The Nonprofit FAQ

Bibliography: Nonprofit Literature
NOTE: This list was compiled by Peter Dobkin Hall, Book Review Editor,
Nonprofit & Voluntary Sector Quarterly, and Research Scientist,
Program on Nonprofit Organizations, Yale University. The compliation was prepared at the request of Cliff Landesman, founder of the Internet Nonprofit Center, sometime in the mid-1990s. For additional references to publications about nonprofits, see the relevant section of The Nonprofit FAQ at http://www.idealist.org/en/faqcat/77-99.


Reference:


Virginia A. Hodgkinson, et al., Nonprofit Almanac 1992-1993: Dimensions
of the Nonprofit Sector (San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass Publishers,
1992) ISBN 1-55542-746-4 (paper).


The Literature of the Nonprofit Sector: A Bibliography with Abstracts
(New York: Foundation Center): volume I (1989) ISBN 0-87954-287-X
(paper); volume II (1990) ISBN 0-87954-287-X (paper); volume III
(1991) ISBN 0-87954-287-X (paper); volume IV (1992) ISBN 0-87954-447-3;
volume V (1993) ISBN 0-87954-509-7 (paper).


Howard L. Oleck, Nonprofit Corporations, Organizations, and Associations
(Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1988) ISBN 0-13-623380-5
(cloth)


General Works:


David L. Gies, et al., The Nonprofit Organization: Essential Readings
(Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, 1990) ISBN
0-534-12588-3 (paper)


Peter Dobkin Hall, Inventing the Nonprofit Sector and Other Essays
on Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Nonprofit Organizations (Baltimore:
The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992) ISBN


Roger A, Lohmann, The Commons: New Perspectives on Nonprofit Organizations
and Voluntary Action (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers,
1992) ISBN 1-55542-476-7 (cloth)


Michael O'Neill, The Third America: The Emergence of the Nonprofit
Sector in the United States (1989) ISBN 1-55542-165-2 (cloth)


Walter W. Powell, ed., The Nonprofit Sector: A Research Handbook
(New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1987) ISBN 0-300-03702-3
(paper)


Jon Van Til, Mapping the Nonprofit Sector: Voluntarism in a Changing
Social Economy (New York: Foundation Center, 1988) ISBN 0-87954-240-3
(paper)


Arts:


Paul J. DiMaggio, ed., Nonprofit Enterprise in the Arts: Studies
in Mission and Constraint (New York: Oxford University Press,
1986) ISBN 0-19-504063-5 (cloth).


Martin S. Feldstein, ed., The Economics of Arts Museums (Chicago,
ILL: University of Chicago Press, 1991).


Economics:


Charlers Clotfelter, ed., Who Benefits from the Nonprofit Sector
(Chicago, ILL: University of Chicago Press, 1992) ISBN 0-226-11052-
4 (cloth).


Amitai Etzioni, The Moral Dimension: Toward a New Economics (New
York, NY: Free Press, 1988) ISBN 0-02-909900-5 (cloth).


David Hammack and Dennis R. Young, eds., Nonprofit Organizations
in a Market Economy: Understanding New Roles, Issues, and Trends
(San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1993) ISBN 1-55542-540-2(cloth).


Susan Rose-Ackerman, ed., The Economics of Nonprofit Organizations:
Studies in Structure and Policy (New York: Oxford University Press,1986)
ISBN 0-19-503709-X (cloth)


Burton A. Weisbrod, The Nonprofit Economy (Cambridge, MA: Harvard
University Press, 1988) ISBN 0-674-62626-5 (paper). (cloth)


Fund Raising:


Dwight Burlingame and Lamont Hulse, Taking Fund Raising Seriously:
Advancing the Profession and Practice of Raising Money (San Francisco,
CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1991) ISBN 1-55542-388-4.


Scott M. Cutlip, Fundraising in the United States (New Brunswick,
NJ: Transaction Press, 1990) ISBN 0-88738-317-3 (cloth)


Fisher Howe, The Board Member's Guide to Fund Raising (San Francisco,
CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1991) ISBN 1-55542-322-1 (cloth).


Wesley Lindahl, Strategic Planning for Fund Raising: How to Bring
in More Money Using Strategic Resource Allocation (San Francisco,
CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1992) ISBN 1-55542-495-3 (cloth).


