HIRI Fellowship Winners

HIRI Nonprofit Research Fellowships, College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, California State University Northridge

Spring 2024

• Professors Nathan Romine and Kevin Zemlicka "Elevating Voices and Strategizing Non-Profit Services: Examining About My Fathers Business' Approaches Through Participatory Action Research Among the Unhoused in West San Fernando Valley"
  For a copy of the report from this grant, contact thomas.e.backer@csun.edu

Fall 2023

• Professor M. Paloma Giottonini  "Cottonwood Urban Farms: Developing a Metrics Tracking Model to Measure the Impact of a Non-profit Organization"
  For a copy of the report from this grant, contact thomas.e.backer@csun.edu
• Professor Suzanne Scheld  "Exploring Uses of AI in Small Non-Profit Cultural Organizations the San Fernando Valley"
  For a copy of the report from this grant, contact thomas.e.backer@csun.edu
• Professor  Zayda Sorrell-Medina- "Understanding How U.S. Foster and Adopted Nonprofits Exclude Immigrant, Ethnic, and Religious Groups"
  For a copy of the report from this grant, contact thomas.e.backer@csun.edu

Spring 2023

• Professor Moshoula Capous-Desyllas “Identifying Non-Profit Organizations in Los Angeles, CA That Are Engaged in Arts-Based Approaches to Social Work Practice for Addressing Mental Health Challenges in BIPOC Communities”
  For a copy of the report from this grant, contact thomas.e.backer@csun.edu
• Professor Mintesnot Woldeamanuel “Coping with the Emotional and Economic Challenges of Covid-19: The Role of Religious Organizations as Cultural Agents”
  For a copy of the report from this grant, contact thomas.e.backer@csun.edu

Fall 2022

• Professor Kimberly Kirner “DEI and the Government Grant-Making Process”
  For a copy of the report from this grant, contact thomas.e.backer@csun.edu
• Professors Alana M. Rader, Edward Jackiewicz “The Capacity of a San Fernando Valley NGO to Address Double Exposure to Socio-ecological Injustice through Higher Education”
  For a copy of the report from this grant, contact thomas.e.backer@csun.edu
• Professor Eric Gamino “Reaching for the Stars: An Examination of a Nonprofit Police-Youth Program in Hollywood”
  For a copy of the report from this grant, contact thomas.e.backer@csun.edu

Spring 2022

• Professor Suzanne Scheld “Non-Profit Cultural Organization Network of the San Fernando Valley (NPCON)”
  For a copy of the report from this grant, contact thomas.e.backer@csun.edu

Fall 2021

• Professor Wendy Ashley “Exploring the Utilization of an All-Staff Training Model to Address COVID-19 and Racial Tension”
  For a copy of the report from this grant, contact thomas.e.backer@csun.edu
• Professor Wintesnot Woldeamanuel “Faith Based Organizations and Mental Wellness During COVID-19"
  For a copy of the report from this grant, contact thomas.e.backer@csun.edu

Spring 2021

• Professor Suzanne Scheld “Stepping Toward Forming a Coalition for Small Non-Profit Cultural Organizations in the San Fernando Valley.”
  For a copy of the report from this grant, contact thomas.e.backer@csun.edu

Fall 2020

• Professor Allen Lipscomb "Exploring the Utilization of Anti-Racist Practices Within Nonprofit Organizations Serving African American Clients"
  For a copy of the report from this grant, contact thomas.e.backer@csun.edu

Fall 2019

• Professor Wendy Ashley "Study of Transformative Supervision Tools"
  For a copy of the report from this grant, contact thomas.e.backer@csun.edu
• Professor. Moshoula Capous-Desyllas "Tensions, Challenges & Lessons Learned: Unpacking Ethical Dilemmas of Data Collection and Data Dissemination in Evaluation Research with Nonprofit Organizations"
  For a copy of the report from this grant, contact thomas.e.backer@csun.edu
• Professor Suzanne Scheld "Exploring Archival Activism with Nonprofit Cultural Institutions in the San Fernando Valley"
  For a copy of the report from this grant, contact thomas.e.backer@csun.edu

Spring 2019

• Professor Lauren Willner, "Examining the Structural Barriers to Effective Service Provision Within Nonprofit Organizations Serving the Homeless: A Community-Based Participatory Research Project"
  For a copy of the report from this grant, contact thomas.e.backer@csun.edu
• Professor Mintesnot Woldeamanuel, "The Role of Nonprofit Organizations in the Expansion of All-inclusive Transportation in Los Angeles"
  For a copy of the report from this grant, contact thomas.e.backer@csun.edu

