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Just Giving: Why Philanthropy Is Failing Democracy and How It Can Do Better by Rob Reich
| Is philanthropy, by its very nature, a threat to today’s democracy? Just Giving: Why Philanthropy Is Failing Democracy and How It Can Do Better by Rob Reich investigates the ethical and political dimensions of philanthropy, and considers how giving might better support democratic values and promote justice. Though we may laud wealthy individuals who give away their money for society’s...
Lucy Bernholz: NFPs Face Critical Crossroads in an Age of Data
Lucy Bernholz, director of the Digital Civil Society Lab, is featured in Generosity Magazine with a piece on the risks of digital data management for nonprofit organizations. She argues that civil society may hold the potential solution to alleviate the burden. The digital age has made the work of nonprofits tremendously efficient, as collecting and sharing is only a click...
Spotlight Series: Ling Han
Stanford PACS launches a spotlight series featuring the center’s research scholars and associates. Learn about their research, motivations, and the impact they bring to improve philanthropy, strengthen civil society, and effect social change. Each month features a new research fellow at Stanford PACS. These individuals are postdoctoral and Ph.D. scholars, or center associates, whose research contributes extensively to Stanford PACS labs...
Nonprofit Management Institute – September 12 – 14, 2018
Stanford Social Innovation Review‘s Nonprofit Management Institute occurs September 12 – 14, 2018 at Stanford University. This year’s featured theme is “Toward Real Change: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.” The conference brings respected scholars exploring the latest research and thinking on the root causes and most promising solutions to issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion; notable leaders of organizations working to...
Rob Reich on Stakes of Higher Education
Rob Reich, faculty co-director of Stanford PACS, recently participated in a discussion about America’s diminishing trust in higher education and potential ways to reverse this pattern. The talk was held at The Aspen Institute with leaders from other top universities. As panel members unravel the debate on higher education’s current state–or even necessity–they propose methods through which institutions can help reorient...
Best of Luck to our Postdoctoral Fellows
This year, Stanford PACS says goodbye to six postdoctoral fellows who are moving to new faculty positions across the globe. This is bittersweet news for the center, which hosted these fellows as part of the Digital Civil Society Postdoctoral Fellowship and the Stanford PACS Postdoctoral Fellowship programs. Stanford PACS is honored to share their new destinations and hope to stay connected...
Participate in Philanthropy Research with the Effective Philanthropy Learning Initiative
The Effective Philanthropy Learning Initiative at Stanford PACS requests your participation in a decision-making study. If you have a combined annual income greater than $100,000, or an equivalent access to assets, and have donated $1,000 or more to nonprofits in the last 12 months, please click below for a quick 10 minute survey. This is one of the Effective Philanthropy Learning Initiative’s...
Current Stanford Senior Serves as Teaching Assistant for PACS Course This Spring
Stanford senior Alexis Kallen has traveled the world for study and research. This spring quarter, she stays active as a teaching assistant for “Theories and Practices of Civil Society, Philanthropy, and the Nonprofit Sector” offered by Stanford PACS. Read more about this remarkable student here.
History of Fake News by Former PACS Fellow – Mike Ananny
At USC, former Stanford PACS fellow, Mike Ananny is featured in Five Minutes with Mike Ananny: On the history of fake news, challenges for journalists covering news today. Hear his thoughts about, “How ‘fake news’ is not something new but has been around for a long time, and how journalists can overcome the reporting challenges in today’s political climate by understanding...
Education Policy Influenced by Large Foundations: Media Turns to Former PACS PhD Fellow, Tompkins-Stange
Megan Tompkins-Stange interprets shifts in education based on influential foundation signals. Former Stanford PACS PhD Fellow, now a University of Michigan faculty member at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, Tompkins-Stange explores how public policy in the education sector is influenced by foundations. In particular, her work on the Gates Foundation has been featured in multiple publications of...