| Citizen participation in decision making: is it worth the effort? RA Irvin, J Stansbury Public administration review 64 (1), 55-65, 2004 | 3100 | 2004 |
| State regulation of nonprofit organizations: Accountability regardless of outcome RA Irvin Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 34 (2), 161-178, 2005 | 127 | 2005 |
| Endowments: Stable largesse or distortion of the polity? RA Irvin Public Administration Review 67 (3), 445-457, 2007 | 53 | 2007 |
| The student philanthropists: Fostering civic engagement through grantmaking RA Irvin Journal of Public Affairs Education 11 (4), 315-324, 2005 | 37 | 2005 |
| Quality of care differences by ownership in United States renal dialysis facilities RA Irvin ASAIO journal 46 (6), 775-778, 2000 | 34 | 2000 |
| Surviving the black swan event: How much reserves should nonprofit organizations hold? RA Irvin, CW Furneaux Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 51 (5), 943-966, 2022 | 25 | 2022 |
| Collaboration versus competition in the third sector RA Irvin Handbook of research on nonprofit economics and management, 83-95, 2010 | 24 | 2010 |
| The role of philanthropy in local government finance RA Irvin, P Carr Public Budgeting & Finance 25 (3), 33-47, 2005 | 20 | 2005 |
| Mission change over time in US family foundations RA Irvin, E Kavvas Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 49 (1), 5-28, 2020 | 17 | 2020 |
| Use of consultants as adjunct faculty in graduate nonprofit management programs RA Irvin Journal of Public Affairs Education 9 (3), 181-192, 2003 | 14 | 2003 |
| Competition and collaboration: when are they good for the nonprofit sector? TD Harrison, RA Irvin Handbook of research on nonprofit economics and management, 118-131, 2018 | 11 | 2018 |
| Collaboration and barter RA Irvin Financing nonprofits: Putting theory into practice, 207-226, 2007 | 11 | 2007 |
| A position paper on accreditation on nonprofit/philanthropy university curricula M Hale, RA Irvin The Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership, 2017 | 10 | 2017 |
| Regional wealth and philanthropic capacity mapping RA Irvin Nonprofit and voluntary sector quarterly 36 (1), 165-172, 2007 | 9 | 2007 |
| How slogans curate public opinion: hard lessons from Lakoff and the linguists RA Irvin Public Integrity 21 (4), 433-447, 2019 | 7 | 2019 |
| Should St. Merciful Hospital Become CorpHealth, Inc.?: Ownership and Quality in US Health Care Organizations RA Irvin Nonprofit Management and Leadership 11 (1), 3-20, 2000 | 7 | 2000 |
| How Dark Is It? An Investigation of Dark Money Operations in US Nonprofit Political Advocacy Organizations RA Irvin Nonprofit Policy Forum 14 (2), 101-129, 2023 | 5 | 2023 |
| Nonprofit board governance: In the classroom and on the board RA Irvin, D Lang Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership 3 (1), 2013 | 5 | 2013 |
| Definition and management of endowment RA Irvin | 4 | 2010 |
| Lessons from environmental regulation for the nonprofit sector RA Irvin Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics 73 (3), 353-374, 2002 | 3 | 2002 |