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THE CHRONICLE OF PHILANTHROPY
August 8, 2002
BOOK REVIEW
MEASURING THE IMPACT OF THE NONPROFIT
SECTOR
Edited by Patrice Flynn and Virginia A. Hodgkinson
In today’s competitive environment, it is becoming increasingly
important for nonprofit groups to be able to measure their impact
on society, and to communicate those results — whether
it’s to donors inquiring about how their money is making
a difference, or to boards asking for detailed information on
activities and performance.
In this book 18 scholars explore research approaches, methodologies,
and issues associated with measuring empirically the performance
and effectiveness of nonprofit organizations.
Authors discuss obstacles to measuring nonprofit performance
— including how factors such as mission vagueness can complicate
the task — as well as the current state of research on
the performance of nonprofit organizations, and the measurement
of specific types of groups such as arts or religious organizations.
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