Non-profit organizations play a crucial role in the US economy, but little attention is paid to the pressures and challenges that affect their governance. We know that such companies do not try to maximize profits, but what do you magnify? "Management of non-profit organizations" deals with this question, gathering experts in the non-profit sector to examine the diverse and widespread concerns of universities, art museums, health care providers - even the medieval church. .

Contributors view a number of different aspects of non-profit operations from fundraising, endowment and governance problems to specific issues such as hospital advertising. The picture that emerges is complex and surprising - some institutions operate as effectively as profitable companies, while others seem to increase the interests of their elite, rather than those of donors, customers or society as a whole..