Non-Profit Management Program Analysis

The purpose of this paper is to gain a deeper understanding of the non-profit sector by analyzing a non-profit organization. The organization chosen for this report is SickKids Foundation located at, 525 University Ave, Toronto, ON M5G 2L3.

Just like I am better able to serve the Head Start families due to my educational background on the inner workings of poverty; learning about the inner workings of non-profits will qualify me as a leader who can effect change on a larger scale within ABCD. I want to attend this program to learn the detailed, complex elements and skills that are necessary to form the big picture that is human services management. New knowledge of management and finance will make me a multifaceted asset to

The two organizations I will be focusing on throughout the course are two organizations I have actually donated to. The not-for-profit organization is the American Red Cross and the for-profit organization is Cancer Treatment Center of America. Being in the military and having a family member to have passed from cancer, these two organizations are dear to me and my family.

I choose a career in the Non-Profit Coordination field because of two reasons; the first is I am an effective coordinator of people and resources, and secondly I am civic minded and want to devote my energies to the betterment of human conditions in St. Louis. As a practicing Catholic, who lives by the Golden Rule, and has been an active volunteer for many years with various community based programs, my understanding of the inner workings of nonprofit organizations is extensive. The program will benefit from my ability to motivate team members; in my current position, I have led my team two years in a row in achieving “top 10” in customer service nation-wide. The program is also looking for a person who creates and maintains donor relationships

As an assignment for a public radio station I volunteered at, my partner and I were assigned to get sound bites. The Ralph’s in Downtown L.A. was featuring Homegirl Industries mango salsa in their deli section (Hirsch, 2009). At the event, most of the news outlets there focused on getting quotes from mayor Villaraigosa. This made it easier for my partner and I to get quotes from young adults that were part of Homeboy Industries. Through this assignment, I learned about the non-profit group and its goal to transform the lives of former gang members. This paper focuses on the non-profit organization Homeboy Industries and its contributions to the cultural region. The beginning focuses on the brief history of gang activity in Los Angeles, and

Navigating one’s first year of college and being in a new place with new people can be extremely challenging, and working with new students over the course of the past year has been one of the most rewarding experiences I have had at Northwestern. The Peer Adviser community also represents so much about what I love about Northwestern, and being in a community of people who want to support other students has significantly and positively impacted my life. The support I have received from that community inspires me to offer that same support to my peers, and it has driven me to take leadership roles in other student organizations. I am passionate about this activity, because it is entirely dedicated to bettering other students’ experiences, and it brings out so much pride and kindness in the Northwestern

As I note in BIO posted on the class wall, I come from the corporate security world. When I left, I found myself working for a non-profit organization as an advocate for adults of all ages with all types of developmental disabilities. My team and I work with our amazing clients on a daily basis to make sure that they are able to enjoy and live the fullest lives possible in the mainstream community they reside in. We provide, advocacy, education, housing, employment, medical assistance, transportation and pretty much any other basic life tool or skills training needed to be a productive member in their communities. While, folks in the mainstream community are more accepting of my clients with developmental disabilities, they sometimes not as

Several reasons can account for the criteria necessary to working and meeting the expectations of the not-for-profit (NFP) organization. First and foremost, if wanting to be successful in any job position, health care managers, and executives regardless of the specific area within a health care organization they lead, must have a firm understanding of accounting and financial management, (Finkler, S.A., Ward, D.M. & Calabrese, I.D. 2013). These are qualities I possess, and feel that those are one of the many criteria to succeed in a not-for-profit (NFP) organization. Also, I have a thorough understanding of profitability because whether for-profit or not-for-profit, a wider access to health care is needed as well as profits. It is clear,

In the poem, The Road Not Taken, Robert Frost wrote, "Two roads diverge in the woods, and I took the one least traveled….And that has made all the difference." In this poem, Frost reflects on the options available to each individual, much like a fork in the road. My path to nonprofit management came after several years of clinical work within Social Work and countless hours implementing processes, policies and laws created by individuals that may be a few degrees

The Non profits sector is different from other sectors. Human capital is the main resource and requires determination to gather people to support a cause. From the beginning of the class up to the last days, I learned the essentials and different scenarios in which the non profits have trouble due to different situations with staff, board of directors, budget, fundraising, planning, and much more. I also learned the opportunities available and how to manage effectively by lectures, real life experience from the professor and through examples in class. The personnel sections is one of the most important section, in my opinion, demonstrating the steps towards hiring staff and volunteers to make an organization function properly and excel from

One factor that sets non-profits and for-profits apart is that non-profits are required to reinvest their profits into the organization. Social enterprises are blurring this line as well because some social enterprises have business plans that call for organizations to reinvest their profits in the enterprise instead of serving the private purposes of investors and founders (Husock, 2006). However, this is not a radical break because there have been a few business owners that have offered to minimize personal gain. Business owners have always had the option of giving away their profits in the past; it is what charity is for. The concern is whether the business plan to reinvest profits can be sustained. The owners of social enterprises will most likely use profits to move on to other areas and their successors may request better personal returns (Lohmann, 2007). There is also the issue that there might be other businesses that enter the same market as social enterprises that make promises to reinvest their profits into good works. This

Non-Profit-Organizations (NPO’s) often rely on the support of donors and volunteers who pursue a mission that is derived from values and principles. (Worth, pg. 6) The economic model and the voluntary spirit model are contrastingly different. The economic model is referred to the growth philosophy, encompassing the market mechanism and organizational hierarchy. This model operates on the premise that there are three basic types of incentives to include materiel services (money, goods and services), solidary (social interaction) and purposive (rewards from participation). In addition the model mimics that of the private sector by highlighting marketing and competition by nonprofit organizations. Hence the hiring is “hierarchically organized professional staff determines the goals and activities of the

A non-profit organization cannot be effectively managed if it is not effectively planned. One of the challenges facing non-profit organizations has been long range, strategic planning. Long range, strategic planning in the non-profit sector is essential to the success of an organization. Long range, strategic planning encompasses broad policy and direction setting, internal and external assessments, attention to key stakeholders, the identification of key issues, development of strategies to deal with each issue, decision making, action and the continuous monitoring of results. (Herman, The Jossey-Bass Handbook of Nonprofit Leadership and Management, 154) While it is important to deal with the short term planning and activities of non-profits, managers or directors must consider the future of their organizations. Successful planning should be comprehensive, integrating all areas of responsibility of an organization.

There used to be a time when zoos used to be full of animals. A time when extinction was not a problem. That was the past. Today, zoos all around the world are missing many animals such as the African elephant or the dodo bird. All of these wonderful animals became extinct because we were careless enough to let them all die. World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is an organization that is trying to prevent extinction from happening. WWF is an environmental organization dedicated to “protecting the world’s wildlife and wetlands” ("World Wildlife Fund"). It is one of the largest private supported conservation organizations in the world, with support from one million members in just the United States. WWF was formed on September 11, 1961 in Morges,

I am interested in pursuing your Executive MBA program to become a more effective leader. I recently made application to the IRS for 501 c-3 non-profit status for MEDSYN®ORG with plans to conduct charity fund-raising events beginning next February. I am confident that this graduate program will ensure that I meet my personal and professional goals.