Masters Theses
Many students of the Master of Nonprofit
Administration program have chosen to write a master's thesis
in partial fulfillment of graduation requirements. Short (1-2 pages)
executive summaries of particular theses are available in PDF format
for recently completed theses.
Full theses are available from the University of San Francisco
Gleeson Library/Geschke Center (ignacio.usfca.edu).
If you are not affiliated with USF, please contact your local library's
interlibrary loan department to borrow theses.
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TOPICS
Arts and Humanities
Community Development and Social Justice
Financial and Risk Management
Government Relations, Public Policy, and Advocacy
Health, Education, Recreation, Child Care, and
Social Services
Human Resources and Volunteer Management
Marketing, Earned Income, and Entrepreneurship
Nonprofit Governance, Law, and Ethics
Organization, Leadership, Decision-Making, Planning,
and Evaluation
Philanthropy, Donors, Fundraising, and Development
Public Relations and the Mass Media
Race, Gender, and Cultural Diversity
Religion and Spirituality
Technology
Arts
and Humanities
Steve Cochrane
Northern California Docent Programs: A Management Study
Norah Holmgren
Artistic Goals in a Market Economy: A Study of Four Bay Area Theatres
Daliah Massehian
Making the Connection: Art and Community
Sarah Wendt
The American Association
of Museums' Accreditation Program: An Analysis of the Benefits Perceived
By Museums
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Community Development
and Social Justice
Thomas E. Brandlin
An Evaluation of Program Impact of the California Chapter of the
Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights
Alicia B. Jrapko
Pastors for Peace and the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Center:
A Case Study of Cooperation Between Two Nonprofit Organizations
from Two Countries Without Diplomatic Relations, and with an Economic
Embargo Enforced by One Country Against the Other
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Financial and Risk
Management
Anne A. Adams
The Effect of the Liability Insurance Crisis of 1985-86 on Human
Service Organizations in Sonoma County
Ali Reza Arab
A Description and Analysis of Financial Conditions of Bay Area Homeless
Service/Shelter Providers
Cassandra Benjamin
A Study of Administrative Cost Rates and Practices
Tom Courtney
Financial Statement Ratio Standards for the California Nonprofit
Rehabilitation Industry: An Empirical Study
David Fierberg
Joint Cost Allocation Decisions by San Francisco Bay Area Advocacy
Organizations
Margaret Ellen French
Financial Statement Ratio Standards for California Nonprofit Organizations
Barbara Murphy
A Study of Accountability and Professionalism in the Fiscal Management
of California Youth Service Agencies
Alexis Whitney Olian
A Study of the Investment Policies and Practices of California's
Social Service and Advocacy Organizations
Christopher Robinson
A Study of the Financial Statement Ratios of Member Organizations
of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability
Wendy Strickland
Leaving the Nest: Why Fiscally-sponsored Projects Seek Independence
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Government Relations,
Public Policy, and Advocacy
Barbara A. Choy
Assessment of Current Project Evaluation of World Vision Relief
Organization's U. S. Government-Funded Development Programs
Gayle Hagen
Government Funds--Opportunity or Danger? A Study of Attitudes of
Opinion Leaders of the American Cancer Society, California Division
Daniel E. Kalb
Knowledge, Perceptions, and Organizational Behavior Pertaining to
Regulations Regarding Lobbying by Nonprofit Organizations
Jeanne Bell Peters
Government Contracting and the Unionization of San Francisco's Social
Service Nonprofits
Lisa M. DeSilva
The Impact of State Funding on the Political Ideology of Rape Crisis
Centers in California
Georgiana Hernandez
A Study of the Roles and Relationships Between Public and Nonprofit
Organizations in Marin County's Employment and Training Service
Delivery System
Kevin Hickey
Heeding the Call to Action: Public Policy Engagement for Children
Meredith Ross
Environmental Justice Programming At National Environmental Nonprofits:
The Evolving Practice of Hybrid Environmentalism
Noreen Scott
A Case Study: The Salvation Army and Government Funding-Blessing
or Ban?”
