Strategic Planning

ARNOVA Strategic Plan 2023-2026

Approved at the ARNOVA Board Meeting, December 2022

The Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) is a diverse community of scholars, educators, and practice leaders that strengthens the field of nonprofit and philanthropic research in order to improve civil society and human life.

Values

Member-Driven

Welcoming, encouraging, supportive, developmental, collegial, interdisciplinary, responsive, engaging, diverse and inclusive

Field-building

Connecting research to practice, focusing on nonprofit work worldwide, translational, influential, expanding the field, innovative, relevant, transformative

High Integrity

High-quality research, ethical, accountable, transparent, sustainable, learning organization, support democratic principles and processes

Strategic Priorities

Enhance value of member experience while growing membership

Grow membership numbers and diversity
Enrich professional development and positive member experience
Enhance programming and services (support for full career trajectory)

Expand capacity to support changing needs and evolving pathways to fulfill mission

Accountability to Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access (IDEA) principles
Engage in continuous improvement
Data-informed and data-driven decision making

Build external relationships to enhance contributions to knowledge, policy and practice

Build and strengthen external relationships
Leverage resources to enhance contribution to knowledge, policy and practice
Advocate for research support, knowledge-based practice and policies, and intellectual exchanges

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