Temple University Nonprofit Development Program

The nonprofit sector is an essential component in the provision of human services in Pennsylvania. Increasingly, agencies and community organizations of all sizes are confronted with a multitude of challenges. The increased competition for limited funding and evolving social problems require nonprofits to be effective mangers of limited resources, to utilize research as a tool in the development of effective services and to use best management practices in handling personnel, developing programs and meeting community needs.
The Temple University Nonprofit Development Program (TUNDP) is a research, training and consulting service provided by Temple University Harrisburg in central Pennsylvania. TUNDP is designed to assist nonprofit and governmental human services in developing the capacity to effectively serve their communities through best practices in management, research and training. The program brings together the expertise and skills of Temple University’s faculty, staff and students with local service providers–thus enabling them to better serve their clients through innovative and research supported intervention approaches.
The services of TUNDP are customized to meet the needs of individual agencies and community groups. The program can assist agency staff and/or board members in assessing their community needs, grant writing, management and board training, program design and outcomes evaluations.

Projects

• Grant writing courses: Allentown Public Library, Schuylkill County Chamber of Commerce
• Center for Substance Abuse Treatment: Evaluation of Reducing HIV among At risk Latinos in the Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton MSA. A $2.5 million project funded over a 5 year period to examine enrollment intravenous drug users into methadone treatment. Contact Paula Kilduff Gonzalez, project coordinator or Dr. Dave Zanis, PI.
• U.S. Department of Education: Evaluation of a $1.1 million project funded over a 3 year period designed to increase physical activity and nutritional activities of elementary and middle school youth in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Please contact Dave Zanis, PI
• Center for Substance Abuse Treatment: Evaluation of MET/CBT 5, a substance abuse treatment program designed for adolescent substance users. This project is located in Rockville, MD and is a $1.1 million, 3-year grant. Please contact Dave Zanis, PI.
• Survey on tobacco Policies among Pennsylvania Restaurant and Bar owners in Southeastern, Pennsylvania. Funded through a subcontract from the Department of Health, Division of Tobacco Control. FINAL REPORT available. Please contact either Dave Zanis, PI or Jenn Ibrahim, Co PI.
• American Legacy Foundation.: Evaluation of a one year grant to assess the effectiveness of intervention strategies to enroll unemployed or underemployed 18 to 24 year old tobacco users from rural communities into tobacco cessation programs. REPORT AVAILABLE. Please Contact David Zanis, PI or Ron Hollm, co PI
• United Way of the Capital Region: Formative evaluation of funding approaches. Please contact Dave Zanis,