Profit

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…

Currently working for a nonprofit agency we are contracted to manage several programs for the state. Last year funds were cut for a particular program that was implemented during the George W. Bush terms in office. Connecticut was chosen to pilot the program initially and due to our success it was implemented throughout the other states. The program was called Access To Recovery (ATR) and the problem the program was designed to address was to assist former inmates and people involved with the…

Spire Rehabilitation Hospital opened its doors on July 1, 2017, and Dr. Davidson Curwen has been instrumental in the successful transition from the rehabilitation unit on the fourth floor of Jackson Madison County General Hospital to the new hospital located at 616 West Forest Avenue. Dr. Curwen has served as Medical Director for over 25 years, and will continue to lead in the position in our new hospital. Our hospital assist patients recover from life altering conditions by restoring their…

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…

People are faced with several perspectives on charity. Charities do not always solve the problems they aim to solve. Charities’ target issues that are far too extensive to be fixed with mere money. Therefore, they are not fixing the issues, but rather they are covering them while the main issues continue to grow larger. Charity also does not always go to the destinations in which one believes that he or she is helping. Also, donating all of one's extra money is a completely absurd idea to…

As all things in life, there is always a beginning. I was first introduced to Full Sail University in 2012. One of my associates mentioned to me he was attending in the fall of 2012. At that time, I lived in New Brunswick, New Jersey. I was attending DeVry University for Multimedia Graphic & Development. I left DeVry University upon finding out my financial aid was displaced due to a class schedule issue. Nonetheless, I moved back to Plano, Texas to where my mother was living at the time. Making…

A study was conducted to among 232 active volunteers from 18 nonprofit organizations to determine whether there is a difference between organizational commitment and task engagement. Many organizations utilize volunteers to accomplish their organizational mission. According to the Independent Sector Research, there is a recent decline in the number of volunteers. A common challenge faced by nonprofits is retaining volunteers who are satisfied and committed with the organization. In the…

After reading a few chapters of Strengths Quest, I was instructed to participate in the Strengths Finder assessment (Anderson, Clifton, & Schreiner, 2006). This 30 minute assessment was an interesting tool that pointed out my greatest strengths. It also provided a detailed description of what having those strengths mean and examples of how they are prominent in a person 's life. After taking the StrengthsFinder survey, I discovered that my five dominant strengths are empathy, harmony,…

In this communication audit, we will be focusing on the efforts made by the Humane Society of North Texas to communicate to their key audiences. We will examine the society’s different channels of communication with the public and identify their strengths and weaknesses. We will also suggest any changes that need to be made for the organization to achieve their ideal goals and ensure all efforts are effective and needed. For 111 years the Humane Society of North Texas have been “an advocate on…

Organizational collaboration is a prevalent method of sharing knowledge and resources across organizational sectors. Collaboration between different organizations has been used a commonplace alternative, rather than a single organization providing assistance and funds to accomplish their goals. Organizational collaboration has served to be a successful method in many areas of public policy, and the process continues to be replicated in various organizations. While organizational collaboration…