From the mid-1990s to the present, there has been a tremendous increase in the number of colleges and universities in the United States involved in the education of nonprofit managers. Currently, 240 universities and colleges across the United States provide courses in nonprofit management education. This article reports on this growth through a compilation of the most recent data available from an electronic database accessible from the World Wide Web. The author maps the growth of the field during the past 10 years by type of program: graduate (including PhD), undergraduate, continuing education, and noncredit. Based on an analysis of developments and changes during the past 10 years, the author looks toward the future of nonprofit management education and philanthropy programs in the United States.

This article presents a critical examination of the curricular elements of nonprofit management degree programs in colleges of business, public administration, and social work. What are the major curricular elements in each type of program? How do the curricular elements of these programs compare with generic management degree programs? What are the central challenges facing managers of nonprofit organizations, and how are these challenges addressed in each program? Based on the curricular review, is one setting more favorable for students of nonprofit management? What are the views of stakeholders regarding the "best place" to educate managers? Data collected from focus groups and surveys of stakeholders in each of these academic settings are presented. The paper concludes with a discussion of the implications of these findings for the future of nonprofit management education in the United States.

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