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What is Non-Profit Organization

Innovative Perspectives on Corporate Communication in the Global World
They are organizations of a legal nature with no purpose of accumulating capital for the profit of their directors.
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Relationship Marketing and Communication as a Driver of Fundraising Loyalty and Success in Non-Profit Organizations: A Theoretical Perspective
Joana Macedo (ISAG – European Business School, Portugal), Márcia Gonçalves (ISAG – European Business School, Portugal), and Bruno Barbosa Sousa (Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, Portugal)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-6799-9.ch004
Abstract
Competitiveness is becoming a growing phenomenon. The quality and innovation in the art of doing business is becoming increasingly evident, showing to the need for organizations to create mechanisms capable of adding value to consumers and occupying a better positioning in their minds. Therefore, fundraising policy planning becomes a priority for non-profit organizations (NGO). This chapter aims to prove the contribution of fundraising to the sustainability of NGO and the impact of relationship marketing in establishing lasting relationships between NGO and all its stakeholders. The data collection of the latter is achieved through the application of the interview technique, to which content analysis will be applied as a method of analyzing the results. The main results of the research demonstrate the need for NGO to rethink how they interact with their audiences, especially business patrons, in order to build their loyalty and be more successful in their fundraising activities.
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Experiences of Non-Profit Organizations in Korea: Development Challenges in an Emerging Economy
According to Korean law, non-profit organizations are organizations that operate for the sake of public, with more than 100 regular members while profit is returned back to the organization. The law also specifies that the organization have performed public interest activities in one year in order to be acknowledged as NPO.
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Realities and Challenges of the Social Enterprises in South-Eastern European Countries: Comparative Analysis
Organization with legal personality which does not allow profit distribution, able to deliver economic activities in view to promote and support a social purpose (for example associations, foundations).
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Management Solutions in Non-Profit Organizations: Case of Slovenia
Also known as a non-business entity is an organization whose purposes are other than making a profit.
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Key Drivers of Performance and Profitability in a Social Business
They are organizations of a legal nature with no purpose of accumulating capital for the profit of their directors.
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