Recent trends appear to be supportive of a greater role for nonprofit organizations. Indeed, we see the continuing increase, expansion and strengthening of nonprofits in the decade ahead. However, their long-term financial viability will remain in question unless they undergo radical transformation in how they operate in today’s new public and private economies. Eight trends in particular lead us to this conclusion:
1. Nonprofits are taking on more “public” responsibilities as governments continue to downsize and divest themselves of certain social welfare and community development functions. The watershed congressional elections of November 1994 signaled a significant shift in how government would do business in the future. Numerous programs which used to receive generous federal, state and local government support — from education and social welfare to museums, libraries and public radio and television — have experienced major cuts in their annual government-supported budgets. Nonprofits that depended on government grants for a large portion of their funding have had to find alternative private funding sources due to government cutbacks on grants. As a result, more and more of these organizations have had to both “reinvent” and “realign” themselves in order to survive and prosper. Much of this reinvention and realignment will take the form of new “partnerships” with corporations, citizen groups and other nonprofits. Successful nonprofits must conduct very aggressive public relations, fundraising and sponsorship campaigns, which will require the hiring of more talented personnel skilled in these organizational development and marketing functions. As governments continue to downsize and divest themselves of traditional social welfare functions, more and more nonprofit organizations, especially charities, will play an increasingly important role in providing welfare assistance. Functioning as new and expanded service delivery organizations, they will increase their professional staffs to provide such services as well as secure increased funding through government contracts and grants. In the international arena, NGOs (non-governmental organizations) will play a more important role in international development and relief efforts as the U.S. Agency for International Development and the UN undergo further budget cuts.
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Buckhoff and Parham provide documented information toward the fiscal misconduct of employees and volunteers within nonprofit organizations (NPOs). Citations include legal case results from several prominent NPOs, including Goodwill Industries and the Carnegie Institute. The research offers reasoning that corruption by an NPO may well be due to the isolated unethical behavior of key individuals. ...
2. Funding activities continue to increase despite occasional recessions and scandals. Americans continue to support and use nonprofits at unprecedented levels, especially during boom economic times. They view nonprofits as more responsive and accountable than government bureaucracies. Since many nonprofits are community-based, they also seem to be more democratic and participatory than government. As the federal government continues to divest itself of certain educational, cultural, health and welfare functions as well as downsize many entitlement programs, nonprofit organizations must source new and innovative revenue sources. While occasional scandals, such as the United Way and New Era Foundation episodes in the mid 1990s, will likely continue in the future, they will not substantially affect public commitment to supporting nonprofit organizations. At the same time, nonprofits operate in a highly competitive environment of limited resources. With both government and corporate funding down, nonprofits increasingly need to seek out revenue sources, from operating “nonprofit businesses” to developing innovative community-based funding activities.
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3. Nonprofits will become more entrepreneurial and innovative. Whether they like it or not, nonprofits must think and behave like businesses. They require sound technical, managerial, communication, marketing and sales talent in order to survive and prosper in today’s highly competitive sink-or-swim environment. Being nonprofit is no longer considered an excuse for being inefficient and ineffective. The old “tin cup” image of nonprofits must give way to that of a “productive business.” Nonprofits must increasingly behave like businesses by having clear mission statements, demonstrating productivity, being accountable, subjecting themselves to regular evaluations and lowering their overhead. Often underfunded and lacking strong administrative capabilities, many of these organizations need creative self-starters who can move these organizations into the twenty-first century on sound financial, technical and managerial bases.
4. Nonprofits will continue to offer excellent employment opportunities in the decade ahead. As nonprofits grow and become more visible to job seekers, they will continue to expand as attractive employment arenas. Best of all, they are major players in the revolving door of government and business. Many people who work for government and enjoy public arenas will choose new careers with nonprofit organizations. Many who work in business also leave to work for nonprofits, especially those who seek a different and more personally rewarding organizational culture. It’s not unusual to find individual career paths beginning in government, moving on to nonprofit organizations and then going on to corporations. Experience with nonprofit organizations can be an important stepping-stone to exciting career opportunities in both government and business. We expect more and more individuals who work in business to turn to nonprofits. Their experience and skills will be increasingly attractive to nonprofits that need to operate more like businesses.
5. Nonprofits will continue to include numerous types of organizations, many of which will be controversial. While most nonprofits are stereotyped as charitable organizations, in reality they represent a very diverse set of organizations. Expect to see more and more nonprofit organizations, especially advocacy groups, come under closer government scrutiny because of their political and commercial activities. Some of these organizations may lose their nonprofit status.
The Essay on Nonprofit Organization
Nonprofit Organization In this paper I want to review the essay and then Ill try to answer on the one very intricate question. The essay is about one of the nonprofit organization which aim is giving a shelter for battered women. Betty Rowan, the executive director of SU CASA decided to create it after some sad events, which took place in her life. When she just started she had only 5 hundred ...
6. Jobs with nonprofit organizations will increasingly become more technical in nature. Today’s fast-paced and highly competitive nonprofit world requires individuals who have adequate technical skills to operate effective high-tech organizations. As nonprofits increasingly embrace the latest technology, use the Internet, and transform themselves into sound businesses, they need to recruit individuals who are proficient in using the latest computer technology and communicating via the Internet.
7. The nonprofit job market increasingly will be centered on the Internet. As more and more nonprofits get wired and embrace the Internet, they will recruit many of their employees via the Internet. The nonprofit job market will be easily accessible through several key Web sites that specialize in nonprofit jobs as well as through the home pages of individual nonprofit organizations. Job seekers increasingly need to incorporate the Internet into their nonprofit job search.
8. Jobs and careers with nonprofits will continue to expand in the decade ahead. We expect the continuing expansion of nonprofit operations and the further growth of nonprofit organizations. Organized like efficient businesses, many of today’s large nonprofits will continue to grow and prosper in the decade ahead. Like many start-up businesses in the private sector, we expect the continuing emergence of hundreds of new nonprofits each year that will organize around single issues or causes. We also expect many small nonprofits will cease operations or transform their missions in the future.
These and other trends continue to change the complexion of this fascinating employment arena. Taken together, these trends pose new challenges for nonprofit organizations as they enter the twenty-first century. Like the talent-driven economy within which businesses and governments now function, nonprofit organizations need new talent in order to survive and prosper in the decade ahead. Much of this talent needs to be savvy in business and technology. Just being a “do-gooder” with good motivations and attitudes is not enough. You need solid business and technology skills that will contribute to the productivity of nonprofits. Like your counterparts in the private sector, you need to add value to your employer’s operations.
The Essay on Business And The Internet 2
Business is any activity that seeks profit by providing needed goods and services to others. The nature of providing these goods and services has changed drastically throughout the history of time. During the last thirty years of business activity, there has been new ways and means of conducting business through something we call technology. Technology is the advancement and uses of electronic ...
Neither public nor private, nonprofit organizations offer some terrific job and career opportunities for those who understand where they are coming from and where they are going in the decade ahead. If you plan to join the nonprofit sector, do so with skills that will prove profitable for nonprofits. If you seek employment with nonprofits because you lack skills appropriate for business and government, you may do both you and nonprofits a disservice. Ironically, the skills for success in the nonprofit sector tend to be similar to those required for success in business and government.
