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Nonprofit Sector | Indiana University | Bright, Jim, Lenkowsky, Leslie | 2010 The nonprofit sector in the U.S. includes over 1.5 million organizations. Their revenues exceed $2 trillion annually and have been growing rapidly. According to Giving USA, Americans donated more than $300 billion annually to charitable organizations, almost 2…

Civil Society | Indiana University | Lenkowsky, Leslie | 2010 This course explores the relationship of civil society (particularly that part of it known as “the nonprofit sector”) and government: how the nonprofit sector affects public policy, how public policy affects the nonprofit sector, and what the consequences for society…

Social Sector | Indiana University | Lenkowsky, Leslie | 2010 “Social entrepreneurship” is a phrase widely used today in the nonprofit sector, business, and even government. But what exactly is it? How does it work? What is different about it? And what does it really accomplish? This course will provide…

Social Sector | Indiana University | Lenkowsky, Leslie | 2010 In 2009, a year in which the United States economy suffered from one the worst economic downturns since the Great Depression, Americans gave over $300 billion to charities, more than one of every 50 dollars they produced. Nearly 64 million…

Social Sector | Indiana University | Jeavons, Thomas H. | 2010 This course is an introduction to the nonprofit and voluntary sector in the United States. We will examine the number, size, scope, and function of nonprofit institutions taken as a whole and in various categories, and look at historical…

Social Sector | Princeton University | Katz, Stanley | 2011 This course examines policy issues at international, national, and local levels. It attempts to provide groundwork approaches to nonprofits, NGOs, and philanthropy. The emphasis is on how philanthropy, nonprofit, and NGO sectors operate, their niche alongside private and public sectors,…

Philanthropic Foundations, Social Sector | O’Neill, Michael | 2010 This is a foundation course, examining the origins and societal role of private nonprofit organizations, including their historical, social, political, economic, cultural, and ideological importance in the U.S. and beyond. Current trends in the nonprofit sector and projections for the future…

Nonprofit Sector | Grossman, Allen | 2010 Leading and Governing High Performing Nonprofit Organizations (LGN) is about the leadership challenges of creating and sustaining high performance in nonprofit organizations. The operating environment for nonprofit organizations is changing as dynamically as that of the for-profit sector. Yet, the knowledge of how…

Philanthropic Foundations | Hall, Peter Dobkin | 2010 This course considers the system of private giving that supports the nonprofit sector, examining reasons for giving, how giving is done, institutions through donations are administered, and fundraising methods and mechanisms. Using scholarship, media, and case studies, students will become familiar with…