Nonprofit Final
Another name for the motivation factor that Herzberg named "hygiene factors" is _______.
"dissatisfiers"
In a 2004 study conducted by the Urban Institute, _______ nonprofits had a paid professional position for management of volunteers.
3 out of 5
Millennials as a generational cohort were greatly influenced by the _______ .
9/11 and terrorist attacks
________ encompasses the rules by which financial transactions are classified and reported.
Accounting
Although philanthropy in some form is common around the world, organized fund-raising and philanthropy on a massive scale is still primarily a(n) _______.
American
These patterns of past behavior can divide people into identifiable groups: _______.
Behavioral measures
This is a statement in an individual's will or living trust dictating that on his or her death, some amount or portion of his or her estate is to be given to a charitable organization.
Bequest
_________refers to the methods and systems by which financial transactions are recorded, either by hand or on a computer.
Bookkeeping
Burnett defines this as "a name, term, sign, symbol, design, or a combination of these that is intended to identify the goods and services of one seller or group of sellers and differentiate them from those of competitors."
Brand
_____ are NOT required to disclose the names of donors to the public .
Charitable nonprofits
_______ involve(s) privacy, confidentiality, records retention, the separation of duties, data backup, and other such concerns.
Data integrity policies
These objective measures include age, gender, race, income, and geography: _______.
Demographic variables
This model describes how individuals make decisions based on their expectations about the likely outcomes.
Expectancy theory
_______ are established by the governing board, and they may identify allowable ranges for specific financial indicators or ratios, for example, liquidity, debt, or assets held in the endowment fund.
Financial and financial management policies
________ usually involves the analysis of various financial ratios that may provide indicators of trends and the organization's financial health.
Financial management
________are required to expend a minimum of an amount equivalent to 5 percent of the value of their invested assets each year, either for grants or operating expenses.
Foundations
This is a formal, written document that states the mutual understandings of the donor and the organization.
Gift agreement
The ______ places stricter limits on what gifts members of the House of Representatives can accept from lobbyists .
House Rule 25
When an organization launches a program to recruit volunteers, having _________ helps communicate to volunteers that they are accepting a significant responsibility and that their assignment involves doing real work that is central to the program of the nonprofit.
Job descriptions
An organization that is ________ is possessed of sufficient cash at the right times to meet its obligations as they come due.
Liquid
______ is a theory that stated that human needs progress from those at lower levels to those at higher levels as the lower-level needs are met.
Maslow's theory
These types of foundations support their own programs and generally do not make grants to other organizations.
Operating foundations
This method of establishing pricing involves charging people different prices based on the market segment to which they belong, determined by objective variables
Price discrimination
________ considers whether the organization had an operating surplus, broke even, or operated at a loss.
Profitability
_______ combine demographic data with knowledge about individuals' lifestyles,defined by their activities, interests, and opinions.
Psychographic measures
These types of policies limit or place boundaries on the actions that may be taken under certain circumstances.
Restrictive policies
According to Dunlop, these are gifts that individual donors make to meet some non-recurring need of the organization.
Special gifts
In ______ of the life cycle of a social change issue, analysts look at the data to consider how the problem might be addressed.
Stage 4
________can be compared to a video that shows the flow of revenues and expenses of an organization, and the resulting changes in net assets over a period of time, generally a fiscal year.
Statement of activities
________ provides a snapshot of the organization at a point in time, usually the end of a fiscal year.
Statement of financial position
The ________shows how every category of expense is allocated by a nonprofit.
Statement of functional expenses
This is giving according to a plan that relates the corporation's philanthropy to its overall strategic and business goals.
Strategic philanthropy
This theory, reflected in management practices in most organizations, is based on the assumption that workers are lazy, resistant to change, and not concerned with the organization's needs.
Theory Y
________ reflects investing in a portfolio that includes stocks, cash, bonds, real estate, and other classes of assets, providing for the long-term growth of the principal.
