Peter Frumkin
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Professor of Public Affairs and Director
RGK Center for Philanthropy and Public Service Univfersity of Texas at Austin LBJ School of Government
RGK Center for Philanthropy and Public Service Univfersity of Texas at Austin LBJ School of Government
RGK Center for Philanthropy and Public Service Univfersity of Texas at Austin LBJ School of Government
Univfersity of Texas at Austin LBJ School of Government PO Box Y
Austin, TX 78713
United States232-7062
peter_frumkin@harvard.edu
Peter Frumkin is an Associate Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, where he is affiliated with the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations. At the Kennedy School, he teaches courses on philanthropy and nonprofit management. Frumkin is the author of On Being Nonprofit (Harvard University Press,2002). This book considers the changing roles and responsibilities of nonprofit organizations in American democracy and the evolution of public policies shaping the sector’s growth.
He has also authored numerous articles on topics related to nonprofit management, including ones focusing on compensation policies in nonprofit organizations, the impact of fundraising strategies on nonprofit revenue generation, and the effects of public funding on nonprofit mission definition. This work has been published in the Public Administration Review, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, American Review of Public Administration, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Nonprofit Management and Leadership, Society, The Public Interest, and other journals.
Frumkin is the author of numerous articles on all aspects of philanthropy, including the formulation of grant-making strategy, the changing profile of major individual donors, theories of philanthropic leverage, the professionalize movement within foundations, and other topics. He has lectured on philanthropy at universities throughout the country and served as a consultant to foundations and individual donors on strategy and evaluation. Recently, he gave a series of lectures on philanthropy across Europe during trips sponsored by the United States Department of State. He is now completing a new book, Strategic Giving, to be published by the University of Chicago Press. Prior to coming to Harvard, Frumkin worked as a foundation program officer, a nonprofit manager, and a program evaluator in both nonprofit and public agencies. Frumkin received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Chicago in 1997.