Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Papers
(The median citation count of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle: The Extent of Overhead Ratios’ Manipulation, Distrust, and Ramifications64
Corrigendum to Experimentally Disentangling Donors’ Perceptions of Government-Supported Nonprofits: Cost-Efficiency, Program Impact, and Shared Services36
Contributions of the Paycheck Protection Program to Nonprofit Short-Term Sustainability35
Book Review: Co-operative enterprise in comparative perspective: Exceptionally un-American? by Spicer, J. S. SpicerJ. S. (2024). Co-operative enterprise 35
How Charitable Were the Elites of the Dutch Golden Age?35
Virtually Raising the Paddle: Examining the Role of Online Nonprofit Dialogic Stewardship and Identification in the Post-COVID Era32
Nonprofit Sector Size and the Breadth of Local Government Climate Actions: Exploring the Moderating Role of Collaboration31
Giving to Matthew, Emily, Jose, or Maria: A Field Study Examining the Impact of Race and Gender on Donation Requests28
Futures Thinking: Building Proactive Resilience in Nonprofit Organizations28
Book Review: Understanding Nonprofit Work: A Communication Perspective by Koschmann, M. A., & Sanders, M. L.28
Participatory Grant-Making as a Social Innovation: Examining Relational Processes in Social Finance27
The Decline of Volunteering in the United States: Is it the Economy?22
Individual- and Community-Level Factors Associated With Voluntary Participation22
Do Donors Penalize Nonprofits With Higher Non-Program Costs? A Meta-Analysis of Donor Overhead Aversion21
Book Review: Public sector volunteer management: Best practices and challenges by Sillah, A. SillahA. (2023). Public sector volunteer management: Best pr21
Socio-Structural Determinants in Volunteering for Humanitarian Organizations: A Resource-Based Approach21
What Do We Know About Asian Nonprofit Research? A Systematic Review and Bibliometric Analysis of 60 Years of Progress and Regional Variations20
Leading Volunteers Effectively: Development and Preliminary Validation of the Volunteer Leader Behavior Scale19
The Relation Between Perceived Racial Discrimination and Civic Engagement Among People of Asian Descent18
Misleading Motives: Incentives for Accounting Bias in Not-for-Profit Pension Plans17
Providing Extra Information Increases Blood Donor Return After Deferral While Offering an Alternative Good Deed Does Not: Results From a Field Randomized Controlled Trial16
Inclusive Leadership, Elusive Support? Examining the Impact of Nonprofit Representative and Diverse Leadership on Community Support15
COVID-19 Pandemic, Physical Distancing Policies, and the Non-Profit Sector Volunteer Force15
Philanthropic Foundations and the Exercise of Power: An Integrative Literature Review of the Many Faces of Power15
Exploring Attitudes of Mandatory Volunteers: The Role of Perceived Organizational Support, Role Clarity, and Self-Efficacy Toward Service14
Expectation of Reciprocity and Other-Focused Values Foster Informal Volunteering Intentions in Disasters: Evidence From Finland14
How and Why Do Diaspora Give? A Conceptual Model to Understanding Diaspora Philanthropy14
How Advocacy Nonprofits Interact With and Impact Business: Introducing a Strategic Confrontation and Collaboration Interaction Model (SCCIM)14
Volunteers’ Psychological Contracts: Exploring Experiences and Expectations Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic13
Rationalising externally-driven change: Charities and the exploitation of new-practice requirements13
A History of ARNOVA at Fifty13
Strategic Action Field Theory: Explaining Variation in the Percentage of Women on Boards in Credit Unions13
Risking Your Health to Help Others: The Effect of Pandemic Severity on Volunteering13
Government Regulation and the Political Activities of Nonprofits13
Introduction to the 50th Anniversary Special Issue12
“I’m Not Doing It for the Company”: Examining Employee Volunteering Through Employees’ Eyes12
Changes in Volunteering Landscape in South Korea During COVID-19: Trajectories of Volume and Engagement Patterns12
Place-Based Stigma and Community Foundation Grant Making12
Hop in and Drop Out: How are Changes in the Life Course Related to Changes in Volunteering for Humanitarian Organizations?12
Retaining Volunteers Through Political Economic Change: Austerity, Boundary Work, and the Making of an Unpaid Workforce in Newcastle’s Parks11