Joseph R. Mixer, Principles of Professional Fundraising: Useful
Foundation for Successful Practice (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass
Publishers, 1993) ISBN 1-55542-590-9 (cloth).


Vic Murray, Improving Corporate Donations: New Strategies for
Grantmakers and Grantseekers (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers,
1991) ISBN 1-55542-394-9 (cloth).


Henry A. Russo and Associates, Achieving Excellence in Fund Raising
(San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1991) ISBN 1-55542-
387-6 (cloth).


Michael Selzer, Securing Your Organization's Future: A Complete
Guide to Fundraising Strategies (New York: Foundation Center,
1987) 0-87954-190-3 (paper)


Governance:


John Carver, Boards That Make a Difference: A New Design for Leadership
in Nonprofit and Public Organizations (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass
Publishers, 1990). ISBN 1-55542-231-4 (cloth)


Cyril O. Houle, Governing Boards (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass
Publishers, 1989) ISBN 1-55542-157-1 (cloth)


John W. Nason, Foundation Trusteeship: Service in the Public Interest
(New York: Foundation Center, 1989) ISBN 0-897540-285-3 (paper)


Brian O'Connell, The Board Member's Book: Making a Difference
in Voluntary Organizations (New York: Foundation Center, 1985)
ISBN 0-897540-133-4 (paper)


Grassroots Organizations:


Robert L. Clifton and Alan M. Dahms, Grassroots Organizations:
A Resource Book for Directors, Staff, and Volunteers of Small,
Community-Based Nonprofit Agencies Second Edition (Prospect Heights,
ILL: Waveland Press, 1993) ISBN 0-88133-726-9 (paper).


Carl Milofsky, ed., Community Organizations: Studies in Mission
and Constraint (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1988) ISBN
0-19-504680-3 (cloth)


Health Care:


Bradford H. Gray, The Profit Motive and Patient Care (Cambridge,
MA: Harvard University Press, 1991)


Rosemary Stevens, In Sickness and in Wealth: American Hospitals
in the Twentieth Century (New York, NY: Basic Books, 1989) ISBN
0-465-03223-0 (cloth)


International:


Julie Fisher, The Road from Rio: Sustainable Development and the
Nongovernmental Movement in the Third World (Westport, CT: Praeger,
1993) ISBN 0-275-94715-7 (paper).


Benjamin Gidron, et al., Government and the Third Sector: Emerging
Relationships in Welfare States (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass
Publishers, 1991) ISBN 1-555542-


Estelle James, ed., The Nonprofit Sector in International Perspective:
Studies in Comparative Culture and Policy (New York: Oxford University
Press, 1989) ISBN 0-19-505629-9 (cloth).


James A. Joseph, The Charitable Impulse: Wealth and Social Conscience
in Communities and Cultures outside the United States (New York:
Foundation Center, 1989) ISBN 0-87954-301-9 (paper)


Kathleen D. McCarthy, et al., The Nonprofit Sector in the Global
Community: Voices from Many Nations (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass
Publishers, 1992) ISBN 1-55542-397-3 (cloth)


Legal Issues:


Bruce Hopkins, A Legal Guide to Starting and Managing a Nonprofit
Organization Second Edition (New Yokr, NY: John Wiley & Sons,
1993) ISBN 0-476-58506-8 (paper).


Bruce Hopkins, The Law of Fund Raising (New York, NY: John Wiley
& Sons, 1991)


Bruce Hopkins, The Law of Tax Exempt Organizations (New York,
NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1991)


Management:


James C. Baughman, Trustees, Trusteeship, and the Public Good:
Issues of Accountability for Hospitals, Museums, Universities,
and Libraries Quorum Books/ Greenwood Press (1987) ISBN 0-89930-195-9
(cloth)


Lilly Cohen and Dennis R. Young, Careers for Dreamers and Doers:
A Guide to Management Careers in the Nonprofit Sector (New York:
Foundation Center, 1989) ISBN 0-87954-294-2 (paper)


Peter F. Drucker, Managing the Nonprofit Organization: Principles
and Practices Harper-Collins (1990) ISBN 0-06-016507-3 (cloth)


Paul B. Firstenberg, Managing for Profit in the Nonprofit World
(New York: Foundation Center, 1986) ISBN 0-87954-161-X (paper)


Emerson O. Henke, Introduction to Nonprofit Accounting (Cincinnati,
OH: Southwest Publishing, 1992) ISBN 0-538-82182-5 (cloth).


