Research

• Built for Texas Report (2023)
  • Final Report

• Philanthropy Southwest

• Triad National Security, LLC Community Investment Impact
  • Final Report

• Combined Arms | Collaborative Service Delivery Model
  • Final Report

• Built for Texas Report
  • Final Report

• Texas Nonprofit Leaders’ COVID-19 Impact Report
  • Final Report

• The Brazos Valley Nonprofit Leaders’ Response to COVID-19 (April 2020)
  • Final Report

• The Brazos Valley Nonprofit Leaders’ Continued Response to COVID (July 2020)
  • Final Report

• Size and Scope of the Brazos Valley Nonprofit Sector (2018-2019)
  • Final Report

• Texas Nonprofit Sector: Growth and Change (1995 – 2012) (2015)
  • Summary
  • Final Report

• Texas Nonprofit Sector: Capacity in Nonprofit Organizations (2014)
  • Summary
  • Final Report

• Texas Nonprofit Sector: Describing the Size & Scope (2013)
  • Summary
  • Final Report

Dr. Will Brown

• Bio
• Google Scholar Profile
• Scholars@TAMU Profile

Selected Publications & Projects

• Brown, W., & Rosser, W. (2023). A Framework for Creating Systems Change. The Foundation Review, 15(4). https://doi.org/10.9707/1944-5660.1678
• Renz, D. O., Brown, W. A., & Andersson, F. O. (2022). The Evolution of Nonprofit Governance Research: Reflections, Insights, and Next Steps. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. 089976402211110-089976402211110. SAGE Publications.
• Brown W.A. & Hale, M. (Eds), (2022). Preparing leaders of nonprofit organizations: Contemporary Perspectives, Routledge.
• Brown, WA, (2020). Composition on nonprofit boards: Summary of factors that account for who governs nonprofits, in H. Anheier, & S. Toepler, (Eds) Routledge Companion to Nonprofit Management.
• Van Puyvelde, S., Brown, W. A., Walker, V., & Tenuta, R. (2018). Board Effectiveness in Nonprofit Organizations: Do Interactions in the Boardroom Matter?. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. 47(6), 1296-1310. SAGE Publications.
• Brown, W. A (2014). Strategic Management in Nonprofit Organizations. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett.

Dr. Ellie Heng Qu

• Bio
• Google Scholar Profile
• Scholars@TAMU Profile

Selected Publications & Projects

• De Wit, A., Qu, H. & Bekkers, R. (2022). The health advantage of volunteering is larger for older and less healthy volunteers in Europe: A mega-analysis. European Journal of Aging. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-022-00691-5
• Qu, H. (2022). Differential associations between volunteering and subjective well-being by labor force status: An Investigation of Experiential and Evaluative Well-Being Using Time Use Data. Journal of Happiness Studies 23, (4), 1737-1770. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-021-00471-5
• Qu, H., & Paarlberg, L. E. (2022). Community diversity and donor control: An empirical analysis of contributions to donor-advised funds at community foundations. Administration and Society, 54(5): 763-791. https://doi.org/10.1177/00953997211035721
• Qu, H., & Levine Daniel, J. (2021). Tangible information and charitable giving: When (Does) nonprofit overhead matter? Journal of Behavioral Public Administration, 4(2). https://doi.org/10.30636/jbpa.42.254
• Qu, H., Levine Daniel, J. (2021). Is “overhead” a tainted word? A survey experiment on framing effects of nonprofit overhead and donor decisions. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. 50(2): 397-419. https://doi.org/10.1177/0899764020959475

Dr. Robbie Robichau

• Bio
• Google Scholar Profile
• Scholars@TAMU Profile

Selected Publications & Projects

• Robichau, R. W.& Bryan, T.K., & Lee, J.Sharing evaluation information to strengthen nonprofit accountability: The influence of learning and data utilization practices. . Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. doi.org/10.1177/08997640241230884 (Online First)
• Robichau, R. W. & Fernandez, K.(2024). Nonprofits as agents of moral authority. In E. Witesman & C. Child (Eds): Reimagining Nonprofits: Sector Theory in the Twenty-First Century (pp.394410).Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009262057
• Qu, H & Robichau, R. W. (2022). Subjective well-being across the sectors: Examining differences in workers’ life satisfaction and daily experiential well-being. Review of Public Personnel Administration. doi.org/10.1177/0734371X231175343
• Robichau, R.W. & Sandberg, B. (2022).Creating meaningfulness in public service work; A qualitative comparative analysis of public and nonprofit managers’ experiences of work. The American Review of Public Administration, 52(2): 122-138. doi.org/10.1177/02750740211050363

Dr. Angela Seaworth

• Bio
• Google Scholar Profile
• Scholars@TAMU Profile

Selected Publications & Projects

• Seaworth, Angela. (2016). Resilience in Recovery? Limited Leadership: An Examination of Houston Nonprofit Board Diversity and Whether Selection Processes and Executive Director Perceptions of Governance Models Affect Composition.
• Seaworth, A., Schlatre, K., & Zeitlow, J. (2014). Development and Finance: A House Divided?. Advancing Philanthropy. 21(2), 62-63.
• Seaworth, A. D. (2013). On the Same Page. Advancing Philanthropy. 20(2), 41-41.
• Seaworth, A. (2012). Continuing Higher Education Review, 76, 175-182.
• Seaworth, A. D. (2012). Engineering Your Nonprofit Career. Advancing Philanthropy. 19(4), 50-51.

Dr. Kenneth Anderson Taylor

• Bio
• Google Scholar Profile
• Scholars@TAMU Profile

Selected Publications & Projects

• Principal Investigator (2022), Nonprofit Career Development Certificate grant awarded by the OneStar Foundation; $104,000.
• Meyer, M. A., Alexander-Hawk, M., Purdum, J. C., Yelle, H., Vick, J., Rodriguez, A., Romero, S., & Taylor, K. A. (2022). Resilience in Recovery? Understanding the Extent, Structure, and Operations of Nonprofits Meant to Address Disaster Survivors’ Unmet Needs. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. 089976402211382-089976402211382. Sage Publications.
• Co-Principal Investigator (2022), Assessing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Associations grant awarded by the American Society of Association Executives; $75,000.
• Co-Principal Investigator (2019), Child Care Business Training grant awarded by the Texas Workforce Commission; $1,500,000.
• Taylor, K. A. (2018). Nonprofit Donor Motivation Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, & Public Policy.