Board Gender Diversity and Nonprofit CEO Compensation: Implications for Gender Pay Gap11
Intra-Group and Inter-Group Racial Disparities in Nonprofit Funding: Insights from Stratification Economics11
Adapted to Climate Change? Issue Portfolios of Environmental Nongovernmental Organizations in the Americas10
Fluid Forms of Organizing Volunteering: Producing Civic Action Through Organizational Maintenance10
Nonprofit Revenue Strategy and Downside Risk: Applying Portfolio Theory and Extreme Value Theory10
Donor Perceptions of Nonprofit Organizations’ Transparency: Conceptualization and Operationalization10
The Effect of State Minimum Wage Increases on Nonprofit Organizations10
Governance Arrangements of Cross-Sector Collaboration and Its Effectiveness10
To Pay or Not to Pay? The Effects of Monetary Compensation on Volunteers in Sports Clubs10
Decision-Making, Strategy, and the Uses of Organizational History: The Carnegie Corporation and Program-Related Investments10
Buried Treasure? Local Foundations’ Knowledge Sharing in Jordan and Palestine9
Compassion for All: Real-World Online Donations Contradict Compassion Fade9
How Does Nonprofit Revenue Diversification Affect Revenue Volatility Before, During, and After External Economic Crisis?9
Spatial Patterns of Nonprofit Founding: Toward a Local Ecology9
Meta-analysis of Volunteer Motives Using the Volunteer Functions Inventory to Predict Volunteer Satisfaction, Commitment, and Behavior9
Book Review: Employee engagement in nonprofit organizations: Theory and practice by Akingbola, K., Rogers, E. S., & Intindola, M. AkingbolaK.RogersE. S.IntindolaM. (8
Examining Personal Values and Regulatory Fit in Poverty Alleviation Appeals: Impact on Appeal Evaluations, Campaign Interest, and Donations8
Book Review: Volunteering in the United Kingdom: The spirit of service , by Mohan, J. MohanJ. (2024). Volunteering in the United Kingdom: The spirit of s8
Corrigendum to “Jesus Speaks Better”: Interactions Between State and Faith-Based Organizations in Service Implementation8
Understanding Contextual Determinants of Likely Online Advocacy by Millennial Donors8
NVSQ: The First Fifty Years, and Beyond8
Perceived Organizational Support and Volunteer Outcomes: Evidence From a German Environmental Nonprofit Organization8
Volunteer Quitting as a Political Statement and Act of Protest8
Erratum to Predicting Community Adoption of Collective Impact in the United States: A National Scan7
Part Discount Grocer, Part Social Connection: Defining Elements of Social Supermarkets7
Spreading the News: Donor Response to Disclosures About Nonprofit Fraud7
Nonprofit Policies in an Anti-DEI Legislative Environment7
Book Review: Doctoral student skills: Using your comparative advantage to succeed in grad school and prepare for the job market, by Pallas, C. L.7
Exploring the Dynamics: The Relationship Between Unrestricted Resources and Nonprofit Efficiency7
Book Review: The Philippines Road Home: Developing a Communicative Approach to Participation in Housing by Koschmann, M. KoschmannM., (2026). The Philipp7
A Guide to the Canadian T3010 for Users of the U.S. Form 9907
By the Volunteer, For the Volunteer: Volunteer Perspectives of Management Across Levels of Satisfaction7
Book Review: The nature of the nonprofit sector7
Book Review: The intersector: How the public, nonprofit, and private sectors can address America’s challenges, by Gitterman, D. P., & Britto, N. (Eds.)7
Baby Boomers and Their Voluntary Engagement: A Cohort Comparison Among the Middle-Aged and Older Population in Germany7
Lower Prices for Customers, and Less Charity Care? The Prospects for Mixed-Market Competition With Nonprofit and Hybrid Firms7
Who Leads and Who Echoes? Tracing Message Similarity Network of #ClimateChange Advocacy on Twitter7
Role of Social Capital in International Volunteering: Evidence From Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers7
Multichannel Philanthropists Versus Cash Contributors: Segmenting Charitable Donors in the Digital Age6
Immigrant Grassroots Associations in the Netherlands: A Sense-Making Approach to Understanding Exclusion From Endowed Foundation Funding6
“Giving Time in My Own Time”: Autonomous Volunteering as an Understudied Phenomenon6
Board Capture in the Nonprofit Sector? An Exploration of a Possible Cause and Solution6
