Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society
Scholars. Practitioners. Leaders.
The Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (PACS) is a global interdisciplinary research center and publisher of the Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR). Stanford PACS develops and shares knowledge to improve philanthropy, strengthen civil society, and address societal challenges. By creating a shared space for scholars, students, and practitioners, Stanford PACS informs policy and social innovation, philanthropic investment, and nonprofit practice.
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Our Work
Events
Decolonizing Data, One Language at a Time.
At a time of growing anxiety about the ubiquity of digital technologies, the idea that we are witnessing the age...
March 28th, 2022
Online event
Content Policy and Elections: Case Studies from France and India
This private workshop on content policy approaches and elections will discuss the readiness of social media platforms for elections in...
March 17th, 2022
Transnational Advocacy in the Digital Era. Think Global, Act Local
Digital advocacy organizations are a novel, significant addition to the international arena and are shaping public opinion on climate change,...
February 23rd, 2022
Online event
News
Stanford PACS 2021: A Special Progress Report
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Read MoreStanford PACS Announces Winter 2022 Small Grant Winners
Stanford PACS is excited to share our four Small Grant winners: Angela Lee, Hanna Folz, and Kimya Loder. The Small...
Read MoreStanford PACS on Social Media
On April 5, @BenBellegy will be speaking at the Effective Philanthropy Conference Series in Latin America by @CEFIS_UAI & @StanfordPACS.
Join one of the 4 sessions to reflect on the main challenges to promote philanthropy in the region: http://ow.ly/amRI50IiwuZ
Register to join us next Tuesday, March 22, for the next session of #FilantropíaEfectivaenAméricaLatina!
Stanford Social Innovation Review
Recent Publications
Bay Area Millennial Giving: Trends, Challenges, & Opportunities (Chinese Edition, December 2021)
By Judy Park & Kavya Shankar
Philanthropy and Digital Civil Society: Blueprint 2022
The Annual Industry Forecast by Lucy Bernholz
Announcing: Australian Edition of the Toolkit
The Australian Toolkit
EPLI has partnered with Perpetual Asset Management Australia to create an Australian version of the Toolkit available for free online here.
Alternative Organizing with Social Purpose: Revisiting Institutional Analysis of Market-Based Activity
Mair, J., & Rathert, N. 2021. Socio-Economic Review. Online First: DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwz031.
Can Ratings Have Indirect Effects? Evidence from the Organizational Response to Peers’ Environmental Ratings
Amanda J. Sharkey and Patricia Bromley
The Virus And The Vote: Administering the 2020 Election In A Pandemic
A Compendium of Research from the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project
What’s your impact?
Maggie Coggan
The Rule of Law in the Real World
Paul Gowder
Money Well Spent: A Strategic Guide for Smart Philanthropy, Second Edition (2018)
Paul Brest and Hal Harvey
Serve or Conserve: Mission, Strategy, and Multi-Level Nonprofit Change During the Great Recession
Aaron Horvath, Christof Brandtner, and Walter W. Powell
Universal Basic Income: Safety Net 2.0
By Juliana Bidadanure