[1] This area of inquiry examines the management and effectiveness of the nonprofit sector.
As evidenced by the lack of a uniform name, degrees in nonprofit management are a relatively new phenomenon.
However, as the field has grown, there are increasing numbers of free-standing graduate and undergraduate programs not bound within traditional disciplines.
The Nonprofit Academic Centers Council (NACC) has developed curricular guidelines for degree programs in the nonprofit and philanthropic studies field that has helped to guide many universities in the development of their degree and certificate programs.
[2] In 1983, the School of Management at the University of San Francisco was the first institution in the nation to offer the Master of Nonprofit Administration (MNA) program.