Why Cooperation in Volunteer Work Can Fail Despite the Best Intentions: Conflicting Ideas in Narrations From Volunteers6
To Be Experienced or to Be Innovative? Signals Influencing Nonprofit Start-Ups’ Philanthropic Funding Acquisition6
Community-Based Initiatives and Public Services Delivery in a Fragile Context: The Case of Yemen6
Manager Control Over Outcomes? Nature and Nurture Over Time6
Behind the Crowdsourcing Platform: Assessing Volunteer Recruitment and Engagement Instruments6
NGO–Government Relations in States With Weak Institutions: Avoiding the State While Supplementing Resource Gaps6
Financial Challenges of Nonprofits Serving People of Color: Original Survey Results6
Forewarned: Resilience and the management of nonprofit organizations: A new paradigm6
Climate Change and the Voluntary Sector: An Introduction6
The Combined Effect of Professional and Community Strategic Orientations on the Adoption of High-Commitment HRM in Nonprofit Organizations6
Co-producing With Young People in the Third Sector: A Scoping Review and Future Research Agenda6
Resilience in Recovery? Understanding the Extent, Structure, and Operations of Nonprofits Meant to Address Disaster Survivors’ Unmet Needs5
How Can Nonprofit Policy Advocacy Influence Policymakers? A Factorial Survey Experiment on the Effects of Nonprofit Advocacy Strategies on Policymakers’ Willingness to Act5
Improving Location Decisions For Charity Retailers: Applying Operations Research and Customer Discovery5
Talking the Talk, or Walking the Walk? How Managerial Practices Relate to Nonprofit Organizations’ Role as Schools of Democracy5
The Nonprofit Role in Building Community Social Capital: A Moderated Mediation Model of Organizational Learning, Innovation, and Shared Mission for Social Capital Creation5
Street-Level Pedagogy: Fostering and Communicating Social Equity Through Course Syllabi5
Effects of Different Leadership Styles on Workers in Ukrainian Non-Profit Organisations5
Book Review: People powered radio: Fifty years of Australian community radio station 4ZZZ by Anderson, H and Community radio in So5
Navigating Age Diversity in Volunteer Teams: Barriers and Enablers of Teamwork5
Many Things to Many People: The Diversity of Motivations for Joining Diasporic Organizations in the Global South5
An Empirical Mapping of Environmental Protection and Conservation Nonprofit Discourse on Social Media5
The Nonprofit, That’s Us: Linking Organizational Identity and Identification in Social Mission-Based Organizations5
Measuring Charitable Giving: How to Capture Charitable Behavior in Philanthropy Research5
Microfoundations of Dynamic Capabilities for Social Innovations in Small Non-Profit Organizations5
Nonprofit Organizational Identification, Moral License, and Whiteness: An Experimental Study of the Effect of Nonprofit Work on the White Morality Myth4
The Role of Community Participation in Cross-Sector Social Partnerships4
Touching Art and Technological Innovation Management Models for a More Inclusive Society: Theory and Practice4
Interpersonal Fundraising Methods Are Associated With Lower Donation Value Over Time4
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Nonprofit Organizations: A Paired Review ChappellN.RosenkransS. (2025). Nonprofit AI: A comprehensive guide to implementing artificial intelligence for social4
Did 9/11 Affect Donations to Islamic Charities in the United States?4
An Invisible Impediment to Progress: Perceptions of Racialization in the Nonprofit Sector4
Book Review: Everyday democracy: Civil society, youth, and the struggle against authoritarian culture in China by Spires, A. J. SpiresA. J., (2024). Ever4
The Influence of Verbal and Visual Formality Cues on the Persuasiveness of Charitable Appeals4
Organizational Culture and Effectiveness in Community-Based Nonprofits4
Where User Perceptions of Charities and Independent Nonprofit Ratings Meet: Inside the Black Box of Nonprofit Performance4
Service-Learning in Higher Education and Prosocial Identity Formation4
Book Review: Non-profit governance: Twelve frameworks for organisations and research , by Brown, W. BrownW. (2025). Non-profit governance: Twelve framewo4
Book Review: Against NGOs: A critical perspective on civil society, management and development by Srinivas, N.4
Understanding Location and Density: A Spatial Analysis of Cuyahoga County Ohio’s Nonprofit Sector4
