Exploration of Nonprofit Career Opportunities for those with a Bachelor’s Degree

Authors

  • Kelly M. McGinn Temple University
  • Jake D. Winfield Temple University
  • Jennyfer N. Ngo Temple University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18666/JNEL-2025-12081

Keywords:

undergraduate nonprofit education, nonprofit skills

Abstract

There are many undergraduate programs focused on nonprofit studies being developed across the United States. However, there are a limited number of empirical resources available as program leaders work to develop their curricula. This is an exploratory study aimed at investigating various professions in the nonprofit sector. The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of the positions available to those who graduate with a bachelor’s degree and the skills and knowledge needed in order to be qualified for those positions. We reviewed nonprofit job postings and surveyed professionals currently working in the nonprofit sector. Based on our analysis, four major themes arose: business skills, nonprofit-specific skills, interpersonal skills, and intrapersonal skills. We describe each theme in detail in order to provide program coordinators of undergraduate nonprofit education programs with rich information to use when developing their curricula.

Downloads

Published

2025-03-18

Issue

Online First

Section

Empirical Research

License

Sagamore Publishing LLC (hereinafter the “Copyright Owner”)

Journal Publishing Copyright Agreement for Authors

PLEASE REVIEW OUR POLICIES AND THE PUBLISHING AGREEMENT, AND INDICATE YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE TERMS BY CHECKING THE ‘AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS COPYRIGHT NOTICE’ CHECKBOX BELOW.

I understand that by submitting an article to Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership, I am granting the copyright to the article submitted for consideration for publication in Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership to the Copyright Owner. If after consideration of the Editor of the Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership, the article is not accepted for publication, all copyright covered under this agreement will be automatically returned to the Author(s).

THE PUBLISHING AGREEMENT

Assignment of Copyright

I hereby assign to the Copyright Owner the copyright in the manuscript I am submitting in this online procedure and any tables, illustrations or other material submitted for publication as part of the manuscript in all forms and media (whether now known or later developed), throughout the world, in all languages, for the full term of copyright, effective when the article is accepted for publication.

Reversion of Rights

Articles may sometimes be accepted for publication but later be rejected in the publication process, even in some cases after public posting in “Articles in Press” form, in which case all rights will revert to the Author.

Retention of Rights for Scholarly Purposes

I understand that I retain or am hereby granted the Retained Rights. The Retained Rights include the right to use the Preprint, Accepted Manuscript, and the Published Journal Article for Personal Use and Internal Institutional Use.

All journal material is under a 12 month embargo. Authors who would like to have their articles available as open access should contact Sagamore-Venture for further information.

In the case of the Accepted Manuscript and the Published Journal Article, the Retained Rights exclude Commercial Use, other than use by the author in a subsequent compilation of the author’s works or to extend the Article to book length form or re-use by the author of portions or excerpts in other works.

Published Journal Article: the author may share a link to the formal publication through the relevant DOI.

Author Representations

  • The Article I have submitted to the journal for review is original, has been written by the stated author(s) and has not been published elsewhere.
  • The Article was not submitted for review to another journal while under review by this journal and will not be submitted to any other journal.
  • The Article contains no libelous or other unlawful statements and does not contain any materials that violate any personal or proprietary rights of any other person or entity.
  • I have obtained written permission from copyright owners for any excerpts from copyrighted works that are included and have credited the sources in the Article.
  • If the Article was prepared jointly with other authors, I have informed the co-author(s) of the terms of this Journal Publishing Agreement and that I am signing on their behalf as their agent, and I am authorized to do so.