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Sustaining safe spaces: a critical exploration of the relationship between foundation funding and capacity building in LGBTQ+ identity-based nonprofit organizations (IBNPs)
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Willis, Kareem Kamarlie Melvin. Sustaining safe spaces: a critical exploration of the relationship between foundation funding and capacity building in LGBTQ+ identity-based nonprofit organizations (IBNPs). Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-pzjw-qy18

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TitleSustaining safe spaces: a critical exploration of the relationship between foundation funding and capacity building in LGBTQ+ identity-based nonprofit organizations (IBNPs)
NameWillis, Kareem Kamarlie Melvin (author); McDougle, Lindsey (chair); Riccucci, Norma (member); Camarena, Leonor (member); Gaynor, Tia Sheree (member); Rutgers University; Graduate School - Newark
Date Created2022
Other Date2022-10 (degree)
SubjectPublic administration, Grantmaking foundation, Identity-based nonprofits (IBNPs), LGBTQ+ serving organizations, Queer theory, Resource mobilization theory, Social justice philanthropy
Extent130 pages
DescriptionIdentity-Based Nonprofits (IBNPs) have been working for decades to secure a better quality of life for the vulnerable communities who depend on their existence for survival. IBNPs are organizations founded by individuals sharing a common identity for the greater benefit of people with the same social identifier (Ospina, Diaz & O’Sullivan, 2002). While we know that such organizations face numerous challenges especially around navigating the funding environment, very little research provides a critical perspective of the relationship between the funding environment and IBNPs (Threadgill-Goodson, 2005; Beam, 2018; Francis, 2019). Through the use of Resource Mobilization Theory (RMT) in conversation with Queer Theory, this qualitative research project explores the extent to which, if at all, key personnel within LGBTQ+ serving identity-based nonprofit organizations (IBNPs) perceive foundation funding to be an important resource in their ability to effectively deliver program services and ultimately sustain their organizational existence. Additionally, this study also proposes a theory that helps to explain and advance the nature of existing relationships between IBNPOs and their foundation funders. Specifically, it assesses whether and to what extent power dynamics shape interactions in existing relationships; and, as a result, whether these dynamics impact any expected outcomes of the receiving IBNPs.
Data analysis was conducted using NVivo (version 1.6.2), a qualitative data analysis computer software program designed to facilitate grounded theory research. This process yielded five major themes: Pursuing Capacity Building, Sustainability, Navigating the Grants Marketplace, Navigating the Grants Management Process and Nuanced Power Dynamics at Play. These themes confirmed expectations that IBNPs deem foundation funding to be important to their operations and capacity building initiatives. They also confirmed that the relationship between grantmaking foundations and IBNPs could benefit from a critical intervention. Inspired by the responses of the participants, the study proposes a model of funding relationships that centers equity and justice and proposes recommendations for social justice philanthropy, nonprofit practice, and future research.
NotePh.D.
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
Genretheses
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-pzjw-qy18
LanguageEnglish
CollectionGraduate School - Newark Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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