LEADER 03897nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910778454503321 005 20230607222826.0 010 $a0-674-26342-1 010 $a0-674-03740-5 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674037403 035 $a(CKB)1000000000805565 035 $a(OCoLC)451013429 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10326135 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000486267 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11325642 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000486267 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10430142 035 $a(PQKB)10859042 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000214508 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12058028 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000214508 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10157160 035 $a(PQKB)11450324 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300590 035 $a(DE-B1597)457624 035 $a(OCoLC)1032691924 035 $a(OCoLC)1049683210 035 $a(OCoLC)1054880425 035 $a(OCoLC)979909995 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674037403 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300590 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10326135 035 $a(OCoLC)923112264 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000805565 100 $a20020124d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOn being nonprofit$b[electronic resource] $ea conceptual and policy primer /$fPeter Frumkin 210 $aCambridge, MA $cHarvard University Press$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (224 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-674-00768-9 311 $a0-674-01835-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 183-208) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tPreface --$tContents --$t1. The Idea of a Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector --$t2. Civic and Political Engagement --$t3. Service Delivery --$t4. Values and Faith --$t5. Social Entrepreneurship --$t6. Balancing the Functions of Nonprofit and Voluntary Action --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aThis concise and illuminating book provides a road map to the evolving conceptual and policy terrain of the nonprofit sector. Drawing on prominent economic, political, and sociological explanations of nonprofit activity, Peter Frumkin focuses on four important functions that have come to define nonprofit organizations. The author clarifies the debate over the underlying rationale for the nonprofit and voluntary sector's privileged position in America by examining how nonprofits deliver needed services, promote civic engagement, express values and faith, and channel entrepreneurial impulses. He also exposes the difficult policy questions that have emerged as the boundaries between the nonprofit, business, and government sectors have blurred. Focusing on nonprofits' growing dependence on public funding, tendency toward political polarization, often idiosyncratic missions, and increasing commercialism, Peter Frumkin argues that the long-term challenges facing nonprofit organizations will only be solved when they achieve greater balance among their four central functions. By probing foundational thinking as well as emergent ideas, the book is an essential guide for nonprofit novitiates and experts alike who want to understand the issues propelling public debate about the future of their sector. By virtue of its breadth and insight, Frumkin's book will be an invaluable resource for anyone interested in understanding the complex interplay of public purposes and private values that animate nonprofit organizations. 606 $aNonprofit organizations 606 $aCorporations 615 0$aNonprofit organizations. 615 0$aCorporations. 676 $a361.763 700 $aFrumkin$b Peter$01512545 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778454503321 996 $aOn being nonprofit$93746496 997 $aUNINA