Premium
The Impact of Devolution on Nonprofits
Author(s) -
Alexander Jennifer
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
nonprofit management and leadership
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.844
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1542-7854
pISSN - 1048-6682
DOI - 10.1002/nml.10105
Subject(s) - devolution (biology) , government (linguistics) , faith , business , public relations , public administration , human services , nonprofit sector , political science , economics , economic growth , sociology , human evolution , linguistics , philosophy , theology , anthropology
The following article reviews the results of a multiphase study of nonprofit social service organizations serving children and youth in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. The purpose of the study was to assess the impact of devolution and related efforts to introduce the new public management in the nonprofit sector. Study results strongly suggest that the capacity of community‐based and faith‐based organizations to adopt the business‐oriented approach required to meet the expectations of government contracts is profoundly limited by their financial and human resources and by the conflict that a market orientation can present to the nonprofit mission.