Nonprofit Management

Nurturing nonprofits to their full potential

The O’Neill School’s researchers in the field of Nonprofit Management are ranked in the Top 2 programs nationally and conduct research focusing on the management and operation of nonprofit organizations. This research encompasses nonprofit governance, fundraising, program evaluation, and volunteer management.

Students studying Nonprofit Management gain knowledge and skills to lead and manage nonprofit organizations, which play a crucial role in addressing social, environmental, and economic issues.

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Related programs

Bachelor of Science

Management and Civic Leadership

Master of Public Affairs

Nonprofit Management

Master of Public Affairs

Innovation and Social Change

Master of Public Affairs-Master of Arts in Philanthropic Studies

Dual degree offered with the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy

Faculty spotlight

Nonprofit Governance course helps graduates improve boards and organizations

O'Neill Clinical Associate Professor and IU Executive Education Director Sara Johnson helped design courses for nonprofit leaders.

Featured research

Associate Professor Fredrik O. Andersson

Study reveals funding intentions among emerging nonprofit entrepreneurs

O'Neill Associate Professor Fredrik Andersson examines anticipated funding sources and amounts that budding entrepreneurs believe they’ll need as they formally launch their new nonprofit.

Read more about funding intentions among emerging nonprofit entrepreneurs

O'Neill faculty support global approach to climate change leadership

O'Neill Clinical Associate Professor Sara Johnson led courses for global participants in the Distinguished Humphrey Fellow Program on Climate Change in Indianapolis.

Read more about O'Neill faculty support global approach to climate change leadership

Recent Nonprofit Management publications

We Expected a Revolution and Got a Slow Burn: Microfoundations of Institutional Change in the Community Foundation Field (2023) in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly with Marlene Walk
Pause But Not Panic: Exploring COVID-19 as a Critical Incident for Nonprofit Workers (2023) in Review of Public Personnel Administration with Marlene Walk
The Exigent Study of Nonprofit Organizational Evolution: Illuminating Methodological Challenges and Pathways Using a Nonprofit Entrepreneurship Lens (2022) in Voluntas with Fredrik O. Andersson
"Help, I need somebody!": Exploring who founds new nonprofits (2022) in Nonprofit Management and Leadership with Fredrik O. Andersson, Marlene Walk
The Evolution of Nonprofit Governance Research: Reflections, Insights, and Next Steps (2022) in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly with Fredrik O. Andersson

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In the news

US giving to Israeli nonprofits – how much Jews and Christians donate and where the money goes, The Conversation

Who gives and who gets? The challenges of following the money from the U.S. to Israel, eJewish Philanthropy

It's Your Business: Why the Tech Center is important to Bloomington's economic vitality, The (Bloomington) Herald-Times

Partnership gets $4M to expand emergency, transitional housing, Indianapolis Recorder

Nonprofit Management faculty members

Fredrik O. Andersson

Associate Professor

Phone:: 317-278-4898
Email:: fanders@iu.edu

Associate Professor

Phone:: 317-278-8906
Email:: benjamin@iu.edu

Interim Director, Executive Education; Clinical Associate Professor

Phone:: 317-274-2843
Email:: smj3@iu.edu

Clinical Professor

Phone:: 317-278-8939
Email:: cmlott@iu.edu

Associate Dean of Student Services and Enrollment Management

Phone:: 317-274-2717
Email:: slupton@iu.edu

Professor, Director of the Women’s Philanthropy Institute

Phone:: 317-274-8635
Email:: dmesch@iu.edu

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Laurie E. Paarlberg

Professor and Charles Steward Mott Foundation Chair on Community Foundations

Phone:: 317-278-8907
Email:: lpaarlbe@iu.edu