Total return
In the ________, all programs and departments start at zero at the beginning of each year's budget process and need to justify their budgets from the ground up
Zero-based approach
Accounting on a(n) ________ takes into account the money that a nonprofit has earned and is entitled to receive, as well as obligations for expenditures that it has not yet incurred.
accrual basis
Which action listed below is a basic right of every individual and organization in the United States.
advocacy
Daniel is writing a letter to the editor of the local newspaper. He is encouraging citizens to join him in expressing his like of city funds supporting a local nonprofit organization. Daniel is ______.
advocating
As Maslow and other theorists explain, people come to the workplace _______.
already motivated
The concept of __________ states that individuals are driven by their nature to help others and improve the human condition.
altruism
In a commercial transaction, a ________occurs when you give something up (money) in exchange for a reward that you receive, whether an education, a concert, or medical care.
benefit exchange
A(n) _________ describes the expectations that you have about what you will receive when you buy a specific product or service.
brand promise
Communicating a message requires tailoring it to both one-way communication and two-way communication, and ______ is essential.
brevity
In the most elementary of definitions, ________ is the transmission or exchange of information.
communication
This approach to pricing, in which the price charged to the customer or client is set to cover what it costs the organization to produce or provide it, is called _____.
cost-oriented pricing
A nonprofit will increase the chances of gaining support of a prospective donor if it devotes some time and attention to __________ before moving to solicit a gift
cultivating a relationship
The principal of how an asset's value declines over time is called________.
depreciation
Members of a nonprofit organization are encouraging people in their community to vote in support of a local referendum. The term that describes their activity is ______. .
direct lobbying
An organization that seeks to draw the strength that comes from bringing together people of different perspectives, experiences, cultures, and backgrounds embraces ________.
diversity
Also according to Dr. Worth, MOST nonprofits ______ lobby .
do not
This is the idea that companies make gifts that might not have a direct or immediate benefit to the bottom line, but that would generally help maintain a healthy society in which to do business.
enlightened self-interest
Approaching a legislator with ______ is important to persuade a legislator.
facts
This is an activity undertaken with the goal of eliciting charitable or philanthropic giving.
fund-raising
The __________ is a classic depiction of how individuals are believed to develop their giving relationship with an organization.
fund-raising pyramid
Nonprofits may compete directly with other organizations, nonprofit or for-profit, but also face _________ from all alternative uses for individuals' time and money.
generic competition
The findings of several studies suggest that nonprofit organizations that hold a market orientation, perhaps better defined as a "social orientation," do attain ________ than those that do not.
greater financial support and client satisfaction
The various life-stage theories have many critics, but the theories reflect a(n) _______ consistent with the values of most nonprofit organizations.
humane approach
The inclination to give based on the ability to make history and affect the conditions under which people live is identified by Schervish and Havens as __________
hyperagency
Building a positive and consistent brand image requires that an organization integrate its marketing and communication efforts so that all communication from that organization represents the organization as a whole. This is known as ______.
integrated marketing communication
One fundamental principle of __________ requires that duties of individuals be separated so that no one person handles an entire transaction from beginning to end.
internal control
In planning for a volunteer program, nonprofits should assess the need for volunteers and develop volunteer _________.
job descriptions
As Letts and colleagues observed, managers often face two challenges: Getting the job done and _______.
keeping the staff satisfied
To lobby effectively, a nonprofit organization needs to understand how ______ is done at different levels of government .
legislation
A nonprofit social welfare organization is encouraging its members to write letters to members of Congress to support proposed legislation. This action is called ______ .
lobbying
Assessing ________ requires evaluating whether the organization is financially strong or in jeopardy and looking at the liabilities as well as the revenue and expenses shown on the statement of activities.
long-term solvency
A _________ is one who is strongly encouraged or even mandated to volunteer .
marginal volunteer
Organizations can adjust the marketing mix to differentiate themselves from others and position themselves in a unique __________, gaining an advantage over other organizations or alternative activities with which they may compete.
marketing niche
A study of nonprofit workers conducted by the Princeton Survey Research Associates and supervised by the Brookings Institution found that nonprofit workers are driven by ________.
