Nonprofit Studies Program
The Nonprofit Studies Program was established in the fall of 2003 under the auspices of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute with Professor Arthur Brooks as the first director. The Program ties together nonprofit research, outreach and teaching activities at The Maxwell School. Each year the Program brings respected scholars to the university to engage with faculty and students on issues related to the nonprofit/non-governmental sector.
The Program's mission is to create and facilitate sharing of knowledge about nonprofit governance, management, and policy. For example, in 2006 the Program presented a workshop on the "Big Questions in Nonprofit Management." The speakers were Wolfgang Bielefeld and Dwight Burlingame, editors of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly and Roger Lohmann, editor of Nonprofit Management and Leadership.
Nonprofit Studies Program Publications
Gifts of Time and Money: The Role of Charity in America's Communities
This edited collection addresses what mobilizes giving and volunteering and what policymakers and nonprofit managers can do to change the current landscape in places with low levels of participation.
Maxwell Nonprofit Initiatives
This initiative has three components: research challenges facing nongovernmental organizations, education of new generations of NGO leaders, and professional engagement of practicing transnational NGO managers and academic experts. This project is hosted by theMoynihan Institute of Global Affairs.
Education and Outreach
The Maxwell School is the home of the highly ranked graduate nonprofit management program in the Public Administration Department. For more information on the MPA with an emphasis on nonprofit management please go to the Public Administration homepage.
The School also offers two certificate programs, one on Civil Society Organizations and another on Leadership of International and Nongovernmental Organizations.
Faculty Associates of the Campbell Institute teach a variety of courses related to nonprofit studies. A sampling of the courses follows:
Fund Development for Nonprofit Organizations
Policy and Management in the Nonprofit Economy
Nonprofit Management & Governance
Nonprofit Arts Leadership Seminars
Community outreach is part of the mission of the Nonprofit Studies Program. Activities include executive roundtables, service-learning projects, and consulting engagements.
Additional Resources
Contact Information
For more information on the Nonprofit Studies Program, please contact Mary Tschirhart, Campbell Institute Director.