Nonprofits as a Resilient Sector
Implications for Public Policy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13038658 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dennis R Young (0000-0002-6865-7821, Case Western Reserve University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 237-253 |
| Publication date | 2022-12-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nonprofit Policy Forum (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2154-3348 • E-ISSN: 2194-6035 |
| Publisher | De Gruyter (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/npf-2022-0038 |
| OpenAlex | W4311888273 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 18 |
Lester Salamon first characterized nonprofits in the United States as “the resilient sector” in 2003. He based this characterization on the sector’s growth, its ability to adapt to new economic and political conditions over time and its increasingly adaptive entrepreneurial culture. The view of nonprofits as resilient institutions has been reinforced since by their performance in recent crises including the COVID pandemic beginning in 2020 and the financial crisis of 2008–2009, though not without exception or assurance that nonprofits would necessarily be resilient in future crises. This paper examines some of the strategies nonprofits have employed to navigate recent crises and prepare themselves for less certain futures. It also teases apart the nature of resilience, asking how resilience at the organizational level differs from network level and sector-level resilience. Such differences have important implications for public policy vis-à-vis nonprofits. In particular, policies that would strengthen nonprofits at the organizational level may differ from, even conflict with, those that would strengthen the nonprofit sector as a whole
Business · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Futures contract · Pandemic · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Psychological resilience · Public relations · Public sector · Resilience (materials science · Disaster Management and Resilience · Law · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Psychology · Public Administration · Religion, Society, and Development · Social Psychology · Finance
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Navigating Transformations During Global Crisis
Structural Holes
The Strength of Strong Ties
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Resilience and the Management of Nonprofit Organizations
Too Many Nonprofits? An Empirical Approach to Estimating Trends in Nonprofit Demand Density
Measuring Concentration and Competition in the U.S. Nonprofit Sector
The Role of Nonprofit–Private Collaboration for Nonprofits’ Organizational Resilience
Proverbs of Nonprofit Financial Management
Service Providers’ Influence in Collaborative Governance Networks
Tales From the Grave
The Strength of Weak Ties
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |