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Research Friday: ASU is an Important Central Hub for Nonprofit Organizations

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& Management Student, Arizona State University. This week we welcome Mary McGillicuddy, one of the researchers who worked with the ASU College of Public Programs on a project that analyzed and mapped the social network of downtown Phoenix nonprofit organizations. Mary McGillicuddy , Nonprofit Leadership. 78(6), 1360-1380.

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Happy Birthday! The Charitable Deduction Turns 100

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Hager joined the faculty at ASU in 2008. Before moving to Phoenix, he was a Senior Research Associate in the Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy at the Urban Institute, a Washington D.C. in organizational sociology at the University of Minnesota with a study of the causes of nonprofit organization closure. think tank.

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Busting the Overhead Myth: How can nonprofits convince stakeholders to invest in capacity building?

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It is a fact that nonprofits that spend too little on infrastructure have more limited effectiveness than those that spend a reasonable amount on it (Pallotta, 2008). Gregory, A. ): Tufts University Press. Tyler completed his Master’s in Nonprofit Leadership and Management from Arizona State University in May of 2017.

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Nonprofit as Shibboleth

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Hager joined the faculty at ASU in 2008. Before moving to Phoenix, he was a Senior Research Associate in the Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy at the Urban Institute, a Washington D.C. in organizational sociology at the University of Minnesota with a study of the causes of nonprofit organization closure. think tank.

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How a small nonprofit organization survived the Great Recession

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The year is 2008. Our nonprofit 50l(c)(3) child advocacy agency survived the Great Recession of 2008-2013. Defenders of Children headquartered in Phoenix has served statewide some 6,000 at-risk children and kinship during that time. Donnalee Sarda, LPC , Executive Director. Defenders of Children.

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How can nonprofit organizations improve accountability to the populations they serve?

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Natalia Winberry completed her undergraduate studies at Beloit College in 2007 and started her career in 2008 as an AmeriCorps VISTA in Phoenix, Arizona. Natalia graduated in May 2017 with a Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management from Arizona State University. Nonprofit Management and Leadership , 26(3), 295-312.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: What It Takes to Lead.

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A 2008 study shows that the nonprofit sector employs approximately 13 million people in the United States. [1] In response to the growing needs of professional nonprofit managers, numerous university-based nonprofit management education programs have emerged, but few offer continuing education for nonprofit professionals. Pollak, T.