Community Foundations pioneered the development of donor-advised funds, and a number of commercial sponsors, educational institutions, and independent charities now offer this service. Donor-advised funds are the fastest growing charitable giving vehicle in the United States of America, with more than 125,000 donor-advised accounts established, holding over $27 billion in assets.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donor_advised_funds
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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