How Do Non-Profit Support And Promote Civic Engagement?
One of the main problems the Vistas kept mentioning was the aspect of community awareness and engagement. In the article titled “Nonprofits and the Promotion of Civic Engagement: A Conceptual Framework for Understanding the "Civic Footprint" of Nonprofits within Local Communities”, the authors speak about how nonprofit organizations provide civic benefits by promoting engagement within local communities. Their analysis uncovered four primary categories which describe how non-profits support and promote civic engagement within communities, the first being “engaging with volunteers and donors”, as it offers an incentive for each to form an understanding of the organization and its impact, the second category is “bringing community members together