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Presentation Slides: Full report here [Past] Event Info Join the Effective Philanthropy Learning Initiative (EPLI) for a public webinar exploring...
February 25th, 2021
Online via Zoom Webinar
Please join the Center for African Studies and Stanford PACS Digital Civil Society Lab for a workshop discussion of a...
February 17th, 2021
Lucy Bernholz, director of the Stanford PACS Digital Civil Society Lab, has been writing an annual Blueprint on Philanthropy since...
February 16th, 2021
Online webinar via Zoom
As a research center with a mission to develop and share knowledge to improve philanthropy, strengthen civil society, and address...
Read MoreThe 9th annual China-based Social Innovation Summit, hosted by Stanford PACS and the Leping Foundation, took place in November 2020,...
Read MoreThe Annual Industry Forecast by Lucy Bernholz
Sophia Pink, Michael Stagnaro, James Chu, Joe Mernyk, Jan Voelkel, Robb Willer
Johanna Mair and Nikolas Rathert
Francis Fukuyama, Barak Richman, Ashish Goel, Marietje Schaake, Roberta R. Katz, Douglas Melamed
Maggie Coggan
Paul Gowder
Paul Brest and Hal Harvey
Aaron Horvath, Christof Brandtner, and Walter W. Powell
By Juliana Bidadanure