Cases in innovative nonprofits : organizations that make a difference

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    • Cnaan, Ram A.
    • Vinokur-Kaplan, Diane

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Cases in innovative nonprofits : organizations that make a difference

editors, Ram A. Cnaan, Diane Vinokur-Kaplan

Sage, c2015

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Become an innovator in the nonprofit world Student friendly and readable, Cases in Innovative Nonprofits provides readers with current comparative case studies of innovative nonprofit organizations that are meeting the needs of humanity in both the U.S. and abroad. Edited by well-known scholars, Ram A. Cnaan and Diane Vinokur-Kaplan, this text provides inspiring examples of social entrepreneurs who have instituted new services to meet the needs of both new and long standing social problems. Each case features either an unidentified need and its successful response, or an existing need that was tackled in a unique and innovative manner. The text is purposefully organized into four parts: Part 1: Two conceptual chapters give the reader an understanding of what a nonprofit social innovation is and tools to analyze various social innovations in this volume and elsewhere. Part 2: Ten cases reveal the innovative formation of new nonprofit organizations. Part 3: Three cases emphasize innovation through collaboration. Part 4: Five cases demonstrate innovations taking place within an existing nonprofit organization. By using a simple, identical format for each case, this text facilitates student learning through comparative review, providing a deeper understanding about the complexity and steps required to achieve nonprofit social innovation.

Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments Part 1: Understanding Nonprofit Social Innovation 1. Social Innovation: Definitions, Clarifications, and a New Model - Ram A. Cnaan and Diane Vinokur-Kaplan 2. Social Entrepreneurship, Social Innovation and Social Mission Organizations: Towards a Conceptualization - Bjoern Schmitz Part 2: Innovation and New Nonprofit Organizations 3. Welfare Reform Liaison Project (WRLP): From Job Training to Community Development - Robert J. Wineburgh and Odell Cleveland 4. HelpHopeLive: Meeting Financial Needs in Medical Crises - Ram A. Cnaan and Lynne Coughlin Samson 5. Cafe au Play: Creating a Family Centered Social Space in Portland, Oregon - Charles Heying 6. The Mind Trust: Innovations in Urban Education - Wolfgang Bielefeld 7. GiveIndia: Web Donations in an Emerging Philanthropic Market - Micheal L. Shier and Femida Handy 8. Personal, Societal, and Political Conditions of Successful Innovations: A Case Study of the Difficult Survival of the Social Innovation Foundation (Hungary) - Gabor Hegyesi, Katalin Talyigas, and Jon Van Til 9. Resto VanHarte: A Dutch Restaurant Assisting Others to Overcome Social Isolation - Lucas Meijs 10. Seacology: A Win-Win Collaboration to Protect Island Environments and Peoples - Bruce Sievers and Henry Jones 11. Dialogue in the Dark: Mainstreaming Blind People in Germany - Andreas Schroeer 12. Krembo Wings: A Youth Organization for Children With Disabilities in Israel - Michal Almog-Bar Part 3: Innovation Through Collaboration 13. The Center for Rural Development in Appalachia: Linking 45 Counties for Better Service Delivery - Margaret F. Sloan 14. Living Cities: Reinventing Philanthropy to Serve Poor Communities - Avis C. Vidal 15. Overcoming Constraints in the U.S. Human Services System: How New York City Uses Collaboration to Encourage Innovation - Lauren Miltenberger Part 4: Innovation Within Existing Nonprofit Organizations 16. The YMCA: A Pioneer of Organizational Innovations - Martti Muukkonen 17. Helping Social Change to Bloom: Two Capacity-Building Innovations at Third Sector New England - Diane Vinokur-Kaplan and Jonathan Spack 18. Metro TeenAIDS: Serve and Advocate - Alan J. Abramson, Lehn M. Benjamin, and Stefan Toepler 19. Empowering Social Workers in Social Service Organizations in South Korea - Chulhee Kang and Sangchul Lee 20. Social Innovations in Mature, Faith-Based, Social Service Nonprofit Organizations: Two German Case Studies - Bjoern Schmitz Part 5: Lesson Learned 21. Lessons Learned: Themes Observed from Successful Nonprofit Social Innovations - Diane Vinokur-Kaplan and Ram A.Cnaan About the Authors Index

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