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Health, Education,
Recreation, Child Care, and Social Services
Adrienne L. Blum
Case Study of San Francisco's Juvenile Probation Department's Community
Service Program
Sheillah Blunk
Assessment of Parental Needs and Expectations in Regard to Private
Elementary Education as Related to Program and Policy
Kathy Guidi
Nonprofit Welfare-to-Work Programs: A Study of the Programmatic
Factors Related to Success for Single TANF Women in Job Readiness
Programs
Virginia Lee Jacobs
An Assessment of Need for Medical Services to the Elderly Within
a Prepaid Group Practice
Linda L. Kretz
A Study of the Relationship between Participation in Decision Making
and Program Outcomes of Clients in Adult Day Care Centers
Shireen McSpadden
Perceptions of Personal Power and Organizationally-Mediated Empowerment
Among Participants in Senior Central District Advisory Councils
Luis Francisco Monzo
A Study of the Variables Impacting the Conversion of Traditional
Day Programs for Adults with Developmental Disabilities to a Community-Based
Day Program
Rebecca Murphy-Marton
Graduate Programs in Nonprofit Administration: A Review of the Roots
of Program Variablility
Larry G. Nernes
An Evaluation of Goodwill Industries and McDonald Corporation McJob's
Training Program
Pettis Dennis Perry
A Market Research Approach to Improving the East Valley Child Care
Program
Lara Rajninger
The Effect of Community Service on High School Students' Perceptions
of Nonprofit and Public Organizations
James F. Rodgers
Defining Empowerment within Catholic Charities of Oakland
Deborah E. Royat
The Effect of the San Andreas Regional Center 1985 Funding Shortage
on the Lives of Individuals with Developmental Disabilities and
Their Families
Nancy A. Russell
Factors in the Survival of Social Service and Social Action Nonprofit
Organizations
F. K. Schonlau
Developing Sober Cooperative Living Definitions and Guidelines
Gail Steele
An Evaluation of Community-Based Organizations Serving Children
and Youth at Risk in the Eden Area of Alameda County
Catherine S. Taylor
A Study of Business Advisory Councils in Vocational Rehabilitation
Joanne L. Thomas
An Exploratory Survey to Assess Health Promotion Interests of Potential
Senior Citizen Clients
Sister Ann Weltz, C.S.J.
Establishment Homes For Women With Children: A Study of the Factors
Which Can Enable Single Mothers to Establish an Independent Living
Situation
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Human Resources
and Volunteer Management
Marilyn Beffort
Factors Affecting Job Satisfaction among Professional and Non-Professional
Employees in Adult Day Health Centers in California
Margit Ann Birge
Effects of Organizational Factors on Retention of Volunteers Working
on Bay Area Suicide Prevention Hotlines
Judith Ann Blanchard
Hospital Volunteers: A Study of Motivation
Diane Jane Curtin
Aspects of a Basic Training Course Comparatively Rated in Retrospective
Evaluation by Girl Scout Leaders
Patricia Daly-Bratt
A Comparison of Organizational Affiliation of Professionals in Small-to-Medium
Sized Non-Profit and For-Profit Organizations
Justin H. Drobenaire
An Exploratory Study of the Blue Collar Employee's Model of the
Basis of Exchange in a Nonprofit Work Environment
Janis Falco
Staff Turnover within Grassroots Community Organizations
Patrice M. Galen
Evaluation of Staff Development Programs in Nonprofit Organizations:
Building a Model for Effective Evaluation
Gail Gilman
A Case Study: What
Are the Benefits and the Cost to a Homeless Services
Agency When They Hire Formerly Homeless Individuals as Staff?
