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Week 2The Idea of a Non-Profit and Voluntary Sector
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Elements of the nonprofitsector� Public Serving� Voluntary/Grassroots Associations� Member-Serving Non-profits
The Idea of a NonprofitSector
� The nonprofit sector is the contestedarena between the state and the marketwhere public and private concerns meetand where individual and social effortsare united.
� Grouping them together into one entity
is highly problematic.
Non-profits
� Nonprofit organizations have already actedas practical vehicles for the delivery of abroad spectrum of community services,ranging from affordable housing to theaterperformances to vocational training to healthcare.
� The nonprofit sector appears, therefore, to
be a real and identifiable group of tax-exempt organizations that encouragepolitical engagement and produce services.
Non-profits
� From the largest hospital and universities(which fund their operations by collectingfees or tuition) to small mentoring programsand avant-garde arts organizations (whichsurvive on charitable contributions),nonprofits span a tremendous range oforganizational forms.
� Many of these forms are stable and lasting,
while others are fragile and transient. � Some of the organizations that are
3 Features of a Non-Profit
� Three Features of NonprofitOrganizations:� (1) they do not coerce participation;� (2) they operate without distributing profits to
stakeholders; and� (3) they exist without simple and clear lines
of ownership and accountability
� Unique Advantage:� NPOs perform important societal functions
neither government nor the market is able tomatch.
Controversy
� The high salary levels of many nonprofitexecutives
� The accumulation of capital in the form
of large endowments has also calledinto question the boundary betweenbusiness and nonprofit organizations
Composition of NPO sector
� In the United States today, there aremore than 1.5 million registerednonprofit organizations, as well asseveral million informally organizedcommunity groups.
� The formally registered organizations
fall into two broad and porouscategories: � Those that serve the public� Those that serve members.
Composition of NPO sector
� The public-serving organizations,classified under section 501(c) 3 of theIRS code, operate in almost everyimaginable field of human endeavor,and include:� social service agencies helping children, the
elderly, and the poor� independent schools and private colleges� community clinics and hospitals� think tanks, environmental organizations,
cultural groups such as museums, theaters,and historical societies
� International assistance organizations.
Non-GovernmentalOrganizations� A non-governmental organization (NGO) is a
type of non-profit organization that works topromote human good while operatingseparately from any national government
� The purposes of NGOs cover the entire range
of human interests and may be domestic orinternational in scope.
� Many NGOs are key sources of information
for governments on issues such as humanrights abuses and environmental degradation.
Types of NGOs
Operational NGOs� Their primary purpose is the design and
implementation of development-relatedprojects. One categorization that isfrequently used is the division into relief-oriented or development-orientedorganizations; they can also beclassified according to whether theystress service delivery or participation;or whether they are religious andsecular; and whether they are morepublic or private-oriented. OperationalNGOs can be community-based,
Composition of NPO
Shareholders:� Community� Clients� Board of Directors
� Board Chair� Committees� Executive Director
� Staff� Volunteers