Center on Nonprofits, Philanthropy, and Social Enterprise

Staff Research

Center researchers, Alan Abramson, Mirae Kim, and Stefan Toepler have recently published work on a range of nonprofit topics. Their current interests include the state of the regional, national, and international nonprofit sectors; nonprofit-government relations; the role of foundations and philanthropy in our society; nonprofit accountability, governance, and effectiveness; global civil society; and social enterprise and social entrepreneurship.

Below, you will find information and links to their most recent work:


Alan Abramson

Standing Up for Nonprofits: Advocacy on Federal, Sector-Wide Issues

Abramson, A.J., & Soskis, B.

May 2024

Cambridge University Press

Review: “Hoosier Philanthropy: A State History of Giving” by Witkowski, G. R. (Ed.)

Abramson, A. J. 

September 2023

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

The State and Future of the National Social Sector Infrastructure

L. Tomasko, B. Soskis, H. Martin, F. Mitchell, and A. Abramson

February 2023

Urban Institute

Assessing the State of the US Nonprofit Sector: What Indicators Should We Use?

A. Abramson

May 2022

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

New Legal Forms for Hybrid Organizations.”

A. Abramson and KC. Billings

2020

The Routledge Companion to Nonprofit Management.

Challenges Facing Social Enterprises in the United States

A. Abramson and KC. Billings

May 2019

Nonprofit Policy Forum

Review: The Third Sector: Community Organizations, NGOs, and Nonprofits by Meghan Elizabeth Kallman and Terry Nichols Clark

A. Abramson

August 2018

Journal of Planning Education and Research

Assessing the Vitality of the US Nonprofit Sector: Toward a Nonprofit Health Index

A. Abramson, AL. Grayson, and JG. Moore

November 2018

Nonprofit Policy Forum

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Mirae Kim

Blurring the Lines Between Public and Nonprofit Sectors: Local Efforts to Create Inclusive Communities. 

Kim, M., Yang Liu, C., & Li, B. 

September 2024

State and Local Government Review

Inequities in the Cultural Data Infrastructure: Insights from Two Recent Studies

Rosenstein, C., Kim, M., & Vakharia, N.

July 2024 

Chapter In “Innovating Institutions and Inequities in the Arts”  by Woronkowicz, J., &  Noonan, D.  (Eds.). Springer Nature.

The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle: The Extent of Overhead Ratios’ Manipulation, Distrust, and Ramifications

Kim, M., Etienne, C., & Sowa, J.

February 2024

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Nonprofits into the Core? An Early Assessment of Potential Curricular Changes after the 2019 NASPAA Standards Amendments

Kim, M. & Toepler, S.

February 2024

Journal of Public Affairs Education

Globalizing the Field by Learning from Non-English-Based Nonprofit Studies: A Review of South Korean Nonprofit Literature

S. An, B. Gyo Jeong, Mi. Kim, S. Kim & J. Suh

November 2023

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Financial Challenges of Nonprofits Serving People of Color: Original Survey Results

M. Kim and B. Li

September 2023

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Arts and Culture Nonprofits as Civic Actors: Mapping Audience, Community, and Civic Engagement in Nonprofit Organizations

M. Kim and J. Benenson

September 2023

The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society

The Retreat of Influence: Exploring the Decline of Nonprofit Advocacy and Public Engagement

L. Faulk, M. Kim, and H. MacIndoe

July 2023

Independent Sector

Volume II: A Changing Third Sector Research Landscape—Progress or Pitfall?

