Nonprofit Performance Research Articles

Strategic Planning and Organizational Performance in Non-Profit Organizations in Rwanda: A Case of World Vision, Kigali, Rwanda

The general objective of this study is to assess the effect of strategic Planning on Organization performance in Non – Profit Organizations in Rwanda, a Case study of World Vision Rwanda (Kigali). The specific objectives were; to determine the effect of Stakeholder involvement, resource allocation, and risk planning in strategic planning on organization performance in Non-profit organizations in Rwanda. The total population was 300, and the sample size was 171, calculated using the Yamane formula. Both stratified and purposive sampling techniques were employed. This research used a descriptive design with a correlation-regression size effect for each specific study objective. The present research used qualitative and quantitative approaches. They are concerned with the specific objectives of this study. The findings showed a strong positive relationship between stakeholder engagement, effective resource allocation, and effective risk planning with organizational performance. Whereby stakeholder engagement has 0. Four hundred seventy-two correlations, resource allocation has 0.502 correlations, and risk planning has 0.893 correlations with organizational performance in non-government Organizations. Further, the findings showed that R Square is high, indicating a high contribution of independent variables to dependent variables. Adjusted R Square shows that considering stakeholder engagement, resource allocation, and risk planning during strategic planning contributes up to 52.1% to organizational performance. This assumes that non-governmental organizations are urged to consider stakeholder engagement, resource allocation, and risk planning during strategic planning to ensure organizational performance. The study concludes that for proper organizational strategic planning, similar organizations are recommended to engage critical stakeholders during planning practices. Keywords: Strategic Planning, Organizational Performance, Non-Profit Organizations, World Vision, Kigali &nbsp

Does mission concreteness make a difference in nonprofit performance? Automated text analysis approach to the importance of concrete mission statements

AbstractMission statements are important for the performance of nonprofit organizations (NPOs), but many of them are not concrete enough to influence nonprofit performance and prior research has studied the concreteness of mission statements in two divergent ways. We investigated how the two aspects of concrete mission statement influence internal and external stakeholders of NPOs differently and affect nonprofit performance. We first conducted an automated text analysis to determine the relationship between the concreteness of the 100 largest US NPOs' mission statements and organizational performance (Study 1). To validate the measure of the automated text analysis and reveal the relationship between the two aspects of concrete mission statements, we additionally conducted randomized controlled experiments with 76 professionals in the nonprofit field who were in charge of evaluating organizational performance (Study 2). Results of both studies suggest that concrete mission statements are positively related to organizational performance and that nonprofit professionals' perceived concreteness of mission statements drives their prediction of higher organizational performance. Theoretical and practical implications for the concreteness of NPOs' mission statements are discussed.

Integration of Strategy Human Resource Management (SHRM) and Competitive Advantage as a Human Capital Mediator in the Performance of Private Universities

Objective - to analyze the development of SHRM Integration capabilities and competitive advantages as a mediator of human capital on organizational performance, taking into account the role of human capital as a source of knowledge to be managed in order to become a competitive advantage for company performance. Design/methodology/approach –researchers designed empirical studies from a sample of 61 Private Universities (PTS) in South Sumatra Province, asking the dean or head of the study program, to assess human capital, SHRM integration, competitive advantages to improve their pts performance. Analysis techniques using SEM SmartPLS. The results of human capital research on organizational performance are not supported, the SHRM Integration variable does not mediate human capital against competitive advantage and organizational performance, but competitive advantage mediates human capital against performance as well as exogenous variables. Research limitations/implications is the data collected did not meet the expected respondent data. Theoretical and practical implications – theoretically the development of the theory of the integration of SHRM with competitive advantages to the performance of non-profit organizations. Then in practice organizations can increase their commitment to human capital management through the integration of SHRM to form a competitive advantage and ultimately improve organizational performance. Originality/value – The authors examine the impact of intellectual capital dimensions, especially human capital, on the performance of non-profit organizations, namely Private Universities in developing country clusters with the integration of SHRM and competitive advantages to show the relationship between human capital after being mediated by the scheme.

