July 25, 2002 | Read Time: 1 minute
Nonprofit Nation: A New Look at the Third America
by Michael O’Neill
This book gives an overview of the role and impact of nonprofit organizations in America, including detailed analysis of issues and trends associated with groups that focus on the arts, the environment, education, religion, and other causes.
Mr. O’Neill, professor of nonprofit management at the University of San Francisco, explores the challenges facing each area of nonprofit enterprise and shows how they influence business, government, and society. For example, a chapter that focuses on advocacy organizations starts with historical background, then describes how those groups have had a major impact on society by helping to change laws, policies, and public attitudes, despite their limited financial resources. Statistical tables provide a breakdown of these organizations’ revenues, expenses, and staff sizes.
This book, an updated edition of The Third America: The Emergence of the Nonprofit Sector in the United States, published in 1989, contains new and expanded statistical information, more discussion of theories, and more-detailed projections about the direction, growth, and role of nonprofit groups in the next quarter-century.
Basics like the size, shape, and significance of the nonprofit world are discussed in early chapters, and other chapters focus on theories such as why these organizations exist and their relationship to business and government.
Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 989 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. 94103-1741; (415) 433-1740 or (800) 956-7739; fax (415) 433-0499 or (800) 605-2665; http://www.josseybass.com; 308 pages; $35; I.S.B.N. 0-7879-5414-4.
