Mini Case Study #2
Question 1
“How does the case of the National Trust for Historic Preservation reflect the concept of resource dependence discussed in this chapter? How does it reflect the interaction between sources of revenue and priorities?”
In the case of the National Trust for Historical Preservation (this will be referred to in the future as NTHP in this paper), the concept is reflected in their decision to break away from government funding. Because Congress had designated them as a trust, they had a large portion of their budget in their hands, about a fifth. When budgeting constraints began to be too close for comfort, the NTHP was done dealing with Congress. They were done being “lobbyists on our own behalf” (Adelman, 2005) and wanted to do more with what resources they had from other grants and memberships. This interaction of revenue stream and priorities came to a confluence and then a compromise. This compromise helped the NTHP establish what they felt was important, and put their priorities first. Because they now were leaning away from government support, their true priorities could be established without the lobbying and bias of the Congress of the United States.
Question 2
“Think back on (or read again) the discussion in Chapter 2 about the functions that nonprofit organizations perform with regard to government. How does the case of the National Trust for Historic Preservation reflect those various roles?”’
Upon re-reading Chapter 2, many ideas
p. 252). A national disaster relief agency led on conservative values – that is, smaller government
In Amitav Ghosh's, "In an Antique Land", the author compares his life with that of a slave named Bomma. He reveals that both men live in antique lands, foreign to their culture and surrounded by very different people. Ghosh also relates the book to Percy Bysshe Shelly's poem Ozymandias, a piece on mankind's hubris and the insignificance of the individual. Ghosh effectively juxtaposes Bomma's life with his own as he tries to find himself and unlock the slaves past through the ancient papers of the Cairo Geniza. Through historical details and antidotes, the author proves how a place can be both antique and contemporary.
An important source helped to corroborate the vessel’s first name as North American. It was an advertisement for the ship (figure 4) which was found in the University of California files relating to the Gold Rush and has the date ‘1858’ written in pencil . The North American is described as
The United States government is known to give its citizens great advise with much care and concern. With this being known, many people come to the conclusion that United States citizens can faith in the government when it comes to making crucial decisions. Terry Tempest Williams is not one of these people. In “The Clan of the One-Breasted Women”, Williams gives her views on the government conducting nuclear tests in Utah. In contrast, in “America’s Energy Plan in Action: Bearing Witness,” an article Williams contributed to Orion magazine and OrionOnline, Williams speaks on issues containing actions of the government drilling for oil and natural
57). Before the Great Depression of the thirties, the popular opinion was that the federal government should not be heavily involved in providing social welfare. However, the urbanization and industrialization of the early twentieth century, as well as the economic pressure of the 1930s, proved to be more than what state and local governments or private organizations could provide for. These pressures gave way for President Franklin D. Roosevelt to lead America into the New Deal. This included the creation of the U.S. Social Security Program, unemployment assistance, and needs-tested assistance (Salamon 1999, p.58). Roosevelt’s New Deal still left limited coverage, limited funding, and left much of the delivery of social service to state and local governments. Even with all the changes that have occurred in federal programs and policy over the years, Salamon shows that combined state and local governments continued to nearly match the amount of federal spending from 1950 through 1994 (p.59). This again reflects the tension and nature of the American system, which was intended to lean on the strength of the public to innovate and provide for itself. The debate over the amount of government involvement in providing assistance for Americans is still a very important issue as it relates to the role of nonprofit organizations in American society.
Cultural heritage plays a big role in the economic, social and health promotion of the individual. The use of heritage assessment tools helps healthcare providers evaluate and look at someone’s heritage, as well as traditional health methods used to maintain health, protect health, and restore health; by applying these concepts it helps healthcare professionals deal with a person’s physical, mental, and spiritual beliefs. Different cultures have different values and beliefs of health, disease, illness, birth, and death; assessing these cultural competencies is important in order to provide a holistic approach. Heritage assessment tools helps both the patient and the health care provider by opening a pathway for an
There was a group of people wanting to organize a preservation group. The headline in the local paper read, “Meeting Planned Friday to Organize Historical Society.” “Its purpose to be the preservation of historical data and historical spots.”9 Clarence Jones was one of the first members of the Licking County Historical Society. Their organization started in 1867. They must have made a great effort for preservation. However, with the aforementioned events, I find it difficult for them to carry out their purpose.