비영리조직 이사회와 조직의 모금성과 간 관계에 관한 연구

This study attempted to explore the size, composition, roles, and level of participation of the board of directors for nonprofit organizations in Korea, and to examine the relationship between these factors and the fundraising performance of nonprofit organizations. For the examination, this study employed 272 nonprofit organizations with a board from Giving Korea 2019 by the Beautiful Foundation which include information regarding organizational operating status. As a result of analysis, most nonprofit organizations had experts as board members, and the proportion of representatives of volunteers and beneficiaries was the lowest. In addition, among the roles of the board, the level of participation of establishing organizational strategies role was the highest, while, the level of participation of fundraising and giving activities role was the lowest. As a result of the regression analysis, the size of the board, the presence of beneficiary representatives, role of establishing organizational strategies, and role of fundraising and giving activities had a significant relationship with the annual fundraising amount of nonprofit organizations. This study contributed to expanding a comprehensive understanding of the board of directors, which plays a key role in operation and performance of nonprofit organizations. Moreover, by empirically discussing the relevance to the organization's fundraising performance, this study contributed to providing enlarged theoretical and practical understanding of the board of directors and fundrasing performance of nonprofit organization.

IT usage and fundraising performance in nonprofit organizations: Empirical evidence from Buddhist temples in Thailand

The use of IT has seen great success in the private sector and is now beginning to fill a similar role for non-profit organizations (NPOs) as well. The use of IT in fundraising activities in NPOs has been studied in the past. But applying this concept in the case of Buddhist temples, which make up the majority of NPOs in a Buddhist country like Thailand, has never been done before. Using the national survey of 16,895 Buddhist temples in Thailand and econometrics modeling reveals that using IT in temple management has a statistically significant effect on generating higher income from fundraising activities. Using the Internet and computers can boost temple donations and fundraising by promoting religious activities. And temples that use websites and social media seem to receive more government subsidies. In addition, other variables, such as location, number of monks and staff, pro-social activities, and temple age, also represent strong determinants of fundraising performance. Therefore, we find that Buddhist temples in Thailand would do well to use the Internet and social media to develop content, provide advice, and preach online, as these technology-enhanced activities play an important role in increasing fundraising efficiency. Thus, training in such current communication technology should be provided to monks so that they can take advantage of such tools to not only increase their productivity, but also to equip themselves with other, up-to-date skills to enhance the religious education of their congregations that they currently provide through traditional preaching.

The Influence of Brand Orientation Dimensions on Organizational Performance of Non-Profit Organizations in Albania

The Influence of Brand Orientation Dimensions on Organizational Performance of Non-Profit Organizations in Albania

Problems with Using 'Second-Best' Measures to Evaluate Nonprofit Performance

Problems with Using 'Second-Best' Measures to Evaluate Nonprofit Performance

PENGARUH REPUTASI ORGANISASI, UKURAN ORGANISASI, OPINI AUDIT DAN UKURAN KAP TERHADAP KINERJA ORGANISASI NIRLABA DI INDONESIA

The non-profit organization plays a positive role in economic, reform and social improvement. Included the non-profit sector are foundations. In 2013 there was a decline in the number of foundations in Indonesia, due to the declining level of public trust. This study aims to analyze the effect of organizational reputation, organizational size, audit opinion and KAP size on the performance of non-profit organizations. This research is a quantitative research. The sample in this study consisted of 80 foundations for 4 years of observation. The results of this study organizational reputation have no effect on the performance of non-profit organizations; organizational size affects the performance of non-profit organizations; audit opinion has no effect on the performance of non-profit organizations; and the size of KAP has no effect on the performance of non-profit organizations. Theoretically, this study concludes that the availability of sufficient total assets is able to provide opportunities for non-profit organizations to continue to improve and improve their performance. Keywords: financial performance; foundations; non-profit organizations

The effect of supply chain integration, management commitment and supply chain challenges on non-profit organizations performance: Empirical evidence from Afghanistan

The effect of supply chain integration, management commitment and supply chain challenges on non-profit organizations performance: Empirical evidence from Afghanistan

Understanding nonprofit leaders' perceptions of organizational efficiency

AbstractWith limited resources and increased demand, efficiency is essential for nonprofits. However, there is minimal research into understanding nonprofit leaders' perceptions of efficiency. This study is based on interviews with Habitat for Humanity leaders across the United States. Applying a case study approach with qualitative content analysis and descriptive statistics, two key findings emerge. First, some nonprofit leaders are conflating efficiency and effectiveness. Second, in more than half of the cases, nonprofit leaders' perceptions of their organizations' efficiency failed to align with a commonly accepted objective measure of efficiency applied to those organizations. These results raise concerns and have significant implications for nonprofit performance and communication with key stakeholders.

