Economic Impact as a Community Outcomes Measurement in Nonprofit Program Evaluation
An Economic Analysis of the United Way of Southwest Alabama
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12249504 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bradley G Winton (0000-0003-0120-7321, corresponding author), Christopher D Smith (0000-0002-5911-5836), Misty A Sabol (0000-0002-0259-918X) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 878-890 |
| Publication date | 2024-04-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Voluntas Revista Internacional de Filosofia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2179-3786 • E-ISSN: 1573-7888 |
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11266-024-00654-7 |
| OpenAlex | W4395029379 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 43 |
Nonprofit community service federations (CSFs) leverage collaborative relationships with community stakeholders and their own direct economic activity to impact local community outcomes. Under the Collective Impact Framework, CSFs influence community outcomes mainly by acting as backbone organizations, which provide central program support and fiscal management services for a nonprofit network of stakeholders and serve as a grantmaking fiscal intermediaries. There remains no standard approach to evaluate impact on community outcomes. Economic impact analysis has been underexamined in academic literature as an approach to community outcomes evaluation. This paper presents a case study of the United Way of Southwest Alabama (UWSWA) to demonstrate the use of economic impact as an outcomes measurement for use in collective impact program evaluation. Economic impact assessment using conventional input–output methodology provides a broad measure of the economic influence of the UWSWA on indicators of regional economic activity such as output, value-added, earnings, and employment. This study uses a 3-year (FY2017-FY2020) sample of financial data supplied by UWSWA to estimate its scope and scale of economic activity. The case of UWSWA demonstrates how economic impact analysis may complement other impact evaluation methods. The paper finds UWSWA generates substantial positive economic effects on its service region through both its grantmaking and business operations
Economic growth · Economic impact analysis · Economics · Political science · Public economics · Social policy · Community and Sustainable Development · Evaluation and Performance Assessment · Law · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Public Administration
Social Impact Measurement
Wealthier is Healthier
Collective Impact
The association between objective and subjective socioeconomic status and subjective well-being
When Backbone Organizations Become the Funder
Expanding our understanding of backbone organizations in collective impact initiatives
An Input–Output Analysis of the Nonprofit Sector in the USA and Germany
Developmental Dynamics in Nonprofit-Sector Federations
Generosity vs. Altruism
Economic Growth and Human Development
Paths to Success
Human Service Organizations
A Case Study of the Implementation of Outcomes‐Based Funding Within a Local United Way System
The anatomy of a multiplier
Collaboration and Professionalization
Collective impact approaches and community development issues
Economic Growth and Social Indicators
The Rise of the Nonprofit Sector
Absolute Income, Relative Income, and Happiness
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |