management of not-for-profit organizations 472.31 week 2 fall 2014

Management of Not-For-Profit Organizations

472.31Week 2

Fall 2014

Done & To Do

• Done by today– have read “Contexts of Community”– have read chapter about changing context (ch 3)– pick a group

• To do today– talk about projects

• To do by this Friday– read chapter on accountability (ch 4)

History

•…ownerless collectives…are remarkably flexible instruments that can be put to a multitude of uses, whether empowering the masses in democracies, shaping public opinion for the benefit of elites, carrying out the tasks of government authoritarian regimes, promoting peace and prosperity, or spreading terror.

•Hall, in Renz et al., pg. 31

Renz ch 3

•“The Changing Context of Nonprofit Leadership and Management”

•Lester M. Salamon

Context (US)

• Challenges

• Opportunities

Context

• Challenges1. fiscal ($)

2. competition

3. effectiveness

4. technology

Context

• Challenges1. fiscal ($)

• federal retrenchment» 1980s

• subsidies shift– from producers to consumers

» 80's & 90s

• private giving– varies with economy– has grown slower than the non-profit sector's expenses

• most recent recession brutal

Context

• Challenges1. fiscal ($)

2. competition• for funding• for “customers”

– (some with funding attached)

• with for-profit sector

Context

• Challenges1. fiscal ($)

2. competition

3. effectiveness• increased competition• shifts in accountability requirements

4. technology

Context

• Opportunities– social & demographic shifts– the new philanthropy– greater visibility & policy salience– govt social welfare spending growth

Response

• Resilience– overall growth– commercialization– professionalization

Implications for Managers

• Risks– identity crisis– increased demands on managers (& boards)– increased threat to mission– small agencies disadvantaged– potential loss of public trust

Implications for Managers

• Core Task– setting a balance

• distinctiveness imperative• survival imperative

Group Projects

Can be almost anythingIdeas

– Dead Weight Electronics– Kickstarter project…

• charcoal business in refugee camp in Uganda• ?

– ProfDrop– weiring the Rat– creating an accountability tool for churches– website support to…

• 50by30.org• ?

Group Projects

Can be almost anythingIdeas

– Dead Weight Electronics– Kickstarter project…

• charcoal business in refugee camp in Uganda• ?

– ProfDrop– weiring the Rat– creating an accountability tool for churches– website support to…

• 50by30.org• ?

FRIDAY

Done & To Do

• Done by today– read chapter about accountability (ch 4)

• To do today– talk about group projects

• To do by Tuesday– read chapter on boards (ch 5)– make tentative choice on group project

•Non-profit organization have been shaped and will continue to be shaped by historical times and forces, by social institutions, laws and regulations, and political and economic trends and events.

•Renz et al., pg. 35

Hall, Michael H. et al. Cornerstones of Community: Highlights of the Survey of Non-Profit and Voluntary Sector Organizations. Ottawa, Ont.: Statistics Canada, June 2005. Accessed August 17, 2014. http://library.imaginecanada.ca/files/nonprofitscan/en/nsnvo/nsnvo_report_english.pdf

Statistics Canada. Satellite Account of Non-profit Institutions and Volunteering. Ottawa, Ont.: Statistics Canada, December 2009. Accessed August 18, 2014.http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/13-015-x/13-015-x2009000-eng.pdf.

Special Committee on Co-operatives. Status of Co-operatives in Canada. Ottawa, Ont.: Parliament of Canada, September 2012. Accessed August 20, 2014. http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Mode=1&DocId=5706528&Language=E.

Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada. Annual Report 2013-2014. Accessed August 18, 2014. http://canada.coop/sites/default/files/files/CMC_AR_E_Final_Web.pdf.

# revenues

non-profits 170,000 $100b

charities 85,000 [$65b]

[churches] 30,000 $8b

co-ops 9,000 [$25b]

# Non-Profits

% Revenue

Revenue Sources

Group Projects

Ideas?