The Importance of Planning: How Financial Management Competencies Affect the Performance of Nonprofit Organizations

Financial management is vital to the survival of nonprofit organizations and their ability to fulfill their mission. Financial management is composed of a diverse range of tasks which require specific competencies for the success of an organization. This study explores different financial management competencies and their effect on nonprofit financial and organizational performance. Based on survey data from Swiss nonprofit organizations, a set of six distinguishable financial management competencies are derived and applied within a structural equation model. The study finds that self-assessed financial management competencies have significant effects on both the perceived financial and perceived organizational performance of nonprofits. The findings reveal that strategic financial planning competencies have the strongest effect on financial performance, and budgeting competencies have the strongest effect on the organizational performance. The study adds to the understanding of the role of different financial management areas and underlines the importance of administrative capacities for organizational success.

Optimization of volunteer task assignments to improve volunteer retention and nonprofit organizational performance

Deploying the skills and experiences of nonprofit employees and volunteers is challenging due to resource constraints on nonprofit organizations and the salient characteristics of volunteer labor. This research introduces an integer linear program to make volunteer and employee task assignments for a planned nonprofit program that captures the impact of task assignments on volunteer retention in future periods. Assignments are made to balance the need for urgency of current tasks, organizational task preferences, volunteer trainings, and volunteer preferences (which impact retention). The deterministic optimization model is evaluated using a computational design of experiments with a food bank use case and a simulation model that incorporates uncertainty in volunteer preferences and retention. The developed model, which captures the impact of task assignment on expected volunteer retention, is compared to a simpler benchmark that ignores task assignment's impact on volunteer retention and instead makes assignments maximizing the organization's preferences. The proposed approach is found to be beneficial to nonprofits, even when an NPO has uncertainty in their estimates for volunteer preferences and volunteer retention threshold values.

Vehicle Routing Optimization for Non-Profit Organization Systems

The distributor management system has long been a challenge for many organizations and companies. Overall, successful distribution involves several moving entities and methods, requiring a resilient distribution management strategy powered by data analysis. For nonprofit organizations, the distribution system requires efficient distribution and management. This includes minimizing time, distance, and cost. As a consequence, service quality and financial efficiency can be achieved. This paper proposes a methodology to tackle the vehicle routing problems (VRP) faced by nonprofit organizations. The methodology consists of four subsequent approaches—greedy, intraroute, interroute, and tabu search—to improve the functionality and performance of nonprofit organizations. The methodology was validated by applying it to a real nonprofit organization. Furthermore, the proposed system was compared to another state-of-the-art system; the achieved results were satisfactory and suggest that this methodology is capable of handling the VRP accordingly, improving the functionality and performance of nonprofit organizations.

Nonprofit Performance Measurement and Reporting: Looking Forward

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Does organizational performance affect job satisfaction in nonprofit organizations?

The relationship between organizational performance and job satisfaction is still unclear, especially in nonprofit organizations lacking research on this topic. The purpose of this study is to empirically investigate whether organizational performance in nonprofit organizations, as evidenced by the achievement of organizational goals, influences job satisfaction of their employees. This paper also intends to encourage researchers to investigate this phenomenon further. The empirical research was conducted in Croatian nonprofit organizations with 125 participants who completed the questionnaire. The research results show that the achievement of the observed goals (fundraising, user satisfaction, and costefficiency) impacts job satisfaction. Therefore, it can be concluded that the organizational performance of nonprofit organizations influences job satisfaction. These results are supported by theoretical postulates and some other research findings. However, the study findings should be considered in the context of research limitations, while generalizations should be supported by additional research.

ANALYSIS BALANCED SCORECARD IN NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE COVID PANDEMIC

This study examined the impact of internal control on non-profit organization performance and impact of internal control on accountability both directly and indirectly with pandemic covid as one of environmental uncertainties as a moderation variable. As a result, environmental uncertainty was examined as a moderator variable. This study analyzed 90 observations using cross-section data and primary data sources.. Internal control have an effect on organizational performance and accountability while environmental uncertainty has no effect as a moderating variable.