mission
It can be argued that nonprofits have an advantage over for-profit companies in ________.
motivating their workforces
According to Dr. Worth (textbook author), ______ have been at the forefront of every important social change in the United State.
nonprofit organizations
A campaign is not announced to the public until a significant portion of its total goal has been raised as part of a _______ during what is known as the campaign's quiet period
nucleus fund
Skinner's principle of ________explained that we repeat behaviors that are rewarded and tend not to repeat those that are not.
operant conditioning
Often equivalent to 6 months or 1 year of the operating budget, ________ are generally invested in very secure, short-term instruments such as bank certificates of deposit or money market funds.
operating reserves
Volunteers supporting a nonprofit organization are developing a list of people who may support the organization's cause. The term that describes their activity is ______. .
organizing
In soliciting for gifts, the more ________ the contact, the better it is.
personal
The most effective tool for persuading a legislator is a/an ______ .
personal visit
A ______ committee is permitted to engage in partisan political activity.
political action
The Johnson Amendment to the Internal Revenue Code prohibits religious organizations from participating in ______. .
political activity
Identifying individuals, foundations, and corporations who are prospects of giving is a task often performed by professionals engaged in __________ .
prospect research
With ________ funds given by donors specify that the principal be retained and be invested in perpetuity, and the board has limited or no flexibility in using these funds.
pure endowment
A nonprofit CEO and his staff are discussing the status of their nonprofit's ability to achieve its mission. One staff member commented the organization has experienced a roller-coaster ride of ups and downs over the years and it may be time to change the organization's processes. According to Andreasen, this nonprofit is in which stage of social change?
reassessing and redirecting efforts
A _________ makes a commitment to the volunteer activity and gains a sense of gratification and accomplishment from the work.
regular volunteer
The largest portion of giving by individuals is directed to ________, which accounts for about 35 percent of the total each year
religion
For many people today, marketing is still synonymous with _________, and they may see it as something possibly inconsistent with the values and the culture of the nonprofit sector.
sales
In the mid-20th century, an increasingly competitive economic environment led to a new approach to marketing in the business world, one reflecting a ______
sales mind-set
One influential management theorist of the early 20th century was Frederick W. Taylor, whose approach to management was developed in industrial settings and became known as _________.
scientific management
The board of directors of a statewide nonprofit organization is contacting members of the state legislature and asking them to not support legislation that would reduce the nonprofit's level of state funding. The board is participating in ______ lobbying.
self-defense
In campaigns, prospects are solicited in a planned sequence beginning with those closest to the organization and the most promising prospects, proceeding later to those who are less related or who are deemed to have less financial potential. This is known as _______.
sequential fund-raising
Which type of nonprofit organization is permitted to lobby without limitation ?
social welfare
The goal of the ________ is to provide enough payout each year to meet the needs of current programs, while also allowing the value of the endowment principal to grow to keep pace with inflation and provide more income to sustain programs in future years.
spending limit
The type of volunteer that will likely respond to a call for volunteers at a school for a three-day book fair is a _________.
spot volunteer
According to the principles of ___________ , the organization develops its product to be responsive to what the customer needs and wants.
target-audience mind-set
Organizations that employ professional lobbyists at the federal level MUST meet the requirements of ______ .
the Lobbying Disclosure Act
Various combinations of marketing variables and tools, colloquially known as the "4 Ps," are called _________.
the marketing mix
The need to keep promotion cost-effective requires focusing communication on segments of the public most likely to respond—that is, on _______.
the target market
The board of directors of a nonprofit organization is studying the platforms of state legislators to identify politicians who may favor the nonprofit's mission. The board is applying which best practice of program advocacy?
understanding the legislative process
According to Dr. Worth, a common reason that nonprofits do not engage in lobbying is ______.
unfamiliarity with the laws
What type of revenues may be used to fund a lobbying effort?
unrestricted
In general, ________ are more likely to be volunteers than _______, and this is true across all age groups, educational levels, and other characteristics
women; men
The most credible medium of communication is ______.
word-of-mouth