Accountability Mechanisms and Mission-Based Activity: A Nonprofit Agency Serving Immigrants and Refugees

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dc.contributor.authorChristensen, Rachel Atkinen
dc.contributor.committeechairEbrahim, Alnoor S.en
dc.contributor.committeememberCarmin, Joann S.en
dc.contributor.committeememberGood, Charles M. Jr.en
dc.contributor.departmentUrban Affairs and Planningen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:57:36Zen
dc.date.adate2002-04-29en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:57:36Zen
dc.date.issued2002-04-16en
dc.date.rdate2003-04-29en
dc.date.sdate2002-04-26en
dc.description.abstractThis paper assesses the relationship between accountability mechanisms and the mission-based services provided by nonprofit organizations serving refugees and immigrants in America. Currently, over 28.4 million immigrants, ten percent of the nationâ s total population, are estimated to be living in the United States. Many nonprofit organizations were founded specifically to serve these individuals. Nonprofits today are feeling intense accountability pressures, as they are being asked to justify the services they deliver and their operations. Therefore, to comply with funding and regulatory agencies, these organizations are integrating multiple methods and systems of evaluation. This paper examines accountability processes in a nonprofit agency serving immigrants and refugees. In particular, it identifies to whom the case study organization is accountable and the accountability mechanisms used in the case studied. This research further focuses on the time requirements of those mechanisms, the relationship between the mechanisms, and, finally, the impact of the accountability mechanisms on the mission-based activities of the organization.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Urban and Regional Planningen
dc.identifier.otheretd-04262002-105015en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04262002-105015/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/37090en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartMajorPaperChristensen.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectnonprofit organizationsen
dc.subjectadministrative responsibilityen
dc.subjectaccountabilityen
dc.subjectimmigrationen
dc.titleAccountability Mechanisms and Mission-Based Activity: A Nonprofit Agency Serving Immigrants and Refugeesen
dc.typeMajor paperen
thesis.degree.disciplineUrban Affairs and Planningen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Urban and Regional Planningen

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