Funding Agency: Helen Bader Institute for Non-Profit Management, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Faculty Nonprofit Research Grant.
The study will seek answers to the following research questions:
- What is the mission of US national nonprofit organizations vis-à-vis urban greening?
- How are these nonprofits organized and how do they operate within the redevelopment process, in terms of ascertaining their degree of involvement, leveraging community support, interacting with public and private sector stakeholders, financing projects, etc.?
- What particular challenges do they face and how are these overcome?
- What types of outcomes have they achieved and is their organizational effectiveness improving?