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What is NCN

Chapter 3
Handbook of Research on Emerging Business Models and Managerial Strategies in the Nonprofit Sector
The National Council of Nonprofits (NCN) is considered an authority on the subject in USA – 46 of 52 states have a centralized NFP association that provides accreditation and best practices. The NCN have a detailed list of criteria used to accredit a NFP including solvency, community good standing, possessing a professional code of ethics, and other elements. We adopt the NCN designation of accredited as indicating a NFP is effective. The centralized NFP associations and the national council best practices are cited by the Internal Revenue Service as guidelines for registered charities under the 501[c][3] corporation tax legislation ( IRS, 2016 ).
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Integrating Theory and Practice to Identify Contemporary Best Practice Factors in USA Not-for-Profits
Kenneth David Strang (APPC Market Research, USA; State University of New York, USA; University of Technology, Australia)
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 25
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2537-0.ch003
Abstract
This chapter used a critical analysis of the current NFP literature followed by a practitioner activity analysis using a purposive nonprobability sample of 880 NFP institutions. The current literature was integrated with the practitioner activity data to identify contemporary best practices. Eight categories emerged from the text analytics. Several insightful recommendations were provided to guide future NFP research as well as to overcome the limitations of this study. The results of this research should generalize to the key stakeholders of NFP organizations, namely to the managers and the board of director members, as well as to their volunteers and to other researchers focused on studying these entities. In particular, this research will be of interest to government social assistance agencies to inform policy development as well as to higher educational institutions for curriculum content.
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