Philanthropy Tools
A core function of Stanford PACS is to design, develop, and prototype resources that help donors and the intermediaries who support them increase the effectiveness of their giving. All publications designed by Stanford PACS are intended to be shared through a Creative Commons license. You can find a selection of some of our completed publications below.
Guide to Effective Philanthropy
Stanford PACS’s signature resource to guide emerging, high-capacity philanthropists through their funding journey. This book covers the essentials of improving philanthropic practice in one easy-to-follow resource (Digital version available now, print version available for purchase).
Philanthropy Toolkit
An action-oriented workbook and planner for donors, families and advisors who want to engage in thoughtful, inspired, and effective philanthropy. The best practices reflected in this toolkit are based on field research led by Stanford experts with donors, advisors, and nonprofits (Digital version available now for download.)
Creative Commons License
All tools and resources found on this site are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
What does this mean?
We invite all philanthropy practitioners to freely share and adapt whatever we build. This means you may copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format. You can also transform and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.
You only need to give appropriate credit to “Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society” and provide a link to the license (where possible).
Example:
- This work is a derivative of “The Stanford PACS Guide to Effective Philanthropy” by Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, copyright 2021 Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University, used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.
Privacy and Data Usage Statement
Users of the Effective Philanthropy Learning Initiative website and online tools will be submitting personal data. For this reason, we are committed to transparency about data use and to protecting the privacy of your personal information. Please read our Privacy and Data Usage Statement before using this site.