Nonprofit Management, Philanthropy and Voluntary Action

 

 

Ranked No. 9 by U.S. News & World Report for Nonprofit Management

The Glenn College's nonprofit experts are leaders in the field of nonprofit studies. Our nonprofit programming attracts interdisciplinary students from across Ohio State’s campus, our curriculum addresses the evolving needs of nonprofit organizations, and our faculty and doctoral students are conducting cutting-edge research on the nonprofit sector and the critical issues that it faces.

 

 

Faculty Experts

Peer Reviewed Research

All Research
For-profit milk in nonprofit cartons? The case of nonprofit charter schools subcontracting with for-profit education management organizations
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
2024
Long Tran and Stéphane Lavertu examine how nonprofit charter schools’ reliance on for-profit operators affects student achievement and attendance
An Invisible Impediment to Progress: Perceptions of Racialization in the Nonprofit Sector
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
2024
Greg Wilson's paper in NVSQ challenges race-neutral perceptions of the nonprofit sector by showing how Black-led organizations perceive racialization across key areas central to success: leadership, funding, data, collaboration, and volunteering. 
“We Expected a Revolution and Got a Slow Burn”: Microfoundations of Institutional Change in the Community Foundation Field
Nonprofit & Voluntary Sector Quarterly
2024
Megan LePere-Schloop uses a simultaneous qualitative mixed methods design to describe organizational paths to community leadership while considering field-level aspiration toward such change.

Community-Engaged Research

Speaking Truth to Power in Fundraising: A Toolkit
Association of Fundraising Professionals
2022
Erynn Beaton and Megan LePere-Schloop study the fundraising workplace, address sexual harassment in the profession, and set resources for taking action. 
Philanthropic Capital for Communities
Federal Reserve Bank Philadelphia
2022
This report from Megan LePere-Schloop explores the grantmaking activity of an extensive sample of community foundations and local United Way affiliates, with a particular focus on the support they provide to organizations involved in community and economic development.
Ohio Nonprofit COVID-19 Survey: A Report of Wave 3 Results
Social Science Research Network
2021
Erynn Beaton's Wave 3 survey results tell a story of the nonprofit sector’s resilience and contribution, and how organizations rallied during the pandemic to provide new services to new populations and to create partnerships with other organizations.

Nonprofit Studies at the Glenn College

Programs: 

Coursework:

  • 2150 – Nonprofit Organizing for Diversity and Justice
  • 3140 – Nonprofit Management and Governance 
  • 3150 – Fundraising and Philanthropy for Nonprofits
  • 5120 – Social Change Advocacy: Organization, Mobilization, and Activism
  • 5592 – Social Marketing for Nonprofit and Public Organizations

 

Programs: 

Coursework:

  • 7553 – Nonprofit Management and Governance
  • 7533 – Nonprofit Financial Management
  • 7501 – Grant Writing in the Public Sector
  • 7950 – Capstone: Nonprofit Projects
  • 5120 – Social Change Advocacy: Organization, Mobilization, and Activism
  • 5590 – Fundraising and Development for Nonprofits
  • 5592 – Social Marketing for Nonprofit and Public Organizations

Nonprofit Management is a common focus area for students earning a PhD at the Glenn College. 

Explore the doctoral program.

Certificate in Public and Nonprofit Leadership

Military to Civilian Leadership Certificate

Professional Fundraising Certificate