In this paper I am going to discuss the non-profit organization The Mountain Post Historical Post Association (MPHA) and compare their reports to the one’s from my text book; Alliance for Nonprofit Management in Exhibit 7.12. I will identify which reports are in use and compare them to what is listed in the text book. I will also explain how effective these reports are for the organization. Let’s start by reviewing the monthly reports that the MPHA board has during the board meetings.
These sites are conserved to protect nature’s beauty and places of value to the people who are natives of the land. Today’s problem comes from the federal government proposing significant budget cuts to the NPS. If the government continues with this plan, Americans will lose the chance to experience untouched nature. Even though conserving these parks, monuments, and historical sites are not a priority in the government’s eyes, investing in the NPS should be a priority because the national monuments protect the meaning and value of the land and people are paying lots of money to keep the parks protected.
Everywhere in the united states people are looking to preserve natural resources and protect historical or religious locations. The National Park Service are the ones responsible for carefully screening new proposals for national parks. They must make sure that only the most spectacular resources are added and must meet requirements for national significance, suitability and feasibility.
This week as we go through and examine the depths of our nonprofit organization. The organizational culture that would be apart of my agency would be part of the health care culture for the older society. Though through my organization geared towards helping the elderly to stay within their homes rather than having to live in a facility. During the readings this week, one thing that caught my eye. As Gill went through to help us understand the importance of nonprofits and the changes that are occurring. What he pointed out was "politicians, funders, board of trustees, clients, and nonprofit mangers are all demanding more from these organizations." (Gill; pg. 2; 2012) This is important all the way around because it holds the company accountable
There is an increasing demand for more and better evaluation as evaluation makes nonprofits more effective and responsive. This refers to the tendency that aiming at increasing nonprofit accountability, as “the demand for both legal and moral accountability has been growing significant” (Murray 434). However, the formal evaluation at the whole organization level is complex and costly. In the real world, the evaluation process is hard to be rational and objective, but always tends to be subjective and political. On the one hand, in each stage of the evaluation process, problems will occur. “Politics is inevitable in evaluation because there is so much room for subjectivity that differences can easily arise between the parties involved” (Murrey
Imagine you’re at an art gallery and suddenly you see someone tear a century old masterpiece to pieces and put up a five-dollar poster simply because it was no longer in optimum condition, you’d question that decision more than likely and try and stop them. Now imagine that painting is a house or a structure in your town, it’s been abused throughout its life and now a wrecking ball sits ready to demolish the place to pieces? Would you stop them or would you simply ignore the destruction? What I speak of is not some hypothetical situation every year, I’m here to tell you the reasons you should support historic preservation, firstly I will be debunking many myths regarding historic preservation, and I will explain why it’s
For decades the National Park Service (NPS) has relied on traditional banking solutions set up and administered by Treasury to make payments and cover transactions. This model has served the NPS well during the last half a century; however, evolutionary steps within the consumer, financial, and legislative sectors are garner greater visibility and forcing changes within the various NPS fee collection program lines of business.
The question why nonprofit organizations exist can be answered in various forms, depending on which disciplines and orientations one has adopted. In political theory, for instance, nonprofit exists because of its partnership with the government sector in financing a variety of public services. The political scientists view both existences in relations to providing opportunities for civic participation in the pluralistic and political system of a heterogeneous society (Wikipedia, 2017). In order to respond to the above question, we first and foremost defined democratic political participation. The democratic political participation is a means by which a person contributes to a political process by making his or her opinion and beliefs known (Wikipedia, 2017). In addition, it originates from the freedom to speak out, to assemble, and to associate (Boris, 2017).