The Nonprofit Management Casebook
Scenes From the Frontlines
The Nonprofit Management Casebook: Scenes from the Frontlines
This is the full text of the collection of fun-to-read short stories by Gary M. Grobman that teach important concepts about the nonprofit sector. There are 16 cases that comprise this volume. Click on each link to download each case in Word format. Note that these cases are copyrighted and for personal use only, and may not be published or distributed without the written consent of the author.
Case 1: Jane’s Dilemma—Hiring the Development Director
Case 2: I Choose to Live Foundation—One Man’s Vision to Form a New Charity
Case 3: Cutting the Budget of the Harristown Family Service
Case 4: HHA’s Dilemma: Be a Good Citizen or Fight Extortion
Case 5: Museum and Historical Association State Budget Cuts
Case 6: Evaluating Dr. Luddite, Harristown Asperger’s Syndrome Foundation Executive Director
Case 7: Navigating a Dual Relationship at the Public Interest Policy Center
Case 8: Gambling on an Outside Fundraising Consultant for the “For the Kids” Shelter
Case 9: Reporting Financial Misconduct at Uncommon Agenda
Case 10: The Disruptive Board Member of the Harristown Vet Center
Case 11: Public Relations Dilemma at the Harristown Hospital and Health System
Case 12: Approving a Partnership Agreement—Board Paralysis at the State Association
Case 13: The State Volunteer Firefighters Association’s Dilemma
Case 14: The One (Wo)Man Band Running the Kenmore Midget Baseball League
Case 15: The Professor’s Farewell
Case 16: Doctoring the Résumé—Giving the Third Degree to the Director of Research at SCRC