Center for Nonprofit Management
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| Center for Nonprofit Management | |
|---|---|
| Name | Center for Nonprofit Management |
| Formation | 20th century |
| Type | Nonprofit organization |
| Headquarters | United States |
| Leader title | Executive Director |
Center for Nonprofit Management provides capacity building, consulting, and leadership development for philanthropic and civic organizations. Founded in the late 20th century, the organization operates through regional hubs and partnerships to support United Way of America, Ford Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Rockefeller Foundation, and local community foundations. It engages with nonprofit networks including Independent Sector, National Council of Nonprofits, Council on Foundations, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, and academic centers such as Harvard Kennedy School, Stanford Social Innovation Review, and Columbia University.
History
Early initiatives trace to collaborations among regional community foundations, state associations, and national intermediaries like Volunteers of America, American Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity, YMCA, and AmeriCorps. Influences include corporate philanthropy models from The Coca-Cola Company, AT&T, and General Electric, as well as program evaluations by RAND Corporation and Urban Institute. Milestones involved partnerships with municipal leaders from City of New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Houston and cross-sector work with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Kresge Foundation, and Annie E. Casey Foundation. The Center participated in national conferences with Independent Sector, National Council of Nonprofits, Alliance for Nonprofit Management, and attended policy forums at Brookings Institution and Aspen Institute.
Mission and Programs
The mission emphasizes organizational effectiveness, fiduciary best practices, and leadership pipelines aligned with standards from California Association of Nonprofits, New York Council of Nonprofits, and accreditation frameworks influenced by Council on Accreditation and ISO. Programs include executive coaching patterned after curricula from Center for Creative Leadership, board development informed by BoardSource publications, and strategic planning workshops referencing case studies from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Annenberg Foundation. It runs cohort models similar to Stanford Social Innovation Review executive education, fellowship collaborations like Coro Fellowship, and volunteer engagement modeled after AmeriCorps and Peace Corps.
Services and Training
Services encompass capacity assessments, financial management support, and impact measurement training that integrate methodologies from Social Impact Bond pilots, Pay for Success frameworks, and evaluation tools used by What Works Clearinghouse, The Pew Charitable Trusts, and MetaMetrics. Training modules cover nonprofit law influenced by statutes such as the Internal Revenue Code (tax-exempt provisions), risk management seen in Federal Emergency Management Agency guidance, and fundraising strategies reflecting practices from The Chronicle of Philanthropy and Association of Fundraising Professionals. Delivery formats include in-person workshops in partnership with universities like Northwestern University, University of California, Berkeley, and University of Pennsylvania and online courses leveraging platforms similar to Coursera and edX.
Governance and Funding
Governance follows a board model interacting with philanthropic funders such as Lilly Endowment, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The board often includes leaders from Kaiser Permanente, Microsoft, Google, JP Morgan Chase, and civic institutions like Museum of Modern Art and Metropolitan Museum of Art. Funding streams combine grants from National Endowment for the Arts, National Science Foundation program awards, service contracts with municipal agencies such as Department of Health and Human Services regional offices, and earned income via fee-for-service arrangements used by organizations like Charity Navigator and GuideStar USA. Compliance and audit practices draw on standards from Securities and Exchange Commission filings for related entities and nonprofit accounting principles from Financial Accounting Standards Board.
Impact and Evaluation
Impact assessment employs mixed methods influenced by research from Harvard Kennedy School, Brookings Institution, and Urban Institute and adapts measurement frameworks used by GiveWell, Social Value International, and Open Society Foundations. Evaluations report outcomes such as board performance improvements referenced in studies by RAND Corporation and capacity gains similar to results published by Independent Sector and National Council of Nonprofits. The Center’s work is cited in policy briefs at Aspen Institute and case compilations from Stanford Social Innovation Review and has informed practice in networks like GlobalGiving, TechSoup, VolunteerMatch, and Catchafire.