The state of nonprofit America / Lester M. Salamon, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Salamon, Lester M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nonprofit organizations--United States.

Nonprofit organizations.

Non-governmental organizations--United States.

Non-governmental organizations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (722 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Examines the private nonprofit sector and the tax-exempt institutions that make up this sector providing important services and benefits to all Americans, with histories behind different institutions and the forces and developments that have buffeted them and what they have done to retain their resilience"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Information; Table of Contents; Preface; Part 1: Overview; The Resilient Sector: The Future of Nonprofit America; Part 2: Major Fields; Health Care; Education and Training; Social Services; Arts and Culture; Housing and Community Development; Environmental Organizations; International Assistance; Religious Congregations; Civic Participation and Advocacy; Infrastructure Organizations; Foundations and Corporate Philanthropy; Individual Giving and Volunteering; Part 3: Major Challenges; Commercialization, Social Ventures, and For-Profit Competition

Devolution, Marketization, and the Changing Shape of Government-Nonprofit RelationsAccountability in the Nonprofit Sector; Demographic and Technological Imperatives; Nonprofit Workforce Dynamics; For Whom and for What? Investigating the Role of Nonprofits as Providers to the Neediest; Contributors; Index; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613582652

9781280487422

1280487429

9780815724360

0815724365

OCLC:

830170687