Nonprofit Sector Overview History
After the American Civil War, philanthropy and fundraising were discouraged by state governments in which region of the United States?
Southern United States
______________ is the foundation for a democratic society and means that all people should have an equal chance to achieve economic, personal, and public success.
Social Justice
What equation is the basis for nonprofit budgeting?
Assets - Liabilities = Net Assets
____________ nonprofit leaders value listening and reacting to employee needs.
Transformational
What are the components of a logic model?
Inputs, strategies, outputs, and outcome
Which American millionaire advocated for the wealthy to engage in intelligent philanthropy?
Andrew Carnegie
What are the three levels of nonprofit accountability?
Upward
Lateral
Downward
What label does the IRS give nonprofit organizations in the U.S.?
501(c)3
What is the most important component of program evaluations?
Use!
What are the axes of the Competing Values Framework (CVF)
internal vs external
During which decade did the nonprofit sector become what we know it to be today?
1970s
When a Board of Directors are working well and doing what they ought to be doing for the organization they are considered to be _____________
High Achieving
How many board members did your nonprofit organization have?
You tell me...
What should a nonprofit organization evaluate?
Services
The Organization
What sparks organizational capacity building in the process model proposed by Millar and Doherety (2016)?
Capacity Building Stimulus
What force has contributed to the marketization of the nonprofit sector?
Increased competition between nonprofit and for-profit organizations
____________ is a theory of motivation that explains why some nonprofit and government employees choose to serve the public while bypassing some of the more appealing incentives of the private sector such as higher income levels.
Public Service Motivation
How many phases are there in the Organizational Life Cycle?
6
Can government grants help you start a nonprofit organization?
What term is used to describe an organization's intervention in a Theory of Change?
Mediating Variable
What theory provides an explanation for the existence of nonprofit organizations?
Interdisciplinary Theory
What is “crowdfunding”?
Collaborative funding via the internet
Name all three nonprofit financial statements.
Statement of financial position
Statement of activities
Statement of cash flows
What are SMART Objectives
Smart, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Timebound