The Routledge Companion to Nonprofit Management

Helmut Anheier · Stefan Toepler

Apr 2020 · Routledge

About this ebook

Over the past three decades or so, the nonprofit, voluntary, or third sector has undergone a major transformation from a small cottage industry to a major economic force in virtually every part of the developed world as well as elsewhere around the globe. Nonprofit organizations are now major providers of public services working in close cooperation with governments at all levels and increasingly find themselves in competition with commercial firms across various social marketplaces. This transformation has come with ever-increasing demands for enhancing the organizational capacities and professionalizing the management of nonprofit institutions. The Routledge Companion to Nonprofit Management is the first internationally focused effort to capture the full breadth of current nonprofit management research and knowledge that has arisen in response to these developments.

With newly commissioned contributions from an international set of scholars at the forefront of nonprofit management research, this volume provides a thorough overview of the most current management thinking in this field. It contextualizes nonprofit management globally, provides an extensive introduction to key management functions, core revenue sources and the emerging social enterprise space, and raises a number of emerging topics and issues that will shape nonprofit management in future decades. As graduate programs continue to evolve to serve the training needs in the field, The Routledge Companion to Nonprofit Management is an essential reference and resource for graduate students, researchers, and practitioners interested in a deeper understanding of the operation of the nonprofit sector.

About the author

Helmut K. Anheier is a Professor at the Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany, and the Luskin School of Public Affairs at UCLA. His most recent books include Nonprofit Organizations: Theory, Management, and Policy, Performance Measurement in Philanthropic Foundations: The Ambiguity of Success and Failure, Social Innovation – Comparative Perspectives, and Governance Indicators: Approaches, Progress, Promise. Currently, he co-edits the International Encyclopedia of Civil Society.

Stefan Toepler is Professor of Nonprofit Studies and Director of the Master of Public Administration Program in the Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University, Arlington, VA. He has written broadly on nonprofit management and policy, philanthropy and global civil society. Among other books, he co-edited Legitimacy of Philanthropic Foundations: United States and European Perspectives and also co-edits the International Encyclopedia of Civil Society.