Course curriculum

  • 1

    Chapter 0: Introduction and History of Philanthropy

    • Introduction

    • Introduction to Foresight and Environmental Scanning

    • Course Layout

    • Learning Objectives

    • Board Roles and Responsibilities

    • Using Scenario Planning to Reshape Strategy

    • Ancient Origins of Philanthropy

    • Modern History of Philanthropy

    • Benjamin Franklin, Codicil to His Will, 1789

    • A History of the Tax-Exempt Sector: An SOI Perspective

    • Quiz - Chapter 0

    • Discussion Question - Chapter 0

    • A Historical Overview of Philanthropy, Voluntary Associations, and Nonprofit Organizations in the United States, 1600–2000 *optional*

    • What is Seen and What is Not Seen *optional*

    • The Gospel of Wealth *optional*

    • The Use of Money *optional*
  • 2

    Chapter 1: Present State of the Nonprofit Sector

    • Nonprofit Classification

    • Introduction to the IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File

    • Introduction to the IRS 990 Annual Extract File

    • Operations Calculations

    • Chicago Tribune - Franklin Trusts

    • LA Times - Franklin Trusts

    • Art Foundations Must Do More Right Now

    • Economic Principle: Marginal Analysis *optional*

    • Economic Principle: Opportunity Cost *optional*

    • Quiz - Chapter 1

    • Discussion Question - Chapter 1

    • Assignment - Chapter 1

    • Blank Template for Environmental Scan

    • 990 Masterfile KY-OH-IN Nonprofits 2015-2018

    • Environmental Scan Instructional Video - Profile

    • Environmental Scan Instructional Video - Operations Part I

    • Environmental Scan Instructional Video - Operations Part II

    • Introduction to Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) *optional*

    • Nonprofits in the Cincinnati MSA Part I *optional*

    • Nonprofits in the Cincinnati MSA Part II *optional*
  • 3

    Chapter 2: Revenue

    • Revenue Sources

    • Revenue Calculations

    • Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI), Department of Justice Definition

    • Revenue Volatility: How States Manage Uncertainty

    • Income Diversity and Nonprofit Financial Health

    • Millennial Donors Don't Matter

    • Economic Principle: Comparative Advantage *optional*

    • Quiz - Chapter 2

    • Discussion Question - Chapter 2

    • Assignment - Chapter 2

    • Environmental Scan Instructional Video - HHI Part I

    • Environmental Scan Instructional Video - HHI Part II
  • 4

    Chapter 3: Risk Management

    • Altruism and Warm-Glow Giving

    • Precautionary Savings, Moral Hazard, and the Risk Quadrant

    • Liquidity Calculations

    • Crowding-out or Crowding-in: The Dynamics of Different Revenue Streams

    • Are Church and State Substitutes? Evidence from the 1996 Welfare Reform *optional*

    • Economic Principle: Crowding Out *optional*

    • Quiz - Chapter 3

    • Discussion Question - Chapter 3

    • Assignment - Chapter 3

    • Environmental Scan Instructional Video - Liquidity

    • Cincinnati Zoo Levy Passes *optional*

    • Cincinnati Zoo Capital Campaign Announcement *optional*
  • 5

    Chapter 4: Market Structure

    • The Nonprofit Market

    • Market Concentration Calculations

    • The Role of Nonprofit Enterprise

    • America Has 1.5 Million Nonprofits and Room for More

    • Where Nonprofits are Most Prevalent in America

    • Inside the March of Dimes Research Funding Debacle

    • Overview of Location Quotient (LQ)

    • The Role of Entrepreneurship in US Job Creation and Economic Dynamism *optional*

    • Economic Principle: Creative Destruction *optional*

    • Quiz - Chapter 4

    • Discussion Question - Chapter 4

    • Assignment - Chapter 4

    • Environmental Scan Instructional Video - Market
  • 6

    Chapter 5: Labor Market

    • Labor Market

    • Labor Market Calculations

    • Nonmonetary Incentives and the Implications of Work as a Source of Meaning

    • Nonprofit Workers Turn to Unions

    • Economic Principle: Compensating Differential *optional*

    • Quiz - Chapter 5

    • Discussion Question - Chapter 5

    • Assignment - Chapter 5

    • Environmental Scan Instructional Video - Labor Market

    • Compensation in the Nonprofit Sector *optional*

    • Measuring the Economic Value of Volunteer Work Globally *optional*

    • Why Do People Volunteer? An Experimental Analysis of Preferences for Time Donations *optional*
  • 7

    Chapter 6: Governance

    • Governance

    • Governance Board Models

    • Principal-Agent Relationships on the Stewardship-Agency Axis

    • Governance Models: What's Right for Your Board

    • When a Donor Becomes Tainted

    • University of Cincinnati Votes to Remove Marge Schott's Name from Stadium

    • Economic Principle: Moral Hazard

    • Quiz - Chapter 6

    • Discussion Question - Chapter 6

    • Assignment - Chapter 6

    • Environmental Scan Instructional Video - Governance

    • FBI Spy Gave Money To Mother Theresa's Charity *optional*
  • 8

    Chapter 7: Organizational Strategy

    • Organizational Strategy

    • How Food Banks Use Markets to Feed the Poor

    • Canice Prendergast on How Prices Can Improve a Food Fight (and Help the Poor) *optional*

    • Planet Money - Episode 665: The Pickle Problem

    • The Product Portfolio

    • Defining Your Competitive Advantage

    • Helping Those Who Help Others

    • Quiz - Chapter 7

    • Discussion Question - Chapter 7

    • Environmental Scan - Chapter 7