Michael J. Worth’s best-seller,
Nonprofit Management: Principles and Practice, provides a comprehensive, insightful overview of key topics nonprofit leaders encounter daily. Worth covers both the governance and management of nonprofit organizations—the scope and structure of the nonprofit sector, leadership of nonprofits, management, fundraising, earned income strategies, financial management, lobbying and advocacy, managing international and global organizations, and social entrepreneurship—helping readers understand what they are and how they work. The text balances research, theory, and practitioner literature with current cases and the most recent data available, making it appropriate for undergraduates, graduate students, and nonprofit professionals.
Table of Content
Part I: Understanding Nonprofit Management, The Nonprofit Sector, And Nonprofit Organizations
Chapter 1: Nonprofit Management as a Profession and a Field of Study
Chapter 2: Overview of the Nonprofit Sector
CASE 2.1 THE CHAN-ZUCKERBERG INITIATIVE
CASE 2.2 A DOUBLE BOTTOM LINE: BEN & JERRY’S
CASE 2.3 BURNING MAN
Chapter 3: Theories of the Nonprofit Sector and Nonprofit Organizations
CASE 3.1 THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION AND THE CATHERINE B. REYNOLDS FOUNDATION
CASE 3.2 THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Part II: Governing And Leading Nonprofit Organizations
Chapter 4: Nonprofit Governing Boards
CASE 4.1 SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
CASE 4.2 THE HERSHEY TRUST
Chapter 5: Executive Leadership
CASE 5.1 LEADING A NEW ERA AT THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
CASE 5.2 A CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP AT HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
Part III: Managing The Nonprofit Organization
Chapter 6: Ensuring Accountability and Measuring Performance
CASE 6.1 THE WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT
CASE 6.2 YOUTH VILLAGES
Chapter 7: Developing Strategy, Building Capacity, and Managing Risk
CASE 7.1 COMMUNITY OF HOPE STRATEGIC PLAN
Chapter 8: Collaborations, Partnerships, and Mergers
CASE 8.1 N STREET VILLAGE AND MIRIAM’S HOUSE
Chapter 9: Managing Staff and Service Volunteers
CASES 9.1A-D STAFF AND VOLUNTEER ISSUES
CASE 9.2 VOLUNTEERS IN PARKS
Chapter 10: Marketing and Communications
CASE 10.1 REBRANDING 4-H
CASE 10.2 SUSAN G. KOMEN FOUNDATION
Chapter 11: Advocacy and Lobbying
CASE 11.1 MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING (MADD)
CASE 11.2 HOUSING FIRST
CASE 11.3 KABOOM! ENDING PLAY SPACE INEQUITY
Part IV: Obtaining And Managing Resources
Chapter 12: Financial Management
CASE 12.1 HULL HOUSE
CASE 12.2 THE NEWSEUM
Chapter 13: Philanthropic Fundraising
CASES 13.1A–G FUNDRAISING ETHICS
Chapter 14: Social Enterprise and Earned Income
CASE 14.1 FIRST BOOK
CASE 14.2 ASPIRE COFFEEWORKS
Chapter 15: Government Grants and Contracts
CASE 15.1 SEED FOUNDATION
CASE 15.2 ROCA
Part V: Special Topics
Chapter 16: Social Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Social Transformation
CASE 16.1 HUMANE RESCUE ALLIANCE: A NEW MODEL FOR ANIMAL WELFARE
CASE 16.2 HARLEM CHILDREN’S ZONE
Chapter 17: Governing and Managing International and Global Organizations
CASE 17.1 MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES/DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS
CASE 17.2 CHARITY: WATER
About the author
Michael J. Worth is professor of nonprofit management in the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration at the George Washington University in Washington, DC. He teaches graduate courses related to the governanceand management of nonprofit organizations and to philanthropy and fundraising.Dr. Worth served as vice president for development and alumni affairs at the George Washington University andpreviously as director of development at the University of Maryland. Earlier in his career, he was assistant to the presidentat Wilkes University and director of development at De Sales University. As vice president at the George Washington University, he planned and directed two major campaigns and provided support to the board of trustees.In addition to articles and monographs, Dr. Worth has written or edited various books and textbooks, including sixprevious editions of Nonprofit Management: Principles and Practice. Other recent works include Fundraising: Principles and Practice (2016), Leading the Campaign (2nd edition, 2017), Advancing Higher Education: New Strategies for Fundraising, Philanthropy, and Engagement (co-edited with Matthew T. Lambert, 2019), and Comprehensive Fundraising Campaigns:New Directions for Colleges and Universities (2022).Among other voluntary services, Dr. Worth has been a member of the board of directors of Miriam’s Kitchen, anorganization working to eliminate homelessness in Washington, DC, and a member of the advisory board of the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network, Washington, DC, chapter. Dr. Worth consults on governance, management, and fundraisingwith colleges and universities, national associations and institutions, and nonprofit organizations in various fieldsand sectors.He holds a BA from Wilkes University, an MA in economics from American University, and a Ph D in higher educationfrom the University of Maryland.
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