Advisory Committee Chair
S R Hernandez
Advisory Committee Members
Jeffrey H Burkhardt
Peter M Ginter
Thomas L Powers
Richard M Shewchuk
Document Type
Dissertation
Date of Award
2010
Degree Name by School
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) School of Health Professions
Abstract
This study addresses a gap that has been noted in the charitable fundraising literature, which is a scarcity of theoretically-based studies of fundraising by nonprofit organizations and the need to study fundraising within sub-sectors of organizations rather than the full nonprofit sector. The study uses institutional theory and strategic management constructs to examine the characteristics of the fundraising operations of nonprofit organizations. A categorization scheme is created based on nonprofit organizational effectiveness and performance characteristics to analyze fundraising by nonprofit hospital organizations as an organizational field. The categorization scheme identifies distinct clusters of organizations that are then investigated to determine if there are differences between them on the basis of structure (configuration and staffing), maturity (endowment status) and legitimacy (level of corporate and foundation support). Results indicate three distinct clusters that can be differentiated on staffing, maturity, corporate and foundation support but not on configuration. Profiles are then developed to characterize the three groups of organizations.
Recommended Citation
Erwin, Cathleen Owens, "Characteristics of Fundraising for Nonprofit Hospital Organizations" (2010). All ETDs from UAB. 1606.
https://digitalcommons.library.uab.edu/etd-collection/1606
