While researching stakeholder influence on the nonprofit sector, I came across this article that gave a great summary of our discussion on the different types to exist particularly for charitable organizations. From my experience, relations in a charitable nonprofit can be very murky because it feels as though they tend to have the upper hand  in many situations. As with other sectors, money plays a major role in “controlling the environment” (like we discussed about the Oprah case in class.) This supplemental resource also provided information about customer versus stakeholder relations. The article highlighted that, “…charities depend on getting their stakeholders involved in their organization.  When we are customers, we buy a product or use a service, but do not get terribly involved in the businesses we use.”

In addition to this particular classification of the main difference between the two for particular types of nonprofits, there was further breakdown of the different types of stakeholders into three specific groups. These groups are the following:

Constitutional stakeholders – board members or management committee

Contractual stakeholders – paid staff, funders such as a  foundation, or any business, group or individual that has a formal relationship with the charity.

Third-party stakeholders – all the people and groups influenced by the group (including community members and local government)

Although I do not have extensive experience working with charities, I have interned with them in the past. This article helped in reinforcing my understanding of stakeholders and how even charities and other influential organizations are subjected to their influence.  

What is a Stakeholder For a Nonprofit? Fritz, Joanne. The Balance. 1 Mar. 2017. Web. 22         Jun. 2017. <https://www.thebalance.com/stakeholder-2502118>