Regina Herzlinger and Denise Hitterhouse, Financial Accounting
and Managerial Control for Nonprofit Organizations (Cincinnati,
OH: Southwest Publishing, 1994) ISBN 0-538-81602-3 (cloth).


E.B. Knauft, Renee Berger, and Sandra T. Gray, Profiles of Excellence:
Achieving Success in the Nonprofit Sector (San Francisco, CA:
Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1991) ISBN 1-555542-337-X (cloth)


Paul C. Nutt and Robert W. Backoff, Strategic Management of Public
and Third Sector Organizations: A Handbook for Leaders (San Francisco,
CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1992) ISBN 1-555542-386-8 (cloth).


Edward Skloot, ed., The Nonprofit Entrepreneur: Creating Ventures
to Earn Income (1988) ISBN 0-87954-239-X (paper)


Philanthropy:


Dwight Burlingame, ed., The Responsibilities of Wealth (Bloomington,
IN: Indiana University Press, 1992) ISBN 0-253-31279- 5 (cloth.


Morrell Heald, The Social Responsibilities of Business: Corporation
and Community (New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Press, 1988) ISBN
0-88738-231-2 (cloth)


Richard Magat, ed., Philanthropic Giving: Studies in Varieties
and Goals (New York: Oxford University Press, 1989) ISBN 0-19-505050-9
(cloth)


Richard Magat, ed., An Agile Servant: Community Leadership by
Community Foundations (1989) ISBN 0-87954-332-9 (cloth)


Mike W. Martin, Philanthropy, Voluntary Service, and Caring (Bloomington,
IN: Indiana University Press, 1994) ISBN 0-253-33677- 5 (cloth)


Waldemar Neilsen, The Golden Donors: A New Anatomy of the Great
Foundations (New York: E.P. Dutton, 1985) ISBN 0-525-24366-6 (cloth)
(also available in paper).


Teresa Odendahl, et al., America's Wealthy and the Future of Foundations
(New York: Foundation Center, 1987) ISBN 0-87954-194-6 (paper)


Teresa Odendahl, Charity Begins at Home: Generosity and Self-
Interest among the Philanthropic Elite (New York, NY: Basic Books
(1990) ISBN 0-465-00962-X (cloth) (also available in paper)


James P. Shannon, ed., The Corporate Contributions Handbook: Devoting
Private Means to Public Needs (San Francisco, CA: Jossey- Bass
Publishers, 1991) ISBN 1-55542-320-5 (cloth)


Public Policy:


Susan R. Bernstein, Managing Contracted Services in the Nonprofit
Agency: Administrative, Ethical, and Political Issues (Philadelphia,
PA: Temple University Press, 1991) ISBN 0-87722-809- 4 (paper).


Virginia A. Hodgkinson, Richard W. Lyman, and Associates, The
Future of the Nonprofit Sector (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass
Publishers, 1989) ISBN 1-55542-179-2 (cloth)


Daniel C. Levy, ed., Private Education: Studies in Choice and
Public Policy (1986) ISBN 0-19-503710-X (cloth)


Steven Rathgeb Smith and Michael Lipsky, Nonprofits for Hire:
The Welfare State in the Age of Contracting (Cambridge, MA: Harvard
University Press, 1993) ISBN 0-674-62638-9 (cloth)


Jon Van Til and Associates, Critical Issues in American Philanthropy
(San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publsihers, 1989) ISBN 1-55542-278-0
(cloth)


Jennifer Wolch, The Shadow State: Government and Voluntary Sector
in Transition (New York: Foundation Center, 1990) ISBN 0-87954-331-0
(paper)


Religion:


Conrad Cherry and Rowaland A. Sherrill, Religion, the Independent
Sector, and American Culture (Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, ISBN
0- 55540-585-1 (paper).


Robert Wuthnow, Virginia Hodgkinson and Associates, Faith and
Philanthropy in America (San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass Publishers,
1990) ISBN 1-55542-252-7 (cloth)


Voluntarism:


Robert Coles, The Call to Service: A Witness to Idealism (Boston,
MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1993) ISBN 0-395-6347-7 (cloth).








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