“Jesus Speaks Better”: Interactions Between State and Faith-Based Organizations in Service Implementation4
Uncovering Local Knowledge in Grassroots Associations: An Illustration of the Critical Reflexive Approach4
Nonprofit Organizations and the Evaluation of Social Impact: A Research Program to Advance Theory and Practice4
The Promise and Perils of Comparing Nonprofit Data Across Borders3
Exploring Collaborative Governance Processes Involving Nonprofits3
Book Review: How consultants shape nonprofits: Shared values, unintended consequences by Reisman, L. M. G ReismanL. M. G. (2024). How consultants shape n3
Do Volunteers Intend to Become Social Entrepreneurs? The Influence of Pro-Social Behavior on Social Entrepreneurial Intentions3
Bricolage Strategies, Stakeholder Engagement, and the Geographic Expansion of Social Enterprises3
Immigrants’ Experiences of Volunteering; A Meta-Ethnography3
Book Review: The Canadian non-profit sector: Neoliberalism and the assault on community , by Richmond, T., & Shields, J. RichmondT.ShieldsJ. (2024). 3
Stratification in Formal Volunteering: Occupational Spill-Over Effects on the Hierarchical Positions of Volunteers in Voluntary Organizations3
Book Reviews: Amateurs without borders: The aspirations and limits of global compassion by Schnable, A.3
Editor’s Note: August, 20223
Predictors of Nonprofit Ethno-Racial Diversity: Examining Local Community Demographics and Political Ideology3
CORRIGENDUM to “The Changing Nature of Foundation Work: Advancing the Field by Understanding the Foundation Professional Experience”3
Beyond the Partnership Paradigm: Toward an Extended Typology of Government/Nonprofit Relationship Patterns3
Book Review: Checkbook Zionism: Philanthropy and Power in the Israel-Diaspora Relationship FleischE. (2024). Checkbook Zionism: Philanthropy and Power in the Israel-Diaspora Relationship. New Brunswic2
Book Review: The power of morality in movements: Civic engagement in climate justice, human rights, and democracy by Sevelsted, A., & Toubøl, J. (Eds.)2
From Human Services to “Justice Enterprises”: Reframing the Market-Mission Tension in U.S. Organizations Serving Survivors of Commercial Sexual Exploitation2
Activity and Identity: Uncovering Multiple Institutional Logics in the Nonprofit Sector2
Supporting Volunteer Well-Being Through Disaster: Perspectives and Practices of a Youth-Led Informal Crisis Volunteer Group2
The Role of Spiritual Practices in the Multidimensional Impact of Religion and Spirituality on Giving and Volunteering2
What Matters for Charitable Donations Under Authoritarianism? An Examination of Organizational Legitimacy and Political Connections2
Capacity Building in the Arab Nonprofit Sector: A Scoping Review and Preliminary Bibliometric Insights2
Book Review: Preparing leaders of nonprofit organizations: Contemporary perspectives by Brown, W. A., & Hale, M. (Eds.) BrownW. A.HaleM. (Eds.). (2022). Preparing le2
Business-Like and Still Serving Society? Investigating the Relationship Between NPOs Being Business-Like and Their Societal Roles2
The Diversity Layer: The Role of Coalitions Among Civil Society Organizations2
Regulating Political Advocacy by Charities Liberally2
Who Determines Where the Sun Shines: Nonprofit Sector Stakeholders and the IRS Form 990 Redesign2
Volunteer Engageability: A Conceptual Framework2
Research Note: Form 990 Data Quality and Reliability2
Editors’ Note: Honoring the Legacy of David Horton Smith2
Community Leadership and Donor-Advised Funds: Navigating Logics of Donor Services and Community Leadership in Community Foundations2
Serving Three Masters: Thematic Analyses Reveal Inherent Ethical Tensions in Fundraising2
Designing Effective Volunteering Appeals: Results of Choice-Based Conjoint and Latent Class Segmentation Analyses2
Exploring Nonprofit Advocacy Research Methods and Design: A Systematic Review of the Literature2
Does Revenue Concentration Really Bring Organizational Efficiency? Evidence From Habitat for Humanity2
Promoting Charitable Donations and Volunteering Through Nudge Tools From the Perspective of Behavioral Economics: A Systematic Review2
Information Costs and the Impact of Charitable Giving2
Philanthropy for Systems Change: An Exploratory Study2
Charity and Abuse: Fundraising and Symbolic Power in the Case of Jimmy Savile2
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