Continuity of operations planning allows organizations to assess their organizational strengths and risks to ensure that their operations and services are minimally disrupted in the aftermath of a disaster. The primary goal of this proposed research i . . .

This project proposes to study the impact of mandatory minimum wage increases on nonprofit organizations. Effects of minimum wage increases on for-profits will be used for comparison. A non-probability, purposive survey of 10 nonprofit and 10 for-prof . . .

Financial scandals and fiscal mismanagement have become commonplace in the nonprofit sector. There are several factors that contribute to the nonprofit sector's financial woes. Overhead ratio perception, accounting errors, lack of structure, and inacc . . .

This graduate project examines the theory of founder’s syndrome in the context of nonprofit organizations. The purpose of this project is to explore factors that intensify founder’s syndrome, consequences of founder’s syndrome on mission impact, and s . . .

In this study, I center participants as expert evaluators in the assessment of youth programming offered by Step Up, a youth development and mentorship program that seeks to support girls from under-resourced communities. Using qualitative interviews . . .

The issue of at-risk youth and juvenile recidivism is an enormous challenge for public administration. Administrators are not only faced with the significant costs associated with these issues, but a juvenile correctional system set on maintaining the . . .

The challenges faced by military veterans, who served in the United States Military deserve to be addressed and acknowledged. Veterans of this country’s armed forces put their lives on the line. They knowingly went to war, knowing they might not come . . .

In this paper I develop indices capturing business/market and nonprofit/mission characteristics of charter schools that can be used to explain many of their observed operational and political choices. This improves on earlier research using only a bin . . .