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
Dataraising and Digital Civil Society
What is dataraising and why should nonprofits care? For millennia humans have given time and money to each other and...
August 10th, 2022
Online event
The Upgrade Initiative: Me, My .Org, and AI
The Upgrade Initiative is a collaborative effort to integrate digital skills and policy concerns into the core of nonprofit capacity building...
July 27th, 2022
Online event
The Upgrade Initiative: Navigating a Sea of Disinformation
The Upgrade Initiative is a collaborative effort to integrate digital skills and policy concerns into the core of nonprofit capacity building...
July 13th, 2022
Online event
News
DCSL Bids Farewell to Outgoing Postdoctoral Fellows
The Digital Civil Society Lab would like to extend a warm farewell to our outgoing postdoctoral fellows: Samantha Bradshaw, David...
Read More“Critical race theory” is being weaponised. What’s the fuss about?
Patricia Bromley’s research on history textbooks, mentioned in The Economist, supports arguments that critical race theory is not currently a...
Read MoreStanford PACS on Social Media
As many as 300,000 people per year may lose access to abortion across 26 states as a consequence of overturning Roe. Shruthi Jayaram & @erinmbarringer (@DalbergTweet), @elizarennis & Saalar Aghili with strategies to strengthen the abortion care ecosystem. https://ssir.org/articles/entry/expanding_abortion_access_in_post_roe_america
Ready for a coffee break? ☕ Hop on to our virtual book chat to learn about effective philanthropy in the internet age. Happening now: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-dataraising-digital-civil-society-tickets-387839397077 #HowWeGiveNow #booklovers
Stanford Social Innovation Review
Recent Publications
Toward a Better Understanding of Social Origins Theory: A Historical Narrative of Vienna’s Civil Society Organizations
by Florentine Maier, Michael Meyer, and Berta Terzieva
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
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