Paul W. Hamann
The Private Educational Institution's Role in the Prevention of
Burnout as Perceived by Student Personnel Administrators
Marcia A. Hodges
A Study of Management Control Systems for Training and Supervision
of Big Brother/Big Sister Caseworkers
Carol Kossler
A Study of Professional Burnout in Bay Area Mental Health Agencies
David La Piana
A Study of the Process of Selection of Professional Clinical Staff
by Small Non-Profit Mental Health Agencies in Alameda County
Ramon R. Leon
An Evaluation of the Neighborhood Housing Services Student Internship
Program
Susan H. MacKenzie
How Volunteer Service Contributes to Personal and Professional Growth
Rainbow
Jane A. Markell
Clients as Volunteers: Factors That Influence Participation at the
Isabel Patterson Child Development Center
Angela McConnell
Help Wanted: A Study of Recruitment Practices and Mobility of Northern
California Foundation Professionals
Daniel Meyer
Current Practices in the Evaluation of Outdoor Educators
Elaine V. Molinari
Performance Appraisal: Its Extent and Use with Volunteer Docents
Elaine Mont-Eton
A Study of the Factors Associated with Turnover among Residential
Child and Youth Care Workers in the San Francisco Bay Area
Jo Ellen Pasman
Factors That Motivate Behavioral Commitment to the California Abortion
Rights Action League
Maxcine Patrick
The Perceptions of Nurses Regarding Their Roles as Volunteers in
a Nonprofit Home Health Organization
Marjorie Plumb
A Study of the Relationship Between Demographic, Attitudinal, and
Clinical Skill Variables and Volunteer Longevity at San Francisco
Suicide Prevention
Joan Pokroy
Senior Volunteerism: Dissatisfaction and Turnover among Older Volunteers
Aileen Strike Preonas
An Impact Evaluation Study of the Los Angeles-United Way Training
Center's Volunteer Leadership Development Program
Robert Sindelar
Factors Influencing Internalization of Organizational Mission Among
Frontline Staff of the YMCA of San Francisco
Carol Stone
Volunteer Career Anchors: Patterns of Long-Term, Stable Volunteer
Behavior
Holly Tedford
A Case Study in Volunteer
Management: Volunteer Stress at a Northern California Rape Crisis
Center
Terri M. Texeira
Differences between Independent and Multi-Branch YMCAs and Managers'
Reasons for Remaining with Their Organizations
Martha Ulam-Helms
A Follow-up Study of Participants in the San Francisco Conservation
Corps
Hope L. Witkowsky
A Study of Longevity on the Job as an Indicator of Job Satisfaction
of Current YWCA Executive Directors
Joyce Woodford
A Study of the Influence of Participation by High School Students
in a Hospital Based Volunteer Program on Their Attitudes Toward
and Knowledge of a Career in the Nursing Profession
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Marketing, Earned
Income, and Entrepreneurship
Terry L. Amsler
The Potential for the Development of Self-Sustaining Income by Bay
Area Nonprofits: A Survey of Foundation Staff Attitudes and Opinions
Tighe J. Foley
An Evaluation of the Membership Services and Benefits of the Golden
Gate National Park Association
Irwin Goldstein
A Study of the Perception of Marketing Plans among Executive Directors
of Rehabilitation Facilities in the State of California
Yolanda Lopez
A Study of the Use of Marketing Strategies for Fundraising in Child
and Youth Related Nonprofit Organizations
Cathy Meyer
Museum Exhibition in Nontraditional Places: A Study of Retail Managers'
Attitudes Toward a Nonprofit Museum Space in a Retail Setting
Andree Morin
A Summer Opera Festival in Santa Barbara: A Feasibility Study
Angela Rae
Management Styles Related to Product-Oriented Marketing Versus Customer-Oriented
Marketing in the Nonprofit Sector
Joan Schubin
Marketing Volunteerism: A Study of Organizational Strategies
Carolyne Stayton
A Typology of the Income-Generating Activities of Nonprofit Organizations
in Marin and Sonoma Counties
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Nonprofit Governance,
Law, and Ethics
Robert G. Campbell
Factors in the Selection of Board Members to 501(c)(3) Human Service
Organizations
Hilary Gold
Personal Liability of Board Members of Nonprofit Organizations
Joan W. Goodstein
A Study of Knowledge and Approaches Used in Developing Spheres of
Influence by the Board of Trustees of a Voluntary Nonprofit Theater
Organization
Catherine Jensen
A Study of the Relationship Between Motivational Factors and Incentives
Among Division Board Members of the American Heart Association,
