Elizabeth A.M. Searing, PhD, CNP
Fellow, Venise Stuart Professorship
in Nonprofit Management & Leadership
Associate Professor, University of Texas at Dallas
Adjunct Research Professor, Carleton University

Dennis R. Young, PhD
Emeritus Professor
Case Western Reserve University
& Georgia State University

This book, edited by Elizabeth A.M. Searing, Associate Professor of Public and Nonprofit Management at the University of Texas at Dallas, and Dennis R. Young, Emeritus Professor at Case Western Reserve University and Georgia State University, comprises original case studies from a broad cross-section of nonprofits across the arts, social services, education, advocacy, and philanthropy. Numerous NACC members contributed to the volume, making it a particularly meaningful resource for our community of educators and researchers.

Demonstrating how nonprofits can cope with crises, the book provides readers with real-world examples of decisions and actions taken to adapt and respond to existential challenges. It features 31 original cases that explore financial, organizational, and leadership themes, candidly highlighting the struggles and survival strategies of nonprofit organizations. Each chapter includes discussion questions, making this volume an invaluable teaching tool.

Teachers of nonprofit management and leadership will gain valuable insights from the original material and ideas featured within each case study. Students focusing on business, leadership, entrepreneurship, nonprofits, and strategic management will additionally find this book to be an important resource for their professional and scholarly development.

Dr. Elizabeth A. M. Searing is an Associate Professor of Public and Nonprofit Management at the University of Texas at Dallas. Dr. Searing’s primary research focus is the financial management of nonprofit and social enterprise organizations, but she also conducts work on comparative social economy more broadly. She is an Associate Editor and editorial board member of Nonprofit Management & Leadership, and an editorial advisory board member at VOLUNTAS and the Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management (JPBAFM). Her articles have been published in peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Nonprofit Management & Leadership, and Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly.

Dennis R. Young is Professor Emeritus at Georgia State University and Visiting Professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University. In 2016-2017 he was Executive in Residence in the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University. Previously he was Professor of Public Management and Policy in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies where he directed GSU’s Nonprofit Studies Program and held the Bernard B. and Eugenia A. Ramsey Chair in Private Enterprise. From 1988 to 1996 he was Director of the Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations and Mandel Professor of Nonprofit Management at Case Western Reserve University. He was the founding editor of the journal Nonprofit Management and Leadership and is founding and current editor of Nonprofit Policy Forum, and past president of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA).