Tag: nonprofit
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For-Profit Fundraisers Make Nonprofits Market-Focused in Donors’ Eyes
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. The tension between social mission and organizational efficiency in nonprofit organizations is evident in various operational practices, particularly fundraising. In pursuit of greater efficiency, some nonprofits outsource this critical function to … Goto full post >>
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Volunteering Among Female Homemakers: A Longitudinal Perspective
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Although some evidence suggests that homemakers may engage more in formal volunteering than employed women, the pattern remains inconclusive, and the influence of time and place is understudied. This study investigates: “How does volunteering behavior of … Goto full post >>
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Experience and Interest in Volunteering: A Survey of Belizean Older Adults
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. When older adults volunteer, they benefit not only the community but also themselves. However, little is known about volunteering behaviors outside upper-income countries. This study collected data from a national sample of Belizean adults aged 60 to 74. … Goto full post >>
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Asymmetric Influence of Moral Actions on Prosocial Behavior: The Role of Moral Balance in Charitable Donations
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Convincing individuals to donate is a challenge for nonprofit organizations. This research builds on the concept ofmoral balanceto examine the asymmetric effects of prior moral actions on individuals’ likelihood of donating. Through five experiments, we … Goto full post >>
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Volunteer Value Creation and Distribution: A Systematic Literature Review
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Volunteers play a central role in contemporary society, yet the value created through their contributions remains fragmented across academic literatures. Drawing on a systematic literature review of 146 academic articles, this study provides a … Goto full post >>
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The Vital Role of Youth Organizations in Shaping Youth Participation in Nine European Countries
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This article examines factors that influence the action repertoires of youth organizations (YOs) across nine European countries and their roles within the nonprofit and voluntary sector. We insist on the connectedness of various forms of engagement, … Goto full post >>
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Book Review: Crowded out: The competitive landscape of contemporary international NGOs by Bush, S. S., & Hadden, J
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No Strings Attached: An Examination of Board-Designated Endowments in Nonprofit Organizations
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. We examine whether having at least a portion of an endowment free from donor restrictions (i.e., a board-designated endowment [“BDE”]) affects endowment objectives related to intergenerational equity, rainy-day funding, or accumulation. Our results … Goto full post >>
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Attitudinal and Emotional Outcomes and Drivers of Ordinary and Crisis Volunteering
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This article examines how crisis volunteering, that is, volunteering in response to needs arising during crises and ordinary volunteering that addresses needs independent of crises, relates to prosocial attitudes and negative emotions, using a four-wave … Goto full post >>
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Between Decorporatization and Contract-Based Governance: The Impact of Public Funding on Voluntary Organizations’ Advocacy Engagement in Norway, 1983 to 2013
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This article examines how public funding shapes nonprofit advocacy under changing institutional conditions, using Norway as a case of a shift from corporatist representation toward pluralist and contract-based governance. Drawing on survey data from … Goto full post >>
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Psychological Experiences of Community as Building Blocks of Civil Society
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This work explores civic engagement in Ukraine in 2022 soon after the full-scale Russian invasion. We collected responses from 998 Ukrainian citizens to understand their perspectives on civil society in the first year of the invasion, and more importantly,… Goto full post >>
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Research Note: Form 990 Data Quality and Reliability
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Nonprofit financial transparency is vital for research, policy, and public trust. Yet IRS Form 990 data—the most widely used nonprofit data set—raises reliability concerns because it is unaudited and follows tax, rather than Generally Accepted Accounting … Goto full post >>
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Innovating for Financial Sustainability in Nonprofit Symphony Orchestras: A Dynamic Capabilities Perspective
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Symphony orchestras (SOs) face financial and legitimacy challenges, from unstable revenue to shifting stakeholder expectations. Grounded in dynamic capabilities theory, we investigate how innovation strengthens nonprofit SOs’ financial sustainability. … Goto full post >>
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Determinants of AI Adoption in Nonprofit Organizations
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. As generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) becomes more prevalent across all types of organizations, interest in adopting artificial intelligence (AI) tools by charitable nonprofit organizations, who are given 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status by the … Goto full post >>
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Book Review: People powered radio: Fifty years of Australian community radio station 4ZZZ by Anderson, H and Community radio in South Asia: Mapping the alternative mediascape in Nepal, India, and Bangladesh by Rampersaud-Skorka, T
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Book Review: How consultants shape nonprofits: Shared values, unintended consequences by Reisman, L. M. G
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Book Review: The Philippines Road Home: Developing a Communicative Approach to Participation in Housing by Koschmann, M.
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Professional Data Use Among Nonprofits and Public Organizations in Collaborative Networks: The Influence of Partners, Coalitions, and Technical Assistance Organizations
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Nonprofits and public organizations may benefit from using evaluation data to improve programs and managerial decisions. Guided by organizational learning and institutional theory, this study investigates how partners, coalitions, and technical assistance … Goto full post >>
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Nonprofit Policies in an Anti-DEI Legislative Environment
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Despite the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices and policies, some public service organizations do not have them. Discourse surrounding DEI has pressured many organizations to remove DEI policies given their resource dependence … Goto full post >>
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From Threat to Volunteering: Psychological Distress as a Mediating Mechanism During the Iron Swords War
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. The Iron Swords War induced severe psychological distress in the Israeli population. This study examined the relationship between perceived threat, psychological distress, and the volunteering behavior of Israeli citizens at the start of the war. We … Goto full post >>

