Andersson, Fredrik O.2019-07-252019-07-252018Andersson, F. O. (2018). Necessity Nonprofit Entrepreneurship: A Study of Extrinsically Motivated Nascent Nonprofit Entrepreneurs. Nonprofit Policy Forum; Berlin, 9(2). http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/npf-2017-002421946035https://hdl.handle.net/1805/19961Individuals creating new nonprofit organizations are often viewed as being driven by intrinsic and altruistic motives pulling them into becoming a nonprofit entrepreneur. However, individuals can also be pushed towards self-employment in the nonprofit sector because of negative external forces, a phenomenon labeled necessity nonprofit entrepreneurship. This article explores necessity nonprofit entrepreneurs to illustrate how they differ from those not explicitly driven by necessity in starting up a new nonprofit, and what policy implications and questions necessity nonprofit entrepreneurship raises for nonprofit stakeholders.en-USAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United Statesnonprofit entrepreneurshipnecessity entrepreneursArticle