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A Framework for Assessing the Performance of Nonprofit Organizations
Performance measurement has gained increased importance in the nonprofit sector, and contemporary
literature is populated with numerous performance measurement frameworks. In this article,
we seek to accomplish two goals. First, we review contemporary models of nonprofit performance
measurement to develop an integrated framework in order to identify directions for advancing the
study of performance measurement. Our analysis of this literature illuminates seven focal perspectives
on nonprofit performance, each associated with a different tradition in performance
measurement. Second, we demonstrate the utility of this integrated framework for advancing theory
and scholarship by leveraging these seven perspectives to develop testable propositions aimed at
explaining variation across nonprofits in the adoption of different measurement approaches. By
better understanding how performance measurement is conceptualized within sector, the field will
be better positioned to both critique and expand upon normative approaches advanced in the literature
as well as advance theory for predicting performance measurement decisions
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