Microfoundations of Institutional Change in the Community Foundation Field
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Demographic shifts, economic restructuring, online-giving platforms, and growing competition threaten traditional models of community philanthropy. Responding to these pressures, philanthropy thought leaders have supported “a new way forward” for community foundations—community leadership. However, change is difficult, and little research examines organizational processes of moving toward community leadership.…
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The CEP Conference: A Retrospective and an Invitation
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The International Institute of Information Technology – Hyderabad Shares Digital Innovations with Nonprofits via Choreo from WSO2
IIIT Hyderabad uses the Choreo SaaS application development suite to provide “one-stop-shop” access to digital research projects that non-profit organisations can productise for their communities London, UK – 9th of February, 2023 – The International Institute of Information Technology – Hyderabad (IIIT Hyderabad) collaborates with leading technology organisations to innovate new solutions that benefit nonprofits…
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How Gender Differences Show Up (and Don’t) in CEP’s Grantee Perception Report
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Decomposing the Impact of Leadership Diversity Among Nonprofit Organizations
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Our contribution lies in exploring loci and reach of leadership diversity’s influence on proximal and distal performance outcomes to understand how and where these can be mobilized. Our moderated-mediation modeling decomposes the direct, indirect, and interaction effects of demographic diversity among three types of focal actors in…
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Philippe Cousteau Jr’s EarthEcho International Launches OurEcho Challenge for UK Schools & Young People To Help Reduce Biodiversity Loss
STEM contest for pupils, Years 6-10, with top UK project grant of £5,000 London, UK (2 February 2023) – Phillippe Cousteau Jr’s EarthEcho International is launching the inaugural OurEcho Challenge competition in the United Kingdom, challenging teams of students, years 6-10, to help tackle the global decline in biodiversity. Teams are invited to get hands-on…
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Improving Location Decisions For Charity Retailers: Applying Operations Research and Customer Discovery
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This study provides a novel methodology at the nexus of Customer Discovery and business analytics for critical location decisions charity retailers with circular supply chains face. It integrates spatial network analysis with Customer Discovery and multicriteria decision-making. Traditional analyses are primarily based on customer location but for…
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Consensus Formation in Nonprofit and Philanthropic Studies: Networks, Reputation, and Gender
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. The research field of nonprofits and philanthropy has grown exponentially. To what extent do nonprofit scholars share a common language? Answering this question is crucial to assessing the field’s intellectual cohesiveness. We studied how coauthor networks, scholarly reputation, and the prevalence of female authors influence consensus formation.…
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2022 in Review: A Note of Thanks to Our Partners
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The Nonprofit Role in Building Community Social Capital: A Moderated Mediation Model of Organizational Learning, Innovation, and Shared Mission for Social Capital Creation
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Nonprofit activity produces social benefits, brings engaged actors in social networks, and promotes a sense of community and belonging by instilling shared values and norms, resulting in community trust and support back to the nonprofit. This reciprocal pattern of community building features the nonprofit role in building…
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Staffing for Success: What We Know about Staffing for Strong Funder-Grantee Relationships
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Aylesbury Residents Thank Orange Genie for Unexpected Christmas Gifts
Back in December 2022 Orange Genie continued their tradition of support for their local community by distributing Christmas gifts to some elderly residents. United Kingdom, January 2023 – Back in December 2022, Orange Genie delivered boxes of Christmas gifts to residents in their home town of Aylesbury. Their intention was to support their local community…
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4 Lessons from MacKenzie Scott’s Unconventional Approach
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Community-Based Initiatives and Public Services Delivery in a Fragile Context: The Case of Yemen
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. The collapse of public services in Yemen due to a protracted crisis raging since 2015 has compelled some local citizen-based coalitions to initiate community-based service delivery. This preliminary study identifies Community-Based Initiatives (CBIs) as non-state actors supplying basic services ordinarily provided by governmental institutions. It offers an…