Descriptionby Susan Kenny Stevens with a foreword by Paul C. Light
Throughout the country, foundations, nonprofit managers, and board
members are realizing the relationship between organizational competence
or capacity and a nonprofit’s ability to accomplish its mission and
deliver important services. Yet, current definitions of capacity
generally describe one-size-fits-all practices and protocols for mature
organizations. The fact is that not all nonprofits are mature. Some are
start-ups, others are in rapid growth, and still others are undergoing
organizational regeneration.
Nonprofit Lifecycles: Stage-based Wisdom for Nonprofit
Capacity weighs in with a developmental perspective on nonprofit
capacity and its relationship to increased organizational performance.
Offering practical insights and thought-provoking case illustrations,
this book presents seven nonprofit lifecycle stages and the predictable
tasks, challenges, and inevitable growing pains that nonprofits
encounter and can hope to master on the road to organizational
sustainability.
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