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January 10, 2002

GSPIA sets up clinic to aid nonprofits

Pitt's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA) has launched a clinic whose mission is to assist regional nonprofits in becoming high-performing organizations.

"Throughout the United States, and particularly in western Pennsylvania, the nonprofit sector has grown dramatically in the past three decades," said Leon L. Haley, Pitt associate professor of public affairs and director of the new Nonprofit Clinic. "Nonprofit organizations are facing numerous issues, such as how to increase accountability, how to be more effective in fund-raising, how to improve organizational performance and how to develop effective leadership and management systems. Many of these organizations do not have the financial means to meet their organizational development and performance enhancement needs. We believe that in many cases GSPIA can provide, through our faculty and students, the help they need through our new Nonprofit Clinic."

Funded in part through a grant from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh, Pitt's Nonprofit Clinic will provide services to qualifying organizations at no cost. Other nonprofit organizations with greater financial resources will be asked to make a nominal contribution to the clinic to cover the costs of services.

"The new Nonprofit Clinic is a natural outgrowth of GSPIA's overall commitment to the community and the quality of our nonprofit management program," said David Y. Miller, GSPIA associate dean and professor of public affairs. In its March 2001 issue, U.S. News and World Report ranked GSPIA's program in management of nonprofit organizations among the top 10 such programs nationally.

Pitt's Nonprofit Clinic will focus on three main areas: technical assistance and capacity-building, clinical site-based services and research. An applied research program is available to support these areas. The research program provides information to help nonprofit organizations become more effective in areas of management, program development, service delivery and evaluation by compiling and synthesizing existing data or by engaging in specific projects where there is a need to generate more timely or need-specific research.

For more information about GSPIA's Nonprofit Clinic and its services and grants, call 412/648-7564 or e-mail gspianpc@pitt.edu.

Filed under: Feature,Volume 34 Issue 9

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