Situating the Nonprofit Industrial Complex
This article centers on the nonprofit landscape in Vancouver, Canada, a city that occupies the territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) nations, which have never been ceded to the colonial occupation of Canada. Vancouver has a competitive n...
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| author | Tyson Singh Kelsall Jake Seaby Palmour Rory Marck A. J. Withers Nicole Luongo Kahlied Salem Cassie Sutherland Jasmine Veark Lyana Patrick Aaron Bailey Jade Boyd Q. Lawrence Mathew Fleury Alya Govorchin Nathan Crompton Chris Vance Blake Edwards Anmol Swaich Amber Kelsall Meenakshi Mannoe Portia Larlee Jenn McDermid |
| author_facet | Tyson Singh Kelsall Jake Seaby Palmour Rory Marck A. J. Withers Nicole Luongo Kahlied Salem Cassie Sutherland Jasmine Veark Lyana Patrick Aaron Bailey Jade Boyd Q. Lawrence Mathew Fleury Alya Govorchin Nathan Crompton Chris Vance Blake Edwards Anmol Swaich Amber Kelsall Meenakshi Mannoe Portia Larlee Jenn McDermid |
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| description | This article centers on the nonprofit landscape in Vancouver, Canada, a city that occupies the territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) nations, which have never been ceded to the colonial occupation of Canada. Vancouver has a competitive nonprofit field, with an estimated 1600+ nonprofits operating within city limits. This descriptive review starts by defining what a nonprofit industrial complex (NPIC) is, then outlines an abbreviated history of the nonprofit sector on the aforementioned lands. The article then explores issues related to colonialism, anti-poor legislation, neoliberal governance, the fusing of the public and private sectors, and the bureaucratization of social movements and care work as mechanisms to uphold the status quo social order and organization of power. Focusing on under-examined issues related to the business imperatives of nonprofit organizations in the sectors of housing, health and social services, community policing, and research, this work challenges the positive default framing of nonprofits and charities. Instead, we contend that Vancouver’s NPIC allows the government and the wealthy to shirk responsibility for deepening health and social inequities, while shaping nonprofits’ revenue-generating objectives and weakening their accountability to the community. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b9d22d0c78314712b046333a0bfbe1552023-11-19T18:07:50ZengMDPI AGSocial Sciences2076-07602023-09-01121054910.3390/socsci12100549Situating the Nonprofit Industrial ComplexTyson Singh Kelsall0Jake Seaby Palmour1Rory Marck2A. J. Withers3Nicole Luongo4Kahlied Salem5Cassie Sutherland6Jasmine Veark7Lyana Patrick8Aaron Bailey9Jade Boyd10Q. Lawrence11Mathew Fleury12Alya Govorchin13Nathan Crompton14Chris Vance15Blake Edwards16Anmol Swaich17Amber Kelsall18Meenakshi Mannoe19Portia Larlee20Jenn McDermid21Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, CanadaSchool of Social Work, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2, CanadaCommunity Scholars Program, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, CanadaDepartment of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, CanadaIndependent Researcher, Vancouver, BC V6B 5K3, CanadaIndependent Researcher, Vancouver, BC V6A 1H4, CanadaIndependent Researcher, Vancouver, BC V6A 1H4, CanadaIndependent Researcher, Vancouver, BC V6B 0R1, CanadaFaculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, CanadaEastside Illicit Drinkers Group for Education, Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, Vancouver, BC V6A 1P4, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, CanadaIndependent Researcher, Vancouver, BC V6A 1H4, CanadaFaculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, CanadaFaculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, CanadaVancouver Area Network of Drug Users, Vancouver, BC V6A 1P4, CanadaPolitical Science Graduate Program, York University, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, CanadaIndependent Researcher, Vancouver, BC V6A 1H4, CanadaFaculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, CanadaSchool of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6C 1S4, CanadaPivot Legal Society, Vancouver, BC V6A 3E9, CanadaIndependent Researcher, BT7 3GZ Belfast, IrelandInterdisciplinary Studies Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, CanadaThis article centers on the nonprofit landscape in Vancouver, Canada, a city that occupies the territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) nations, which have never been ceded to the colonial occupation of Canada. Vancouver has a competitive nonprofit field, with an estimated 1600+ nonprofits operating within city limits. This descriptive review starts by defining what a nonprofit industrial complex (NPIC) is, then outlines an abbreviated history of the nonprofit sector on the aforementioned lands. The article then explores issues related to colonialism, anti-poor legislation, neoliberal governance, the fusing of the public and private sectors, and the bureaucratization of social movements and care work as mechanisms to uphold the status quo social order and organization of power. Focusing on under-examined issues related to the business imperatives of nonprofit organizations in the sectors of housing, health and social services, community policing, and research, this work challenges the positive default framing of nonprofits and charities. Instead, we contend that Vancouver’s NPIC allows the government and the wealthy to shirk responsibility for deepening health and social inequities, while shaping nonprofits’ revenue-generating objectives and weakening their accountability to the community.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/12/10/549nonprofit industrial complexnonprofitstenancy rightshousing rightscarceral housingsettler colonial |
| spellingShingle | Tyson Singh Kelsall Jake Seaby Palmour Rory Marck A. J. Withers Nicole Luongo Kahlied Salem Cassie Sutherland Jasmine Veark Lyana Patrick Aaron Bailey Jade Boyd Q. Lawrence Mathew Fleury Alya Govorchin Nathan Crompton Chris Vance Blake Edwards Anmol Swaich Amber Kelsall Meenakshi Mannoe Portia Larlee Jenn McDermid Situating the Nonprofit Industrial Complex Social Sciences nonprofit industrial complex nonprofits tenancy rights housing rights carceral housing settler colonial |
| title | Situating the Nonprofit Industrial Complex |
| title_full | Situating the Nonprofit Industrial Complex |
| title_fullStr | Situating the Nonprofit Industrial Complex |
| title_full_unstemmed | Situating the Nonprofit Industrial Complex |
| title_short | Situating the Nonprofit Industrial Complex |
| title_sort | situating the nonprofit industrial complex |
| topic | nonprofit industrial complex nonprofits tenancy rights housing rights carceral housing settler colonial |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/12/10/549 |
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