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
Paper submissions due for Special Issue on “Nonprofits, Public Policy, and Climate Change” in Nonprofit Policy Forum
Guest edited by Jennifer A. Kagan, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and Patricia Bromley, Stanford University
March 30th, 2023
EPP Reunion 2022
The Effective Philanthropy Learning Initiative (EPLI) at Stanford PACS is delighted to welcome back its EPP alums to Stanford for...
November 18th, 2022
Virtual Event
May Farid, University of Hong Kong
Co-Sponsored with the Scandinavian Consortium for Organizational Research (SCANCOR) Dr. May Farid is a political scientist studying civil society, policy...
November 14th, 2022
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News
What’s Worrying the Global Elite in Davos
Bloomberg news discusses research by Shawn Pope and Patricia Bromley showing an evolution both in the gender composition a focus...
Read MoreDigital Civil Society Lab Announces 2023-24 Cohort of Practitioner Fellows
Five social sector leaders to develop research and tools to benefit global civil society The Digital Civil Society Lab (DCSL)...
Read MoreStanford PACS on Social Media
Join us Tuesday with @davidlazer and host @persily for a one hour seminar on how the online information ecosystem is evolving.
To register: 🔗https://cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/events/emergent-structure-online-information-ecosystem
"Scholars like @p2173 are expanding the concept of philanthropy beyond rich, old, white people to include a far broader & more inclusive territory, covering everything from giving $50 to your local church or homeless shelter to pet-sitting for a neighbor." https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2023/1/26/so-what-is-the-philanthrosphere-anyway
Stanford Social Innovation Review
Recent Publications
Philanthropy and Digital Civil Society: Blueprint 2023
The Annual Industry Forecast by Lucy Bernholz
Guide to Effective Philanthropy
By Paul Brest
Global Determinants of Education Reform, 1960-2017
Patricia Bromley, Jared Furuta, Rie Kijima, Lisa Overbey, Minju Choi & Heitor Santos
Stanford University & University of Toronto
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
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.
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