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Abstract
Nonprofit management education scholars are asking the question, “How do we measure community impact of nonprofit programs?” One way to study the community impact of nonprofit management education is by studying the impact that service-learning projects have on the nonprofits for which they are developed. This paper synthesizes literature that studies the community impact of nonprofit graduate students’ service-learning projects. This paper also describes capacity building and evaluation tools and theories that can enhance future studies of community impact. Future studies of community impact should include analysis components from the fields of nonprofit management education, service learning, capacity building, and nonprofit evaluation, and take into consideration specific factors that may affect study outcomes.
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Heather Carpenter
Heather Carpenter is a PhD candidate at University of San Diego, where she serves as a Research Associate in the Caster Family Center for Nonprofit and Philanthropic Research. Heather’s research interests are nonprofit education, experiential education, nonprofit leadership, nonprofit workforce issues, and nonprofit technology. She authors the nationally known blog, Nonprofit Leadership 601(http://www.nonprofitalternatives.org/page/blog).