Non-profit higher education institutions (HEIs)' donors want to insure that their money is used correctly. The agency tensions in non-profit organizations, and specifically in HEIs, can lead to family involvement when families are the donors in the early stage of these organizations. The...

How should the governance system in a non-membership non-profit organization be designed? This organizational form has no shareholders; instead, donors provide funds. Thus, at the organizational level the board of directors could have all the power. Under this legal form, who controls the board?...