Sustaining Nonprofit Performance: The Case for Capacity Building and the Evidence to Support It

by Paul C. Light

Book Overview

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""The nonprofit sector survives because it has a self-exploiting work force: wind it up and it will do more with less until it just runs out. But at some point, the spring must break."" America's nonprofit organizations face a difficult present and an uncertain future. Money is tight. Workloads are heavy, employee turnover is high, and charitable donations have not fully rebounded from the recent economic downturn. Media and political scrutiny...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815752253
• ISBN13: 9780815752257
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 211 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.0"