Governance
The position that leads the nonprofit - staff.
What is an executive director or CEO?
Federal agency that an organization applies to in order to become a nonprofit/get nonprofit status.
What is the IRS?
This is one of the oldest nonprofits in the country.
What is the YMCA, PTA , Rotary CLub or Boy Scouts? Any one of these is correct.
What is a mission?
Volunteers that govern a nonprofit
What are Board of Directors?
Most nonprofits fit into this nonprofit designation category.
What is a 501C3?
The economic theory that explains what happens when government cannot fully address an issue themselves but can help fund a nonprofits to do so.
What is government nonprofit partnership theory?
This organization is also a nonprofit and donates money to other nonprofits.
What is a foundation?
The person who heads the volunteer governing body of the nonprofit.
What is the board president?
Some nonprofit donations (from individuals) have this benefit to the donor.
What is a tax deduction?
This economic theory exists when for-profit businesses have little interest in providing a service because there is a lack of economic incentive so a nonprofit provides the services.
What is market failure theory?
If a nonprofit earns money (as opposed to getting donations), it is called this.
What is fee for service or social enterprise?
Governance vs management - The entity of a nonprofit that is managing the day to day.
What is the staff (executive director)?
A nonprofit can have this, but it has to go back into the organization to enhance the mission -- not to owners or shareholders.
What is a profit?
Something intangible that nonprofits provide that build and strengthen society and deepen relationships.
What is social capital?
This concept and critique of nonprofits says that social movements are controlled/limited by funders and redirect activists from organizing the masses for protests.
What is the nonprofit industrial complex?
Nonprofit boards should reflect this.
Another name for the "independent sector" is?
Nonprofits receive certain financial privileges form the federal and state governments because they are seen s doing this.
Well-run nonprofits want donors to know what they are doing and where their donations are going, so the nonprofit offers this.
What is transparency?