David Hammack, the Hiram C. Haydn Professor of History Emeritus at the College of Arts and Sciences, was referenced recently an article discussing nonprofit organizations as formal, self-governing, voluntary, private organizations that don’t distribute profits and provide a public benefit.
The author notes that Hammack’s definition covers a range of nonprofits that are big and small, wealthy and grassroots. Some organizations have the capacity to do transformative work, but others fall short of their objectives.