Governmental-Nonprofit Relations

Catalog description

Explores how nonprofits influence and are influenced by public decision-making, examining the role of nonprofits vis-à-vis the public sector broadly and in public policy formation specifically. Encourages students to critically analyze management issues that constrain and define the nonprofit sector, with a particular focus on its close relationship with the government. Topics include models of government-nonprofit relations; public policies toward nonprofits (tax policies, government regulation, charitable giving); accountability; policy advocacy and legislative lobbying; government financing of nonprofit service provision; best practices in policy-oriented nonprofit management; and underlying normative issues that arise in organizations receiving public funding.