California Affiliate, Region III
Georgia W. McDaniel
A Study of the Role of Nominating Committees in Nonprofit Organizations
in the Bay Area
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Organization, Leadership,
Decision-Making, Planning, and Evaluation
Kristine J. Bachinski
A Comparative Study of Participation in Decision Making in Nonprofit
Social Change and Human Service Organizations in the San Francisco
Bay Area
Sherrill W. Britton
A Planning Framework to Manage the Transition of a Voluntary Agency
to a Professionally Managed Nonprofit Organization
Kirah Caminos
A Study of the Effect of
Organizational Structure on Employee Satisfaction in Youth-Serving
Organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area
Judy Cayot
A Study of the Use of a Consensus Model for Decision Making by Nonprofit
Boards of Directors
Linda L. Connery
A Study of the Introduction and Application of a Board/Staff Planning
Process at Portals House
Shannon Jones Ellis
Beyond Diversity Trainings: How Human Service Workers Understand the Meaning of Antiracism Work
Susan Lynn Hagadorn
The Impact of Competition on Management Approaches to Pre-Award
Activities in Independent, Nonprofit Health Research Institutions
Sparky Harlan
The Development and Assessment of an Evaluation for the Bill Wilson
House for Runaways and Status Offenders
Nancy Dow Moody
A Study of the Relationship between
Unionization and Nonprofit Social Workers
Dale Needles
Mergers as a Strategic Option for Small and Mid-Sized Orchestras:
A Study of the Attitudes of Executive Directors toward Mergers
Carol M. Schilling
Funding and Management Strategies Used by San Francisco Human Service
Organizations Confronted with Government Cutbacks
Christine M. Schmidt
Chief Executive Officers of California Environmental Organizations:
A Study of Personal Values Congruence with Organizational Mission
Geri Jeanne Wells
The Development and Validation of a Nonprofit Management Assessment
Instrument
Leon Winston
Nonprofit Human Services Agencies and Reliance Upon Government Funding Implications For Organization Development
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Philanthropy, Donors,
Fundraising, and Development
Steve Bartley
The Image of the Term 'Nonprofit Organization' Held by Individual
Contributors
Cathleen M. Blatt
A Study of Some Factors Associated with Corporate Giving Programs
and/or Corporate Foundations that Deviate, or Make Exceptions, from
their Established Guidelines for Giving
Bridget Brennan
Remittances &
Diaspora Philanthropy:
Colombian Nonprofit Organization Perspectives and Fundraising Practices
Kathleen M. Brown
Board Involvement in Fund Raising in Marin County, California
Anne M. Bubnic
A Study of the Influence of Income, Work Setting, and Medical Specialty
on the Charitable Behavior of San Francisco Bay Area Physicians
Cecily A. Clemons
An Analysis of Planned Giving Programs in Nonprofit Organizations
Sandra Cohen
Bank of America's Response to the Crisis in Public Education
Hilary L. Crosby
A Study of the Decision Making Process of Private Foundations in
California Considering Proposals from Previously Funded Agencies
and the Importance of Accurate and Timely Financial Reports
Michele B. Finstad
Community Foundations Serving Rural Regions
Janice V. Fitzpatrick
Grantmakers' Attitudes on Funding Media: A Study of Northern California
Grantmakers
Karena K. Fowler
A Model for the Prediction of Alumni Gift Income for Town School
for Boys
Robert Glavin
Effects on Foundations
of Organizational Effectiveness Activity: Perceptions of Foundation
Officers
Concepcion Guerrero
A Study of Native American Philanthropy Charitable Giving
Patterns
Jane Cornick Haines
The Relationship between Direct Mail Giving and Planned Giving at
Braille Institute
David Hartman
Foundation Size Matters:
A Study of Foundation Funding Decisions Relative to Indirect Rates
at Nonprofit Human Service Organizations
Mariko Harumi
Attitudes About Charitable Giving and Volunteering Among American-Born and
Japanese-Born Japanese Living in the San Francisco Bay Area
Rachel Humphrey
Barriers to International Giving by U.S.- Based Private Foundations
Suzanne Levi
A Study of the Perceptions
of Bay Area Planned Giving Professionals as to the Value and Effectiveness
of Various Techniques Used to Market Planned Gifts
Gregory A. Marshall-Clark
Joint Capital Campaigns: Are They Effective Fundraising Strategies
for the Arts?"
