Whiteness and Masculinity in Nonprofit Organizations: Law, Money, and Institutional Race and Gender

Abstract

Using an institutional framework and critical race and gender theories, this article argues that performances adopted by nonprofits to conform to the legal and economic realities of the sector benefit Whites and men. Economic and legal influences on nonprofits create pressures to conform to the institutions that organize society. Whiteness and Masculinity are two such institutions. After establishing theoretical propositions, the conclusion poses questions to aid in furthering research on Masculinity and Whiteness in nonprofits and undermine the forces frustrating race and gender equity in the nonprofit sector.

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Nuri Heckler

Nuri Heckler is an Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. His research focuses on human resource management, public management, administrative law, and social justice. Before getting his Ph.D., he served as an executive director, finance director, and law clerk at a number of nonprofit and government organizations, including working as a community organizer as a straight white man in a mostly black and Latino neighborhood in Washington, D.C. bordering the historically gay neighborhood. He spends his free time getting into mischief with his wife and two astounding children.