Charitable organizations in the United States find themselves in a double bind these days. On one hand, our free-market American culture expects them to be entrepreneurial and bottom-line oriented, adopting many of the methods and practices of commercial enterprises. On the other hand, courts...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I History and Scope of the Nonprofit Sector -- Part II Nonprofits and the Marketplace -- Part III Nonprofits and the Polity -- Part IV Key Activities in the Nonprofit Sector -- Part V Who Participates...

The second edition of The Nonprofit Sector provides a novel, comprehensive, cross-disciplinary perspective on nonprofit organizations and their role and function in society. This new, updated edition keeps pace with industry trends and advances as well as with the changing interests and needs of...