Strategic positioning and the financing of nonprofit organizations : is efficiency rewarded in the contibutions marketplace?
By: FRUMKIN, Peter
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Contributor(s): KIM, Mark T.
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ArticlePublisher: Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishers, mar./apr.2001Public Administration Review: PAR 61, 2, p. 266-275Abstract: This article addresses the question of whether operational efficiency is recognized and rewarded by the private funders that support noprofit organizations in fields ranging from education to social service to arts and beyond. Looking at the administrative efficiency and fundrainsing results of a large sample of noprofit organizations over an 11-year period, we find that noprofits that position themselves as cost efficient - reporting low administrative to toal expense ratios - fared no better over time than less efficient appearing organization in the market for individual, foundation, and corporate contributions. From this analysis, we suggestthat economizing may not always be the best strategy in the nonprofit sector
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This article addresses the question of whether operational efficiency is recognized and rewarded by the private funders that support noprofit organizations in fields ranging from education to social service to arts and beyond. Looking at the administrative efficiency and fundrainsing results of a large sample of noprofit organizations over an 11-year period, we find that noprofits that position themselves as cost efficient - reporting low administrative to toal expense ratios - fared no better over time than less efficient appearing organization in the market for individual, foundation, and corporate contributions. From this analysis, we suggestthat economizing may not always be the best strategy in the nonprofit sector
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