Bobbi’s Reviews > Effective Non-Profit Management: Context, Concepts, and Competencies > Status Update

"Nonprofits, over time, have become a strong and steady partner of the government as a preferred vehicle for service provisions. However, as Smith and Lipsky (2001) point out, the longer a nonprofit relies extensively on government contracts, the more it will tend to look, think, feel, and act like a small government" (p. 17).