Contents: Foreword; Introduction; Part I Financing the Third Sector: Overview of part I: financing the third sector; The financial context for an expanded third sector, Graham Manville and Richard Greatbanks; Third sector funding streams: the Big Society bank, Graham Manville and Richard Greatbanks; Can credit unions create credit? An analytical evaluation of a potential obstacle to enhanced performance by credit unions, Richard A. Werner. Part II Academic Research in Third Sector Organisations: Over view of part II: academic research in the third sector; Quality management in non-profit networks in Scotland: cynical, committed or reflective?, Tila Morris and Susan Ogden; Do the strategic objectives of not-for-profit organizations define the criteria for impact evaluation?, Tuuli Pärenson; Does the past matter? Exploring the effect of past changes on crisis preparedness in non-profit settings, Rita S. Mano and Zachary Sheaffer; Anecdotal performance reporting: can it provide sufficient confidence for third sector funding bodies?, Richard Greatbanks and Graham Manville; Public value and performance management in third sector organizations, Pratima Dattani. Part III Reflective Practice from the Third Sector: Overview of part III: reflective practice from the third sector; A co-operative development approach to performance measurement in a not-for-profit organization: the COPE Galway case study, Aonghus Sammin, John O’Byrne, Cáthál Wilson and Patrizia Garengo; Social enterprises and democracy: credit unions, social enterprises and engagement with a democratic political economy, John Merritt; Scorecards and strategy maps: top ten factors of performance measurement in non-profit organizations, Brett Knowles, Richard Greatbanks and Graham Manville; Measuring or managing? NGO performance in Peru, Gareth Rees and Richard Greatbanks; Nascent journeys of social enterprise measurements - a reflection of practitioners' experiences, Iain Lucas and David Newton; Conclusion;