Margaret Sponseller Mills
Board Involvement in Fund Raising: The Influence of Selected Variables
on the Fund Raising Role of Nonprofit Organization Board Members
Lisa Moore
An Examination of the
Relationship Between Senior Class Giving Programs and First Year
Alumni Giving Rates
Diane A. Nichols
The Relationship Between Direct-Service Volunteer Work and Charitable
Attitudes and Behavior: A Study of Big Brothers and Big Sisters
at Big Brothers/Big Sisters of San Francisco
Teresa O'Donnell-Johnson
A Study of California Independent Schools' Financial Development
Policies and Their Practical Applications as a Model for Preschool
Programs
Kim H. Olstad
A Study of the Structure and Role Played by Prospect Research Operations
within Private Comprehensive Universities
Daniel P. Saftig
How Your Charitable Dollar is Spent: A Donor's View
Carol J. Stodgel
A Study of San Francisco Bay Area Business Attitudes Regarding Access
to Workplace Fundraising by the United Way and the Other Federated
Fundraising Organizations in the Area
Susan Todaro
The Relationship between Alumni Relations and Fund Raising: A Study
of the Effect of Departmental Integration on Alumni Giving
Arleen Vallejo
Patterns in Foundation Giving to Women's and Girls' Groups Between
1975 and 1985
Stephanie Williams
A Study on Donor Preferences and Charitable Giving
Nancy L. Wiltsek
Corporate Charitable Contributions, Motivations for Giving and Variables
that Influence Giving Behavior among Small, Privately Owned Businesses
in San Francisco
Jacqueline L. Young
Factors Involved in Long-Term Membership in the Foundation for San
Francisco's Architectural Heritage and Their Relationship to Annual
Giving
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Public Relations and
the Mass Media
Lisa Bagnatori
An Examination of Executive Directors' Understanding of the Strategic
Public Relations Process, Their Attitude Toward Public Relations,
and the Surveyed Agencies' Public Relations Activities
Thomas H. Martens
An Exploratory Study of the News Value of Nonprofit Organizations
and Issues at the San Francisco Chronicle
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Race, Gender, and Cultural
Diversity
Linda L. Aina
A Formative Evaluation of the NAACP Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological
and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO)
James G. Bowen
Attitudes Toward Fundraising and Volunteerism within the Filipino
Community of Moreau High School as a Microcosm of Southern Alameda
County
Paula Carrell
An Examination of Women's Access to Top-Management Staff Positions
in Large National Environmental Organizations
Nancy E. Frank
A Study of American Jews Involved with a Rescue Organization
Frances Haynie
A Study of the Factors Related to the Career Paths of Female Senior
Managers in the American Red Cross
Pam Hogan
How Mediation is Used
by Alternative Dispute Resolution Organizations to Resolve Racial
Conflict
Joni Kaiser
A Study of Charitable Giving Behavior among Women in Washoe County
Bettina Kohlbrenner
An Examination of Women's Access to Professional Positions in Hospital
Foundations
Monica Natalia Lopez
Latino Nonprofit Organizations in San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley:
Meeting the Challenges of Fund-raising
Paulette Robinson
Strategies for Managing an Ethnically Diverse Paid Staff in Human
Service Agencies in San Mateo County
Sharon Rose
A Study of Lesbian Philanthropy: Charitable Giving Patters
Janice Sands-Weinstein
A Study of Factors that Deter Jews from Affiliating With Organizations
in the Jewish Community
Pnina Tobin
Women Executive Directors of Nonprofit Organizations: Feminism and
the Use of Power
Rosalyn M. Tonai
Asian American Charitable Giving: An Analysis of the Relationship
Between Demographic, Attitudinal, and Situational Factors and the
Cash Contributions of Asian Americans to Nonprofit Organizations
in the San Francisco-Oakland Area
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Religion and Spirituality
Frank Jackson
Significant Factors Which Influence Black Presbyterian Pastors as
Decision-Makers
Arleen M. Keyne
The Clergy Wife: A New Model
Katherine A. King
Factors Leading to Giving by Known Catholic Donors: A Case Study
Beverly Lipscomb
Women in Ministry and Burnout: A Study of Lutheran Deaconesses and
Dropping Out
Judith Long
Models of Church-Agency Partnership: An Examination of Unitarian
Universalist Collaborations
Bruce A. Schooling
A Study of Four Management Factors Relating to the Religious Levels
of Nazarene Colleges
Katherine Taylor-Skarica
Vestry Retreats and Organizational Change in the Episcopal Diocese
of California
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Technology
Joan E. Patton
The Use of Online Services by Nonprofit Organizations: A Survey
of Current Usage in the Bay Area and an Analysis of the Determinative
Factors Contributing to Their Effective Use
Sally Young
Decision Making in the Acquisition of Computers for Administrative
Functions in Human Service Nonprofit Organizations
Jenifer Fay
The Expanding Use of
Information Technology in the Social Services: A Study of Small
Nonprofit Social Service Organizations in the Bay Area
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