Factors impacting volunteers’ organizational commitment in a Puerto Rican non-profit organization: a psychological contract perspective

There is an interest from scholars and practitioners in understanding how nonprofit organizations (NPOs) can design and implement practices to enhance desirable volunteer attitudes and behaviors (Alfes et al., 2017). One important attitude is volunteers’ organizational commitment (OC). This research aims to identify factors that diminish volunteers’ OC and suggest effective ways to deal with them, which lead to NPOs performance improvement. This is achieved through a single case study in a Puerto Rican non-profit organization, which consists of in-depth interviews and self-administered questionnaires on psychological contract violation Five categories of factors that negatively affect volunteers’ OC were identified and analyzed: organizational structure, communication, recognition, strategic planning, and conflict management. General actions were provided to help NPOs deal with similar issues.

Generating shared value: intersection between organisations that invest in social innovation

PurposeThis study aims to investigate how organizations that invest in social innovation – such as for-profit and social enterprises – organize and shape the dynamics between social innovation and transformation.Design/methodology/approachThis is a qualitative interpretative study through the theoretical lens of social innovation. The organizational phenomenon studied was the business strategy for sustainable regional development of a Brazilian financial institution. Secondary data were collected from financial institution’s documents. The data analysis followed a categorization technique.FindingsThis research presents five intersectional elements that act as agglutinating factors between the structural elements common to these organizations: the processes (inter-organizational and intra-organizational), the forms of materialization of social innovation (products, experiences and replicable forms) and the impacts (in society and organization).Practical implicationsThe paper contributes to the debate about social innovation as to its definition, showing that it is both a phenomenon and a theory, which is still little explored. In particular, in emerging countries, such as Brazil, which publishes little about social innovation in international literature, going beyond European countries. Second, an empirical deeper understanding of the for-profit “organizations” modus operandi adopts and integrates social innovation in their strategies and operations. Third, given the multidimensional and complex nature of the social systems involved in innovation actions, it discusses a strategy that acts as an agglutinating factor. Finally, with reflections so that managers can discuss and start up a social innovation project.Originality/valueMost research is based on nonempirical evidence. Among the few empirical works, the focus is on the performance of nonprofit organizations in the promotion, development and implementation of projects involving social technology. The literature does not adequately understand how for-profit organizations adopt and integrate social innovation into their strategies and operations. Furthermore, it is observed that research analyzes data from European countries, with few approaches eying countries in development.

What do nonprofit hospitals reward? An examination of CEO compensation in nonprofit hospitals.

Nonprofit hospital chief executive officer (CEO) compensation has received considerable attention in light of nonprofits’ tax-favored status as well as the high costs of hospital care. Past studies have found that hospital financial performance is a significant determinant of CEO pay but nonprofit performance, including quality and charity care, are not. Using post-ACA data, we re-examine whether a variety of hospital performance measures are important determinants of nonprofit hospital CEO compensation. We found mixed evidence with respect to the significance of the association between financial performance and uncompensated care and CEO compensation. Among the other nonprofit performance measures, patient satisfaction was significantly associated with CEO compensation, but other measures were not significant determinants of CEO compensation. Our results suggest nonprofit hospitals balance their financial health against their mission when setting CEO incentives. Additional policy targeting transparency in hospital CEO compensation may be warranted to help policymakers understand the specific factors used by hospital boards to incentivize CEOs.

The impact of innovation management on the performance of NPOs: Applying the Tidd and Bessant model (2009)

AbstractThe literature is consistent in stating that innovation helps in improving the performance of nonprofit organizations (NPOs), highlighting how there remains the scope for further research designed to better understand the dimension supporting social innovation. Through the application of the Tidd and Bessant model, which reflects an important contribution to this specific sector, this study seeks to meet a shortcoming in analyzing just which innovation management factors influence the performance of NPOs. To this end, we applied a quantitative methodology based on a survey made of Portuguese NPOs that received a total of 135 valid responses. Based upon the application of multiple linear regression models, this study concludes that there are five innovation management models with a positive impact on NPO performance levels. In terms of the implications, these results, consistent with earlier research of a different nature, strengthen the idea that private business sector methods may undergo successful adaptation to the social sector and assist such entities to implement measures that offset their organizational, and consequent financial, weaknesses.