Case Studies on Nonprofit Resilience Management

Edited by Elizabeth A.M. Searing, Associate Professor of Public and Nonprofit Management, University of Texas at Dallas and Dennis R. Young, Emeritus Professor, Case Western Reserve University and Georgia State University, USA

‘This book of 31 case studies on nonprofit resilience management is a wonderful companion to the recent book by Dennis Young and Elizabeth Searing, Resilience and the Management of Nonprofit Organizations: A New Paradigm, and is also a terrific teaching and learning resource on its own. Students and nonprofit leaders and staff will all benefit from reading and discussing the many cases in this very useful book.’

• ContentsForeword xviSupplementary materials xxiiPART I CASE STUDIES IN NONPROFITRESILIENCE: AN OVERVIEWIntroduction to Case Studies on Nonprofit ResilienceManagement 21 The British Museum: Too much to manage? 18Charles M. Gray2 Culture@3: The power to unmute 27Brenda K. Bushouse and Tamara Keshecki3 Darling Corey’s is buying the building again 36Roland J. Kushner4 Michigan Science Center 43Michelle Wooddell5 Founder Syndrome at Metro Arts and Film 49Mark Hager6 Playhouse Square 59Dennis R. Young and Art Falco7 Rialto Center for the Arts 64Dennis R. Young and Lee Foster8 Ensemble Orchestra: Overcoming an existentialcrisis in four movements 71Rajiv Nag, Neville Vakharia, and Teresa HarrisonPART II CASE STUDIES IN EDUCATION ANDYOUTH DEVELOPMENT9 Restarting a scouting program: How to navigatethree common challenges in nonprofit leadership 84Norman A. Dolch and Amy Perry10 Illinois Collaboration on Youth 92Kimberly K. Wiley, Elizabeth A.M. Searing, and Sarah L. Young11 Jarige Job (“birthday kid”) 98Philine van Overbeeke12 Cooper Union 103Dennis R. Young and John O’Kane13 Charting a course through financial, legal andheadline risk at Hmong College Prep Academy 108Todd L. Ely14 The Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations– A shooting star 117Dennis R. Young and Grover C. Gilmore15 Case study in resilience: Council of InternationalPrograms 134Dennis R. Young and Lisa PurdyPART III CASE STUDIES IN HUMAN SERVICES16 YMCA of Greater Atlanta 140Dennis R. Young and John O’Kane17 Dress for Success of Northern New Jersey: Casestudy of the value of a network 146Rikki Abzug and Kimberly Iozzi18 The ALUT case study: Nonprofit organizationalresilience during the Covid crisis 156Hadara Bar-Mor and Gil Sharoni19 Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh:Resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic 162Brian Schreiber20 Our Lady of the Wayside case study: The Covidripple effect 169Dennis R. Young, Terry Davis and Meg Cutter21 Refugee Services of Texas 173Kayla Marie Parker22 Safe Haven Family Shelter 180Cara Robinson23 UK Refugee Service 187Elizabeth Cookingham Bailey and E. K. Sarter24 Domestic Violence UK: The capacity of a UKcommunity organization to maintain servicedelivery to marginalized groups during theCOVID-19 pandemic 193Elizabeth Cookingham Bailey with E. K. SarterPART IV CASE STUDIES IN FOUNDATIONS ANDCIVIC INFRASTRUCTURE25 Moving the needle: Central Florida Foundationand horizon goals 201Pat Danahey Janin and Laurie E. Paarlberg26 An interesting year: The strength andadaptability of a community foundation amidstthe COVID-19 pandemic 209Rebecca Tekula, Gina Scutelnicu Todoran, and Amy Rutter Korb27 Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence 218Reagan Anderson and Kimberly K. Wiley28 JCC Association of North America: Respondingto the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic 228Mark S. Young29 League of Women Voters: Case study indemocratic resilience 238Michael Lee and Jodi Benenson30 Stewards with intentionality: The LegacyFoundation and community leadership 248Pat Danahey Janin and Laurie E. Paarlberg31 Shaking the foundations: Calls for changein private foundation practices during theCOVID-19 pandemic 256Todd L. Ely and Thad D. Calabrese