Author: Sharayah Lane
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Nonprofit Segregation: The Exclusion and Impact of White Nonprofit Networks
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Nonprofits in cities often exist in segregated contexts in which leadership in high-capacity nonprofits reflects the whiteness of surrounding suburbs while leadership in grassroots nonprofits reflects the makeup of residency (low-income people of color). We build upon a small but burgeoning literature that uses critical race theory…
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March 2022 open thread
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Engagement in Civil Society and Different Forms of Social Trust in the Aftermath of the European Refugee Crisis
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This study examines the extent to which engagement within civil society relates to various forms of social trust among residents in local communities that received varying shares of asylum seekers during the European refugee crisis of 2015 to 2017. The study is based on a representative survey…
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Advancing Equity with Better Demographic Data Collection Practices
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The Evolution of the Nonprofit Research Field: An Emerging Scholar Perspective
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This study takes an emerging scholar perspective to reflect critically on the evolution of the nonprofit research field, applying a mixed-methods design. Study 1 evaluated the evolution of nonprofit research through comparing the topics, theories, and methods in emerging nonprofit scholars’ dissertations (n = 3,023) to that…
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Demographic Data Collection: The Personal, the Practical, and the Potential for Impact
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Book Review: Homeschooling the right: How Conservative Education Activism Erodes the State, by Brown, H
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Eight Signs Your Board Might Be Dysfunctional
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Examining the Efficacy of Accountability Systems in Preventing Nonprofit Misconduct: A Look Beyond Financial Fraud
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. The purpose of our study is to broaden the investigation of nonprofit misconduct beyond financial fraud perpetrated by individual actors and to identify structural features that are more or less likely to be associated with actual misconduct. We utilize the Charity Navigator Advisory System and related press…
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Let’s Give Together: Can Collaborative Giving Boost Generosity?
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. A growing number of people donate to charity together with others, such as a spouse, friend, or stranger. Does giving to charity collectively with another person—called collaborative giving—promote generosity? Existing data offer unsatisfactory insight; most studies are correlational, present mixed findings, or examine other concepts. Yet, theory…