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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450379603321

Autore

Light Paul Charles

Titolo

Sustaining nonprofit performance [[electronic resource] ] : the case for capacity building and the evidence to support it / / Paul C. Light

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2004

ISBN

1-280-81302-4

9786610813025

0-8157-9662-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

658.4/01

Soggetti

Nonprofit organizations - United States - Management

Organizational effectiveness

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The pressure to perform -- The logic of investment -- The state of nonprofit capacity building -- The case for capacity building -- Improving the odds of success -- The spiral of sustainable excellence.

Sommario/riassunto

America's nonprofit organizations are facing an uncertain future. Many are operating with leaner budgets and face a wave of budget cuts as the federal deficit grows. At the same time, public confidence in nonprofits is at a contemporary low. Congress seems poised to enact new and stringent rules for nonprofit spending.