Organizations

| (TCO E) Imagine that you are the Executive Director of a nonprofit organization whose mission is to save the rain forests in Brazil. You plan to raise money for your mission by selling memberships in your organization. You have decided that in order to reach your goals, you need to hire a marketing manager. You have interviewed several qualified people, all of whom are currently marketing memberships in for-profit organizations and making about the same income that your position will pay.…

Nonprofit organizations are self-regulated and tax-exempt entities. The rapid growth in the nonprofit sectors, has led these organizations to be supported mainly by monetary gifts (Chetkovich & Frumkin cited by Weerawardena, McDonald, & Mort, 2010). Due to the Internal Revenue Service tax code set for charity organizations has raise questions and concerns about nonprofit organizations accountability and transparency to the government, funders and stakeholders. Therefore, the answers lie within…

While there are a number of factors that inspire people to contribute their resources to nonprofit organizations, experiencing difficult situations, especially tragedies, is probably the most effective. Whether the crisis is financial, emotional, or physical, people can empathize with pain when they have gone through hurt themselves. For this reason, charities that benefit from people who want to offer their services should be mission driven, understand the duty of care, and create an…

Non-profit organizations are significant contributors to social and economic well-being throughout the world. The main objective of a non-profit organization is to serve a social purpose rather than an economic purpose, while maintaining community legitimacy and financial sustainability (Moss, Short, Payne, & Lumpkin, 2010). However, despite the noble purpose and good intentions of most non-profit organizations, the non-profit sector is not immune to toxic leadership nor the damage caused by…

According to the National Center for Charitable Statistics, there are more than 1.5 million registered nonprofit organizations in the United States. These charities rely on the time, talent, and financial support of volunteers to achieve their goals. For many volunteers, the satisfaction of helping others is often enough reward for their efforts. However, for many people, an incentive is a major motivation to become involved within or donate to the charity or charitable event. Is this…

Nonprofits are tax-exempt entities. There are studies that non-profit organizations make valuable contributions, but there are no clear cases that non-profit organizations are a distinct and recognizable organizational form (Dunn & Riley, 2004). Non-profits came about from the “public philanthropy” doctrine. This holds that the government should remain as small as possible…

Non-profit organisations are establishments that don’t gain profits for their personal use or to benefit a particular individual or group. All non-profit organisations are run by a specific group of people; these people are on the same wave length of what they want to achieve. This is why governments don’t control non-profit organisations; the main reason for this is because the governments can’t maintain everyone’s needs. An example of a non-profit organisation in Australia is WIRE. WIRE…

The Artist and Sustainability in American Arts Organizations Multiple facets facilitate the success of arts organizations; two of those facets are the artist and sine qua non of sustainability. To grasp the importance of artists and the sustainability of arts organizations, the significant contribution of arts to society must first be established. Robert L. Lynch (2015) highlights the arts as a catalyst of bringing people together, whom might otherwise not interact, to build stronger communities…

of the organization, he/she seizes too much power and cannot easily concede the right to other members or successors. Conflicts will occur between the founder and the board. I think the founder syndrome exists in both nonprofit and for-profit sectors, or might be even more severe in for-profit organizations. As the founder of a for-profit organization tend to have more centralized power and numerous benefits, including money, reputation and so on, than the founder in a nonprofit organization, it…

Arts organizations often operate in a not-for-profit environment. In brief, not-for-profit organization is an organization that does not seek profit. It is obvious that not-for-profit organizations cannot be operated without “profit” and most of the not-for-profit organizations do commercial activities. However, any profit must return to the organization to support their mission in a not-for-profit organization. The goal of a not-for-profit organization may be its mission, not just money. The…