Required Readings

Review Heins, Ch. 5

Bebbington, A. (2005). Donor-NGO relations and representations of livelihood in nongovernmental aid chains. World Development 33 (6), 937-950.

Berger, I.E., Cunningham, P.H. & Drumwright, M.E. (2004). Social alliances: company/nonprofit collaboration. California Management Review 47 (1), 58-90.

Gibelman, M. & Gelman, S.R. (2004). A loss of credibility: Patterns of wrongdoing among nongovernmental organizations. Voluntas 15 (4), 355-381.

Luksetich, W. (2008). Government funding and nonprofit organizations. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 37(3 ), 434-442.

Wallace, T. (2007). The ties that bind. In T. Wallace, The Aid Chain, (pp. 109-128). Practical Action Press, Warwickshire, UK.

Class Preparation

Additional Resources

Austin, J.E. (2000). Strategic collaboration between nonprofits and business. Nonprofit & Voluntary Sector Quarterly 29 (1) 69-97.

Ballou, J.P. & Weisbrod, B.A. (2003). Managerial rewards and the behavior of for-profit, governmental and nonprofit organizations: Evidence from the hospital industry. Journal of Public Economics 87 (9-10 ), 1895-1920.

Cress, D.M. & Snow, D.A. (1996). Mobilization at the margins: Resources, benefactors, and the viability of homeless social movement organizations. American Sociological Review 61 (6), 1089 -1109.

Dees, J.G. & Anderson, B.B. (2003). Sector-bending: Blurring lines between nonprofit and for-profit.

Delfin, F.G., Jr. & Tang, S. (2008). Foundation imapct on environmental nongovernmental organizations: The grantees' perspective. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 37 (4 ), 603-625.

Delfin, F.G., Jr. & Tang, S. (2007) Elitism, pluralism, or resource dependency: patterns of environmental philanthriopy among private foundations in California. Environment and Planning A 39 (9), 2167-2186.

Frumkin, P. (2003). Inside venture philanthropy. Society 40 (4), 7-15.

Fuertes-Fuertes, I. & Maset-Llaudes, A. (2007). Exploring Spanish nongovernmental organizations for development: An empirical approach. Nonprofit & Voluntary Sector Quarterly 36 (4), 695-706.

Gibelman, M. & Gelman, S.R. (2002). Should we have faith in faith-based social services? Rhetoric versus realistic expectations. Nonprofit Management & Leadership, 13 (1), 49-65.

Henderson, S. (2002). Selling civil society: Western aid and the nongovernmental organization sector in Russia. Comparative Political Studies 35(2), 139-167.

James, E. (2003). Commericalism and the mission of nonprofits. Society 40 (4), 29-35.

Morris, D. (2008). Tainted money and charity: Do 501(c)(3)s have a right to refuse a gift? Nonprofit & Voluntary Sector Quarterly 37 (4), 743-755.

Okten, C. & Weisbrod, B.A. (2000). Determinants of donations in private nonprofit markets. Journal of Public Economics 75 (2), 255-272.

Rose-Ackerman, S. (1997). Altruism, ideological entrepreneurs and the non-profit firm. Voluntas 8 (2), 120-134.

Stacey, S. & Aksartova, S. (2001). The foundations of democracy: U.S. foundation support for civil society in South Africa, 1988-96. Voluntas 12 (4), 373-397.