En mix av krav
En studie av finansieringsmodeller i ideell sektor
In this thesis a study about funding in civil-society organizations is carried out. The aim is to understand how an organization in civil-society is affected by different forms of financing models. The empirical material in the thesis consists of a case study of three Swedish civil-society organizations (CSO) producing social services in the field of rehabilitation of people with a drug addiction. The case study consists of mainly interviews with people holding a leading position in the three organizations together with a study of for the research question relevant documents. From the empirical material, including an extensive analysis of these organizations different income sources, a partial model of how to categorize and analyze different forms of funding in CSOs is developed. The model shows that different forms of funding, not only the nature of the source of the funding, brings expectations and demands that the receiving organization has to deal with. When analyzing the CSOs included in the study different mixes of funding categories bring different, often disparate, expectations and demands. In the last part of the thesis the author uses Frame theory to analyze how the organizations deals with this complex mix. Strong discursive processes where stories are used to frame the organizations work to be able to the bridge the gap between what is carried out and the expectations. An in the organization internal framing process is also spotted.