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The thousands of organizations that comprise America's private nonprofit sector represent a national treasure. Yet serious pressures are altering the playing field on which nonprofits operate, and many are responding in ways that may undermine their popular support. Despite the significance of these developments, little has been done to analyze and interpret them in a clear and understandable way. Lester M. Salamon, a leading authority on the nonprofit sector, and the Aspen Institute have joined forces with more than a dozen experts to produce The State of Nonprofit America, an integrated, authoritative assessment of the state of nonprofit America and the key trends affecting its evolution. The State of Nonprofit America summarizes critical opportunities and challenges, examines each of the sector's major fields, and assesses important cross-cutting trends and issues. It provides a basic sourcebook for sector leaders, the press, public officials, and citizens concerned about the future of America's nonprofit sector and eager to understand the forces affecting it. |
The State of Nonprofit America
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Overview
- The Resilient Sector: The State of Nonprofit America
Lester M. Salamon
Major Fields
- Health
Bradford Gray and Mark Schlesinger - Education and Training
Donald M. Stewart, Pearl Rock Kane, and Lisa Scruggs - Social Services
Steven Rathgeb Smith - Arts and Culture
Margaret Wyszomirski - Housing and Community Development
Avis Vidal - International Assistance
Shepard Forman and Abby Stoddard - Religious Congregations
Mark Chaves - Civic Participation and Advocacy
Elizabeth T. Boris and Jeff Krehely - Infrastruacture Organizations
Alan J. Abramson and Rachel McCarthy - Foundations and Corporate Philanthropy
Leslie Lenkowsky - Individual Giving and Volunteering
Virginia A. Hodgkinson, with Kathryn E. Nelson and Edward D. Sivak, Jr.
Major Challenges
- Commercialization, Social Ventures, and For-Profit Competition
Dennis R. Young and Lester M. Salamon - Devolution, Marketization, and the Changing Shape of Government-Nonprofit Relations
Kirsten Grnbjerg and Lester M. Salamon - Accountability, Effectiveness, and Public Perceptions
Evelyn Brody - Demographic and Technological Imperatives
Atul Dighe - For Whom and For What? The Contributions of the Nonprofit Sector
William A. Daz