Midterm Questions Flashcards
If measured by the total number of organizations, the largest subsection of charitable nonprofits is the ________ subsector.
Human Services
If my measured by total revenue, which sub-sector of charitable nonprofits is the largest?
Health Services
What term identifies organizations that do not have to pay federal income taxes?
Tax Exempt
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) classifies a charitable organization as a __________.
501(c)(3)
Organizations that operate under both nonprofit and for-profit legal forms are referred to as _________ organizations.
Hybrid
What benefit created by the US Congress is intended to encourage charitable giving?
Income tax deductions for gifts.
True or False: A nonprofit classified as a 501(c)(3) cannot generate any profits for the organization.
False
True or False: Increased government spending on social programs in the 1960s under president Lyndon B. Johnson’s administration led to the dramatic growth in the nonprofit sector.
True
True or False: Religious organizations are not considered charitable nonprofits by the IRS.
False
Managers of nonprofit organizations measure their success by _________.
Achieving the mission within financial limits
The double bottom line concept means that nonprofit managers must _______.
Achieve the mission within financial means.
The National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities divides nonprofit organizations into categories based on their _________.
Purposes and activities.
A nonprofit that qualifies under section 501(c)(3) must limit its expenditures on __________.
Lobbying
The IRS classifies social welfare organizations as a ___________.
501(c)(4)
Salamon’s anatomy classifies nonprofit organizations by ____________.
Who receives the principle benefit of their activities.
The two spectrums that define a social enterprise are __________.
Philanthropic and Commercial
True or False: A nonprofit classified as a 501(c)(3) cannot support a candidate running for office.
True
Sociologists describe nonprofits as ____________.
Mediating structures
What their attributes the existence of nonprofit organizations as filling a gap left by the market and government?
Failure theories
A majority of citizens in a community do not agree with a minority of citizens that a local nonprofit organization is needed to serve the needs of homeless citizens. This sentence is an example of _____________.
Demand heterogeneity
Lohmann describes a third category of goods as “ ________ goods”.
Common
True or False: Nonprofit organizations differ from government organizations in that they have more flexibility to respond to the needs of diverse groups.
True
True or False: The IRS does not allow nonprofits to undertake experimentation concerning the development of new programs.
False
True or False: Failure theories suggest governments cannot always pay attention to the needs of all groups.
True
Economic theories are used to explain how nonprofit organizations are used as gap fillers to compensate for failures of ____________.
The free market and government.
Salamon identifies nonprofits as ___________.
Self-governing
Nonprofit organizations are driven by _____________.
The achievement of their mission
___________ enables a nonprofit organization operating as an open system to adapt to changing circumstances.
Feedback
__________ theory explains the behavior of organizations in terms of their reliance on external constituencies.
Resource dependence
A risk of resource dependence is actions taken by the nonprofit to alter its goals to satisfy the contributor of funds. This action is also called __________.
Goal displacement
The concept that organizations become more like each other when facing similar environmental influences is called ___________
Isomorphism
According to Edgar Schein, logos, ceremonies, and symbols belong to what category of culture?
Artifacts and creations
True or False: The term”open system” means organizations interact with their external environment.
True
Effective chief executive officers focus on _________.
Key goals, resources, and strategy.
Leaders who use a political frame are __________.
Comfortable with the fact that interests differ and conflict
Which organizational model places the board at the top of the hierarchy and the CEO as an agent?
Board certified leadership
The founder found it difficult to turn management of the nonprofit over to a new CEO. The founder was demonstrating __________ syndrome.
Founder
True or False: A CEO’s responsibilities include managing and leading the organization.
True
True or False: One responsibility of the CEO is to select new members of the board of directors.
False
The effective leader, as defined by Human Resource Frame, searches for the important balance between the goals of the organization and the hopes and aspirations of its members by attending to individual hopes, feelings, and preferences, valuing relationships and feelings.
True
A nonprofit leader had better not take any significant role when the board defines issues, questions the organization, and develops policy.
False
