Legitimacy, Board Involvement, and Resource Competitiveness: Drivers of NGO Revenue Diversification

Zhu, Jiabin; Ye, Shihua; Liu, Yifei

doi:10.1007/s11266-018-0044-5

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“…Apart from restrictive registration policies, 113 NGOs are faced with pressure to mobilize funding to secure financial stability. 114 Compared with their counterparts in western liberal democratic societies, where some NGOs have become specialists in environmental litigation, Chinese NGOs have less legal knowledge and expertise. 115 It seems reasonable, therefore, to suggest that these NGOs would need to consider a different funding and sustainability model for EPIL as they are likely to incur significant costs, even in successful lawsuits.…”

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Environmental Public Interest Litigation in China: A Critical Examination

Xie¹,

Xu²

2021

TEL

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Environmental public interest litigation (EPIL) by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) emerged in China over the last decade amidst the growing focus on environmental issues and the increasing political need to bring greater public participation to the area. This article examines the current practice of EPIL by NGOs in order to understand the potential flaws and deficiencies of NGO participation in this relatively new field of environmental litigation. The article sets out by exploring EPIL as a legal pathway for the public to become involved in China's environmental governance. It then analyzes the legal provision of environmental litigation in China before critically examining several instances of EPIL initiated by NGOs between 2015 and 2019. The article finds that NGOs show weaknesses in their current EPIL practice, including in case selection and litigation risk assessment, but are willing to test and potentially expand the scope of EPIL into new areas of environmental protection such as noise pollution and renewable energy. It concludes that these weaknesses and strengths of NGO involvement in EPIL reflect the constantly evolving landscape of environmental governance and environmental litigation in China.

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Environmental Public Interest Litigation in China: A Critical Examination

Xie¹,

Xu²

2021

TEL

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“…In line with the well-known uncertainty of INGOs’ business, the interviewed leaders recognized the “unpredictable future outlook of COVID-19 Pandemic developments.” They have negative expectations to the future funds as well. As such, the literature realizes this uncertainty when it comes to international funding (Zhu et al , 2018). Hence, the sixth COVID-19 benchmark was “ Balanced Short-term and Long-term Planning.…”

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Benchmarks for INGOs’ effective responses during COVID-19 pandemic

Saleh

Karia

2020

BIJ

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PurposeThis paper aims to formulate COVID-19 benchmarks that international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs) have considered to recover from the sudden stopping of operations swiftly and consequences of COVID-19 pandemic; thus, to move forward toward readiness for both, the unpredictable spreading or disappearing of the virus (case of INGOs operating in Jordan).Design/methodology/approachThis exploratory research has been informed by the broader social constructivism paradigm and the basics of grounded theory method to identify the common themes. Six semistructured interviews have been conducted with INGOs’ leaders. The findings have been categorized, triangulated and prioritized toward the final identification of benchmarks.FindingsSeven COVID-19 benchmarks for INGOs’ effective responses during COVID-19 pandemic have been proposed, comprising of (1) donors’ policies and regulations, (2) needs, expectations and relevancy, (3) coordination, (4) staff management, (5) business continuation plans, (6) balanced short-term and long-term planning and (7) permanent adoption of successful modalities.Social implicationsINGOs play a vital role in the lives of vulnerable people around the world through their international development and aid (IDA) projects. However, the restrictions of movements associated with COVID-19 pandemic drive more burden on these communities and interrupted their access to assistance and support. This paper helps to sustain the crucial support of INGOs to those people who need it.Originality/valueCOVID-19 pandemic has interrupted the implementation of IDA projects, which added further obstacles toward the achievement of quality implementation of these projects. The proposed COVID-19 benchmarks help INGOs to overcome the consequences of pandemic on the near longer-term alike.

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“…Similarly, in their study of revenue concentration and financial capacity of nonprofits, Chikoto and Neely (2013) acknowledge the importance of FS yet do not define it. The problem applies to Zhu et al's (2018) study on the drivers of nonprofit revenue diversification.…”

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“…However, each source is associated with high volatility. For instance, private donations could be affected by economic fluctuation while government funding shrunk due to the change of preferences (Zhu, Ye, & Liu, 2018). Moreover, the overall rapid growth of nonprofit sector has accelerated the competition for resources within the sector.…”

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Funding the present and the future: Drivers of NPO's financial sustainability

Gong

2021

Nonprofit Mgmnt & Ldrshp

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Despite the prominence of financial sustainability as a critical aspect of nonprofit organizations' self‐sustainability being widely recognized, the literature on the drivers of nonprofit financial sustainability is quite limited, particularly for quantitative empirical studies. To address the research gap, we first quantify nonprofit financial sustainability in a real sense, with financial indicators measured by the nexus of long‐term and short‐term, and then systematically examine to what extent the nature, nurture and environmental drivers help to explain financial sustainability. To be specific, by using national data compiled from the Research Infrastructure of Chinese Foundation during 2014 to 2016 and using Random Effect Logit Model, this study finds that foundations registered at the provincial level, being private ones, possessing larger size of total assets with diversified revenue sources, spending more on administration, and located in the more affluent areas are more likely to shape short‐term resilience to the unexpected economic shocks and meanwhile achieve long‐term success in maintaining or expanding services. This study contributes to a better understanding of nonprofit organizations' financial performance, which is beneficial for practitioners to adopt appropriate managerial practices and organizational strategies.

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Legitimacy, Board Involvement, and Resource Competitiveness: Drivers of NGO Revenue Diversification

Cited by 18 publications

References 68 publications

Environmental Public Interest Litigation in China: A Critical Examination

Environmental Public Interest Litigation in China: A Critical Examination

Benchmarks for INGOs’ effective responses during COVID-19 pandemic

Funding the present and the future: Drivers of NPO's financial sustainability

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