In this study, we test the impact of nonprofit financial health and financial efficiency ratios on the grant amount awarded by foundations using theIn the context of this competitive environment, nonprofit managers and fundraisers may seek to develop a competitive edge by highlighting their financial ratios given the increased attention to these measures by industry watchdog groups. A significant body of research predicting the effect of nonprofit financial ratios on donation behavior offers mixed conclusions about whether these ratios Note: We extend our gratitude to the Wilbur and Hilda Glenn Family Foundation in Atlanta, Georgia, for initial research funding and to the reviewers for helpful comments.
Management-Organizational Capacity (Other) Thursday, June 1, 2017 20-minute oral presentation (including questions) 1:20 PM Abstract 2017-039 Room: Torrey's Peak Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) is increasingly drawing attention from a broad range of stakeholders during recent years. Organizations involved in this domain are using sport as a means for achieving a broad range of development and peace-building outcomes (Lyras & Welty Peachey, 2011; Schulenkorf, 2012). These initiatives are found in underserved areas of low-, middle-, and high-income countries (Coalter, 2013; Kidd, 2008). To date, research has primarily examined program outcomes of SDP initiatives, yet research focused on the structures and processes of the organizations implementing these programs remains scarce (Giulianotti, 2011; Schulenkorf, Sherry, & Rowe, 2015; Schulenkorf, Burdsey, & Sugden, 2014). The concepts of organizational capacity and organizational life cycle provide two frameworks that can help contribute to closing this gap in the SDP literature. Examining the life stage of an organization adds a valuable perspective since it allows for the identification of nuances in capacity across different stages of the organizational life cycle (Andersson, 2011). Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine the nature of organizational capacity in SDP. Specifically, the authors are guided by the following research questions: (1) what is the underlying structure of capacity in SDP? and (2) what is the association between organizational life stage and capacity levels among SDP organizations?
Although pay differences between men and women with comparable characteristics are generally smaller in the nonprofit than in the for-profit sector, gender pay gaps in the nonprofit sector vary widely across industries. In some industries, gender pay gaps are as large as in the for-profit sector, but in others, women make more than comparably qualified men. Using Hierarchical Linear Modeling on the combined 2001-2006 American Community Surveys, we test nonprofit labor motivation theories against a gendered-job hypothesis to explain this variation. We find that gender pay gaps in the nonprofit sector are smaller in industries where nonprofits outnumber for-profits and where higher proportions of female-dominated occupations exist.
Investments to build nonprofit organizational capacity have increased rapidly in recent years as both funders and nonprofits seek ways to improve performance. Yet, while research has elucidated the variety of capacity areas organizations generally depend on, we do not yet have a clear empirical understanding of which capacity areas are important to focus on developing or how these capacity needs vary across organizations. Using a life-cycle perspective and extensive data on 71 human service organizations, we examine the relative strength of ten capacity areas at different stages of the nonprofit life-cycle. Findings contribute greater empirical grounding for research on organizational capacity development and have implications for researchers, managers, and funders interested in nonprofit capacity building.Résumé Les investissements destinés à renforcer les capacités des organisations à but non lucratif ont rapidement augmenté ces dernières années puisque les bailleurs de fonds et les organisations à but non lucratif cherchent des moyens d'améliorer les & Lewis Faulk performances. Pourtant, tandis que la recherche a élucidé la diversité des domaines liés aux capacités dont dépendent généralement les organisations, nous n'avons toujours pas de compréhension claire empirique des domaines qui sont importants pour se concentrer sur le développement ou de la façon dont ces besoins en capacités varient selon les organisations. En utilisant un point de vue du cycle de vie et de nombreuses données sur 71 organisations de services sociaux, nous examinons la force relative des 10 domaines liés aux capacités à différents stades du cycle de vie des organisations à but non lucratif. Les observations contribuent à des fondements plus empiriques pour la recherche sur le développement des capacités des organisations et ont des conséquences pour les chercheurs, les responsables et les bailleurs de fonds intéressés par le renforcement des capacités des organisations à but non lucratif.Zusammenfassung Die Investitionen für den Aufbau von Kapazitäten gemeinnütziger Organisationen sind in den letzten Jahren rapide angestiegen; denn sowohl die Geldgeber als auch die gemeinnützigen Organisationen suchen Mittel und Wege zur Leistungsverbesserung. Während in Studien die verschiedenen Kapazitätsbereiche, auf die die Organisationen im Allgemeinen angewiesen sind, erläutert wurden, haben wir noch immer kein eindeutiges empirisches Verständnis darüber, welche wichtigen Kapazitätsbereiche man insbesondere entwickeln sollte oder wie die Kapazitätsbedürfnisse für verschiedene Organisationen variieren. Unter Verwendung einer Lebenszyklusperspektive und umfassender Daten über 71 Human-Service-Organisationen untersuchen wir die relative Stärke von 10 Kapazitätsbereichen in verschiedenen Phasen des Lebenszyklus gemeinnütziger Organisationen. Die Ergebnisse stellen ein größeres empirisches Fundament für die Forschung über die Entwicklung der organisatorischen Kapazität zur Verfügung und sind für Forscher, Manager und Geldgeber, die am Kapazitätsaufb...
The reputations of nonprofit organizations can be damaged as a result of an organizational scandal, as demonstrated by recent examples of international nonprofit and non-governmental organizations. Common practice and findings from studies using administrative data suggest that nonprofits can reduce the negative effects of scandals by voluntarily disclosing information about the event to stakeholders. This study tests those assumptions in an experimental framework and finds that organizations’ voluntary disclosure of a scandal does not effectively mitigate negative donation intentions following the crisis.
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