Thad Calabrese

Thad Calabrese studies public and nonprofit financial management, broadly focusing on the management and governance of public and not-for-profit organizations, as well as the institutions that affect managerial decision-making in these entities. His research and teaching deliberately span both the governmental and not-for-profit sectors because both provide collective goods and services to the public – frequently in collaboration or through contracting arrangements. Thad''s research focuses on two general themes The first is the general management problem of organizational slack resource management, which also includes debt management. The second focuses on the institutions and relationships between the state and not-for-profits, and how these influence decisions made by each. His research has appeared in the Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Public Administration Review, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Public Budgeting and Finance, Nonprofit Management & Leadership, National Tax Journal, _among others. He has co-authored three texts: _Financial Management for Public, Health, and Not-for-Profit Organizations, 4th Edition (Pearson Prentice Hall) and 5th Edition (CQ), Government and Not-for-Profit Accounting: Concepts and Practices, 7th Edition (Wiley), _and _Accounting Fundamentals for Health Care Management, 2nd Edition (Jones and Bartlett Learning). Thad was awarded the Editors'' Prize for Best Scholarly Paper in _Nonprofit Management & Leadership _for 2013, and joined the journal''s editorial board in 2015.

Thad is the current Treasurer for the Association for Research on Nonprofit and Voluntary Action, and is the Vice Chair for the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM). He also serves on the Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council representing ABFM. In the past, he served on the Executive Committee of the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management for three years, and also chaired the Conference Scholarship Committee for the Association for Research on Nonprofit and Voluntary Action in 2014. He also served for several years on the Audit Committee of the Support Center for Nonprofit Management, which provides consulting services, transition management, and training to nonprofit organizations primarily in New York and New Jersey. Before joining the Wagner School, Thad was on the faculty at the School of Public Affairs at Baruch College – CUNY. Prior to academia, Thad worked in the New York City Office of Management and Budget in tax policy and also as a financial consultant working with nonprofit organizations in New York City.

Areas of Expertise

City Management

Finance

Public & Nonprofit Organizations