M. Kim and P. Raggo

February 2023

VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations

Taking Stock on How We Research the Third Sector: Diversity, Pluralism, and Openness

M. Kim and P. Raggo

December 2022

VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations

Benefit-Based Revenue Streams and Financial Health: The Case of Arts and Cultural Nonprofits

Q. Liu and M. Kim

August 2022

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Research Note: Bridging the Gaps Between the Theory and Practice of Nonprofit Operating Reserves

M. Kim and D.P. Mason

May 13, 2021

Nonprofit Management and Leadership

Living Cultural Heritage and the Traditional and Folk Arts in the Nonprofit Sector: Data on Scope, Finances, and Funding

C. Rosenstein, M. Kim, and N. Vakharia

September 2021

The California Alliance for Traditional Arts

The Prevalence of Ethnic, Cultural, and Folk Nonprofit Organizations in Increasingly Diverse Communities: A Case of Demand Heterogeneity

M. Kim, S. Potochnick, and K. Olson

April 28, 2021

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Kirsten A. Grønbjerg and Steven Rathgeb Smith: The Changing Dynamic of Government–Nonprofit Relationships: Advancing the Field (s)

M. Kim, A. Prakash, MM. Stone, RH. Williams, and S. Toepler

November 2021

Nonprofit Policy Forum

Exploring Nonprofit Dilemmas Through a New Lens: Introduction to the Symposium on Experimental and Behavioral Approaches in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Research

M. Kim, K. LeRoux, D. Mason

October 2021

Journal of Behavioral Public Administration

Nonprofit Trends and Impacts 2021: National Findings on Diversity and Representation, Donation Trends from 2015-2020, and Effects of 2020

L. Faulk, M. Kim, T. Derrick-Mills, ET. Boris, L. Tomasko, N. Hakizimana, T. Chen, M. Kim, L. Nath

October 7, 2021

Urban Institute

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Stefan Toepler

The Changing Context of Nonprofit Management: Broad Trends and Policy Challenges

Anheier, H.K. & Toepler, S. 

March 2024

Chapter in, “The Jossey-Bass Handbook of Nonprofit Leadership and Management (Fifth Ed.)” by  Renz, D., Brown, W., & Andersson, F. (Eds.) (John Wiley)

Nonprofits into the Core? An Early Assessment of Potential Curricular Changes after the 2019 NASPAA Standards Amendments

Kim, M. & Toepler, S.

February 2024

Journal of Public Affairs Education

Foundations—History and Functions

S. Toepler

December 2023

Chapter in The Elgar Encyclopedia of Nonprofit Management, Leadership and Governance

Rereading Salamon: Why Voluntary Failure Theory is Not (Really) About Voluntary Failures

Toepler, S.

October 2023

Nonprofit Policy Forum

Conceptualizing, Measuring, and Theorizing the Third Sector: Embedding Statistical and Methodological Developments Awaiting Broader Scholarly Take-up

L. Salamon, M. Haddock, and S. Toepler

February 2023

VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations

 

Civil Society and Democratization: The Role of Service‐Providing Organizations Amid Closing Civic Spaces

A. Moldavanova, T. Onishi, and S. Toepler

January 2023

Public Administration and Development

 

Nonprofit Organizations: Theory, Management, Policy

HK. Anheier and S. Toepler

August 2022

 

Contested Civic Spaces in Liberal Democracies

RG. Strachwitz and S. Toepler

August 2022

Nonprofit Policy Forum

Conceptualizing, Measuring, and Theorizing the Third Sector: Embedding Statistical and Methodological Developments Awaiting Broader Scholarly Take-up

LM. Salamon, MA. Haddock, and S. Toepler

February 2022

VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations

Civil Society: Concepts, Challenges, Contexts

M. Hoelscher, RA. List, A. Ruser, and S. Toepler

2022

Chapters:

Kirsten A. Grønbjerg and Steven Rathgeb Smith: The Changing Dynamic of Government–Nonprofit Relationships: Advancing the Field (s)

M. Kim, A. Prakash, MM. Stone, RH. Williams, and S. Toepler

November 2021

Nonprofit Policy Forum

Regulatory Governance of Nonprofit Organizations: Legal Frameworks and Voluntary Self-Regulation

S. Toepler and HK. Anheier

December 2021

Research Handbook on Nonprofit Governance, pp 116-139

Government/Foundation Relations: A Conceptual Framework and Evidence from the US Federal Government’s Partnership Efforts

S. Toepler, A. Abramson

March 2021

Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations

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