JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.
  • About K
  • Academics
  • Admission
  • Alumni Relations
  • Giving to K
  • News & Events
  • Student Life
  • HORNET HIVE
  • ATHLETICS
  • SITEMAP
  • WEBMAIL
    • Login
    View Item 
    •   CACHE Homepage
    • Academic Departments, Programs, and SIPs
    • Economics and Business
    • Economics and Business Senior Integrated Projects
    • View Item
    •   CACHE Homepage
    • Academic Departments, Programs, and SIPs
    • Economics and Business
    • Economics and Business Senior Integrated Projects
    • View Item

    Non-Profit Organizations: Surviving in Difficult Times

    Thumbnail
    View/Open
    Searchable PDF / Kalamazoo College Only (1.213Mb)
    Date
    2009
    Author
    D'Avanzo, Matthew
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Abstract
    Non-profit organizations (NPOs) are constantly facing problems in today's market. These problems often come in two forms, internal problems and external problems. Internal problems almost always center around two issues: proper management and a lack of funds and/or resources. The first problem is the more pressing of the two, since good management can make ends meet with whatever funds they have. Management faces a couple of fundamental problems when they are running a NPO. The first is that the NPO is meant to promote values instead of profits. This is a problem because people often have different opinions on what a proper "value" actually is. The other problem is that very often they lack the funds to train, prepare, and properly compensate their own employees. Inefficient and incompetent management can kill a NPO. The external problems include financial crises causing people to stop donating, and for-profit corporations increasingly entering into job markets that used to be dominated by NPOs. Fighting these external problems is very difficult, since they often are caused by things over which NPOs have· no control. These include the overall state of the economy, the fiscal policies of the government and the rapidly developing technology sectors. NPOs should be mindful of these outside issues, but if they commit too much time to them, they risk wasting their already limited resources. Through my experience with NPOs, I have concluded that a NPO can be successful in any economic situation as long as they provide good service, have good management, and commit themselves to bettering others.
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10920/27336
    Collections
    • Anthropology and Sociology Senior Individualized Projects [658]
    • Economics and Business Senior Integrated Projects [1198]

    Browse

    All of DSpaceCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

    My Account

    Login

    DSpace software copyright © 2002-2023  DuraSpace
    DSpace Express is a service operated by 
    Atmire NV
    Logo

    Kalamazoo College
    1200 Academy Street
    Kalamazoo Michigan 49006-3295
    USA
    Info 269-337-7000
    Admission 1-800-253-3602

    About K
    Academics
    Admission
    Alumni Relations
    Giving to K
    News & Events
    Student Life
    Sitemap
    Map & Directions
    Contacts
    Directories
    Nondiscrimination Policy
    Consumer Information
    Official disclaimer
    Search this site


    Academic Calendars
    Apply
    Bookstore
    Crisis Response
    Employment
    Library
    Registrar
    DSpace Express is a service operated by 
    Atmire NV