Nonprofits Would Benefit from Adopting For-Profit Business Practices, Accenture Research Finds; Specific Operational Improvements Could Alleviate Fund

Nonprofits Would Benefit from Adopting For-Profit Business Practices, Accenture Research Finds; Specific Operational Improvements Could Alleviate Fundraising Pressure; Study Highlights Six Steps for Success: "Nonprofits Would Benefit from Adopting For-Profit Business Practices, Accenture Research Finds; Specific Operational Improvements Could Alleviate Fundraising Pressure; Study Highlights Six Steps for Success
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 18, 2006--Nonprofit organizations would benefit from adopting some of the for-profit world's basic business practices related to operational efficiency, according to results of a study released today by Accenture (NYSE: ACN).

Accenture surveyed more than 230 senior executives involved with nonprofit organizations in the United States in an effort to help nonprofits identify and address key barriers to and accelerators for achieving high performance in the nonprofit community. This study is unique in that it is one of the few studies to poll senior-level executives on both the nonprofit and for-profit sides: executive directors of nonprofit organizations and for-profit executives serving on nonprofit boards of directors."