Michael O'Neill (educator)


Michael O'Neill received a doctorate in education from Harvard University in 1967.
He is one of the pioneers in non-profit management education and founded the Institute for Nonprofit Organization Management at the University of San Francisco.

Published works

Books and monographsEducating Managers of Nonprofit Organizations. New York: Praeger, 1988.
  • The Third America: The Emergence of the Nonprofit Sector in the United States. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1989.
  • Ethics in Nonprofit Management: A Collection of Cases. San Francisco: Institute for Nonprofit Organization Management, University of San Francisco, 1990.Hispanics and the Nonprofit Sector. New York: Foundation Center, 1991.Women and Power in the Nonprofit Sector. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1994.Nonprofit Management Education: U.S. and World Perspectives. New York: Praeger, 1998.Giving and Volunteering in California. San Francisco: Institute for Nonprofit Organization Management, University of San Francisco, 2000.
  • Nonprofit Nation: A New Look at the Third America. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002.
Articles, chapters, reviews
  • "Responsible Management in the Nonprofit Sector." In Virginia A. Hodgkinson, Richard W. Lyman, and Associates, The Future of the Nonprofit Sector: Challenges, Changes, and Policy Considerations, pp. 261–274. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1989.
  • "An Interview with Harold M. Williams." Nonprofit Management and Leadership, Vol. 1, No. 1, 69–74.
  • "Ethical Dimensions of Nonprofit Administration." Nonprofit Management and Leadership, Vol. 3, No. 2, 199–213. Also in Terry L. Cooper, Handbook of Administrative Ethics, pp. 475–484.
  • "Fundraising as an Ethical Act." Advancing Philanthropy, Vol. 1, No. 1, 30–35. Also in Marianne G. Briscoe, Ethics in Fundraising: Putting Values into Practice, New Directions for Philanthropic Fundraising, No. 6, Winter 1994, pp. 3–13.
  • "Philanthropic Dimensions of Mutual Benefit Organizations." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Vol. 23, No. 1, 3-20.
  • "An Interview with Robert L. Payton." Nonprofit Management and Leadership, Vol. 5, No. 3, 303–309.
  • "The Ethical Dimensions of Fund Raising." In Dwight F. Burlingame, Critical Issues in Fund Raising, pp. 58–64. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1997.
  • "State Nonprofit Databases: Lessons from the California Experience." Nonprofit Management and Leadership, Vol. 7, No. 4, 447–454.
  • "A Spare Literature," Advancing Philanthropy, Vol. 5, No. 2, 26–30.
  • "An Interview with Susan Berresford." Nonprofit Management and Leadership, Vol. 8, No. 3, 287–292.
  • "Masters of Nonprofit Management." In Jay M. Shafritz, International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration. Volume 3, pp. 1368–1371. Boulder, Col.: Westview, 1998.
  • "Mutual Benefit Organization." In Jay M. Shafritz, International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration. Volume 3, pp. 1466–1470. Boulder, Col.: Westview, 1998.
  • "Religious Nonprofits in California." In Mark Chaves and Sharon L. Miller, Financing American Religion. Walnut Creek, Ca.: Alta Mira Press, 1999, pp. 131–137.
  • "Where You Stand Depends on Where You Sit: The Implications of Organizational Location for University-Based Programs in Nonprofit Management." Public Performance and Management Review, Vol. 25, No. 1, 74–87.
  • "Research on Giving and Volunteering: Methodological Considerations." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Vol. 30, No. 3, 505–514.
  • "Administrative Ethics in Nonprofit Organizations." In Terry L. Cooper, Handbook of Administrative Ethics. 2 edition., pp. 623–628.
  • "International Trends in University-Based Nonprofit Management Education." In Zhao LiQing and Carolyn Iyoya Irving, The Non-Profit Sector and Development. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Press for Social Sciences, 2001.
  • "Ethics and Philanthropy." In Dwight F. Burlingame, Philanthropy in America: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, Ca.: ABC-CLIO, 2004, vol. 1, pp. 140–143.
  • "Mutual Benefit Organizations." In Dwight F. Burlingame, Philanthropy in America: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, Ca.: ABC-CLIO, 2004, vol. 2, pp. 324–329.
  • "Developmental Contexts of Nonprofit Management Education." Nonprofit Management and Leadership, Vol. 16, No. 1, 5–17.
  • Review of Nonprofit Organizations: Theory, Management, Policy by Helmut K. Anheier. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Vol. 35, No. 3, 543–545.
  • Review of On Being Nonprofit: A Conceptual and Policy Primer by Peter Frumkin. Nonprofit Management and Leadership, Vol. 17, No. 3, 375–376.
  • "The Future of Nonprofit Management Education." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Supplement to Vol. 36, No. 4, 169S-176S.
  • "The Removal of Chief Justice Maginnis: Politics and the Judiciary in Wyoming Territory." Annals of Wyoming, Vol. 79, Nos. 3-4, 50–72.