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Diversification of Revenue Strategies: Evolving Resource Dependence in Nonprofit Organizations
Abstract
This article examines the effects of three major revenue strategies in nonprofit organizations. Evolving resource dependence is demonstrated by the shifting reliance on each source of funds: private contributions, government funding, and commercial activities. A wide-ranging literature review is condensed into summary profiles comparing revenue volatility, goal displacement, process, and structure effects of each strategy. The profiles are drawn upon to anticipate potential advantages and disadvantages of increasingly diversified revenue strategies employed by nonprofits to combat resource dependence. The potential interaction effects raise critical but unanswered questions about nonprofit performance, legitimacy, and public policy issues.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Froelich, K. A.
- Affiliations
- North Dakota State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Froelich, Karen A.
- Venue
- Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1999-09
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 246-268
- ISSN
- 0094-0607 (ISSN-L)
- 0899-7640
- 1552-7395
- OpenAlex
- W2119852045
- Cited by
- 863
- References
- 54
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 5.80
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Finance › Community Development and Social Impact
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Management and Organizational Studies
- Keywords
- resource dependence, income diversification, private contributions, government funding, business activity, revenue volatility, goal displacement, nonprofit performance, public policy
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