150 Profiles: Vic Murray
As we mark the 150th anniversary of confederation, The Philanthropist is profiling Canadians from across the non-profit sector and putting a face to 150 individuals who
Victor Murray
Victor Murray
Vic Murray is Adjunct Professor in the School of Public Administration at the University of Victoria.
Written By Victor Murray
An Approach to a Balanced Scorecard for United Way Organizations
I. Introduction United Way organizations (UWOs), through which nonprofit agencies that deliver human services combine their annual fundraising for operating purposes and establish a mechanism
Reinventing Your Board
By John Carver and Miriam Mayhew Carver Published by Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, 1997, 232 pp., $40.95 REVIEWED BY VICTOR MURRAY Faculty of Administrative Studies,
Improving board performance
Introduction This article presents a nonacademic review of what it takes to create effective boards for nonprofit organizations. It identifies the main factors affecting the
Privatization and the Delivery of Personal Social Services: Is the Voluntary Board of Directors Up To the Task?
Presented to the Sixth Conference on Social Welfare Policy, St. John’s, Newfoundland, June 27-30, 1993. Introduction Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine,
Making Corporate Donations Decisions
Introduction This paper has three objectives: (1) to review what we know about the nature and extent of corporate charitable giving in Canada today, and
Corporate Philanthropy
Published by the Council on Foundations, 1982, Washington, D.C., 160 pp. REVIEWED BY CHRISTINE LEE* Recent social and political developments in the United States resulted