Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Not-for-Profit Management

Description from DukeHub

Are nonprofit organizations effective agents of social change? Do foundations perpetuate or undermine a pluralistic democracy? Students will explore these questions and gain an understanding of how modern philanthropy is practiced and governed under U.S. law.

Skills

• policy and lawdepartment: PUBPOL

AI-resilient: 2 of 5 2/5

• No: Physical, lab or field work
• No: Live work with people
• ✓Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "law"
• No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
• ✓Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 14 seats per section

The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works

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