Tag: nonprofit
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The Ethics of Islamic Philanthropy
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This article reconstructs the ethical architecture of Islamic philanthropy through qualitative thematic content analysis of Qur’anic and Prophetic sources. While existing scholarship documents important elements of Islamic giving, the ethical foundations … Goto full post >>
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Basic Psychological Needs and Beneficence in the Volunteer Experience: Exploring Satisfaction, Frustration, and Their Links to Well-Being and Ill-Being
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This study examined how the satisfaction and frustration of autonomy, competence, relatedness, and beneficence (the sense of prosocial impact) relate to volunteer well-being (meaningfulness of volunteer work, volunteer satisfaction, and general well-being)… Goto full post >>
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Directing Audience Responses: How Nonprofit Donation Appeals Shape User Comments on Social Media
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. While a growing body of research has examined the features of nonprofit donation appeals on social media and online user comments, little is known about how specific message constructs shape the content of user responses. Drawing on a large-scale dataset … Goto full post >>
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Corrigendum to “Determinants of AI Adoption in Nonprofit Organizations”
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Parents as Donors: Results From a National Survey on Giving to K–12 Education in the United States
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. In the United States, a substantial share of philanthropic giving supports educational causes, yet comparatively little is known about donations made by parents and families to K–12 education. Drawing on a nationally representative survey of 2,474 parents … Goto full post >>
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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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