Fall 2018

• Professor Jodi Brown "Nonprofit Survival Strategies in Times of Political Uncertainty: 2016-2019"
  For a copy of the report from this grant, contact thomas.e.backer@csun.edu
• Professor.Luciana Lagana, "A Randomized Controlled Study on the Anti-Bias Value of an Educational Film Featuring Differently Abled Individuals and Related Nonprofit Work"
  For a copy of the report from this grant, contact thomas.e.backer@csun.edu

Spring 2018

• Professor Allen Lipscomb, "Exploring the Role of Mentorship in Nonprofit Organizations in the San Fernando Valley to Support and Retain African American Male Social Workers"
  For a copy of the report from this grant, contact thomas.e.backer@csun.edu
• Professor Lauren Willner, "Navigating Managerialism: The Experiences of Middle Managers in Social Justice Nonprofit Organizations"
  For a copy of the report from this grant, contact thomas.e.backer@csun.edu

Fall 2017

• Professor Alejandra Acuna, “Assessing and Promoting Professional Resilience among Nonprofit Staff”
  For a copy of the report from this grant, contact thomas.e.backer@csun.edu
• Professor Kimberly Kirner, “Improving the Organizational Network for Older Foster Youth in Los Angeles County”
  For a copy of the report from this grant, contact thomas.e.backer@csun.edu
• Professor Zeynep Toker, “The Role of Nonprofit Organizations in Offering Physical Activity Related Programs Addressing Health Disparities in the San Fernando Valley”
  For a copy of the report from this grant, contact thomas.e.backer@csun.edu
• Professor Lauren Willner, “Understanding the Role of Managerialism in Social Justice Nonprofit Organizations: Threats, Challenges, and Opportunities”
  For a copy of the report from this grant, contact thomas.e.backer@csun.edu

Spring 2017

• Professor Moshoula Capous-Desyllas, “Using Photovoice Methodology to Assess the Needs and Services of Nonprofit Organizations: Strengths and Limitations of Using this Arts-based Research Method as an Evaluation Tool”
  For a copy of the report from this grant, contact thomas.e.backer@csun.edu

Fall 2016

• Professor Cedric Hackett, DuBois-Hamer Institute for Academic Achievement, “Study of San Fernando Valley Nonprofit Services to Black Women”
  For a copy of the report from this grant, contact thomas.e.backer@csun.edu
• Professor Luciana Lagana, Department of Psychology, “Study of Impact of a Film on Older Multiethnic LGBTQ Individuals and Nonprofits Serving Them”
  For a copy of the report from this grant, contact thomas.e.backer@csun.edu
• Professor Jodi Constantine Brown, “Fight, Flight, or Freeze?  Nonprofit Survival Strategies in Times of Uncertainty”
  For a copy of the report from this grant, contact thomas.e.backer@csun.edu

Spring 2016

• Professor Craig Olwert, Urban Studies and Planning and Danielle Bram, Center for Geographical Studies, “Study of Valley Nonprofit Needs Including Geo-mapping Technology”
• View Olwert Study Results (.pdf)
• Professor David Boyns, Sociology, “Study of Partnerships Among Valley Nonprofits”
• View Boyns Study Results (.pdf)
• Professor Alessandro Rigolon, Urban Studies and Planning, “Study of Valley Nonprofits and Green Space Inequities”
• View Rigolon Study Results (.pdf)
• Professor Luciana Lugana, Psychology, “Study of Impact of a Video on Attitudes Regarding  Homeless Healthcare Nonprofits”
  
• For a copy of the report from this grant, please contact VNR at valleynonprofitresources@csun.edu.

Fall 2015

• Professor Moshoula Capous-Desyllas Sociology Department, “Using Visual Mapping Methodology to Understand Barriers and Access to Services of Nonprofit Organizations in Los Angeles”
• View Capous-Desyllas Study Results (.pdf)
• Professor Victor Shaw, Sociology Department, “Chinese Philanthropy and Nonprofit Organizations in the United States”
• View Shaw Study Results (.pdf)

Spring 2015

• Professor Craig Olwert, Urban Studies and Planning & Danielle Bram/Patricia Pendleton, Center for Geographical Studies, “Feasibility Study on Providing Geographic Information Science Services to Nonprofits”
• View Olwert etal. Study Results (.pdf)
• Professor Jodi Constantine Brown, Department of Social Work, “Social Work Perspectives of Nonprofit Agency Research Capacity and Culture”
• View Brown Study Results (.pdf)

Fall 2014

• Professor Victor Shaw, Sociology Department, “Study of Philanthropy in China”
• View Victor Shaw Study Results (.pdf)
• Professor Cedric Hackett, DuBois-Hamer Institute for Academic Achievement, “Study of San Fernando Valley Nonprofit Services to Black Men and Youth”
• View Cedric Hackett Study Results (.pdf)