Books by Kathleen S. Kelly

First Published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This is the first scholarly work to place the function of fund raising within the field of public relations, redefining it as a specialization responsible for the management of communication between a charitable organization and its donor publics. Combining her academic interest in communication with her experience as a fund raiser, the author has produced one of the few critical studies on fund raising, challenging current perspectives and employing systems theory and the concept of organizational autonomy to lead to a new and different approach. Until now, fund raising has been an anomaly, without an academic home and with few general theories to guide practitioner behavior. This book theoretically grounds fund raising and develops a theory that provides a fuller understanding of one of the fastest growing occupations in the nonprofit sector.

Written for the purpose of teaching fundraising academically, this book integrates practical knowledge with social science and research, and views all aspects, from legal and ethical principles to the managerial process. It aims to fill the gap for a textbook on fundraising as an academic subject.