Community Foundations+lessons learned

Publications

Bernholz. L., K. Fulton, and G. Kasper. (2005). “On the brink of new promise: The future of U.S. community foundations.” Trade report. Funded by Charles S. Mott Foundation and the Ford Foundation.

Gast, E. (2006). Community foundation handbook: What you need to know. New York: Council on Foundations.

Hall, P.D. (1989). “The community foundation in America, 1914-1987.” In Richard Magat, ed., Philanthropic Giving. New York: Oxford University Press.

Hammack, D. (1989). “Community foundations: The delicate question of purpose,” in Magat, R., ed. An agile servant: Community leadership by community foundations. New York: The Foundation Center.

Magat, R., ed. (1989). An agile servant: Community leadership by community foundations. New York: The Foundation Center.

a nonprofit group asks:

"We would like to conduct a social impact study of our members that illustrate the programmatic impact nonprofits have on the community. We have been able to find reports for the economic impact of nonprofits, but not a compilation of their social impact, their program benchmarks, as it were. Do you know of any reports or organizations that are doing this kind of work that we could link with or use their survey work?"

Indeed, we have extensive information here:

Social Impact of Nonprofits
Philanthropy and Social Impact

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