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Urban Institute

The Urban Institute's Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy conducts and disseminates research on the role and impact of nonprofit organizations and philanthropy.

• The Role of Faith-based and Community Organizations in Providing Relief and Recovery Services after »
  This research brief examines the relief and recovery services provided by faith-based and community organizations (FBCOs) in the Gulf Coast region after hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. The study included a telephone survey of 202 FBCOs that provided services and in-depth case studies of eight organizations. The brief explores…
  
• Boundaries Between Nonprofits and Business Are Increasingly Blurred, Scholars Say »
  Nonprofits and businesses interact in more and newer ways every year as powerful economic and social forces change. Nonprofits adopt more business-like practices, corporations support nonprofits through cause-related marketing, and social entrepreneurs create private businesses to achieve social goals. Nonprofits and Business, a new Urban Institute Press book, explores these…
  
• The Broader Movement: Nonprofit Environmental and Conservation Organizations, 1989-2005 »
  This study, the first comprehensive look at IRS data on more than 26,000 environmental and conservation organizations 8,000 of which had revenues of $25,000 or more reveals a core of prominent national organizations and a larger, more rapidly growing universe of regional, local, and other specialized groups. Taken as a…
  
• A Better Way to Deal With the Leadership Crisis »
  Too few boards are doing a good job of helping nonprofit grops carry out their missions, explains Francie Ostrower in this Chronicle of Philanthropy commentary. They need to be more active in fund raising, monitoring programs, community relations, educating the public, and monitoring the board's own performance.
  
• Civil Society Structures Serving Latinos in the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Area »
  Over the past decade the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area has become increasingly diverse, driven in large part by the growth of the Latino population. By 2006, almost 610,000 Latinos lived in the region. Today's immigrants, like those before them, contribute to the development of civil society organizations and rely on…
  
• Civil Society Structures Serving Latinos in the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Area »
  Over the past decade the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area has become increasingly diverse, driven in large part by the growth of the Latino population. By 2006, almost 610,000 Latinos lived in the region. Today's immigrants, like those before them, contribute to the development of civil society organizations and rely on…
  
• Facts and Figures from the Nonprofit Almanac 2008 : Public Charities, Giving, and Volunteering »
  This brief highlights trends from the seventh edition of "The Nonprofit Almanac 2008", prepared by the National Center for Charitable Statistics at the Urban Institute. The Almanac is the latest in the Urban Institute's series of statistical profiles of the nonprofit sector and focuses primarily on 501(c)(3) public charities. We…
  
• Facts and Figures from the Nonprofit Almanac 2008 : Public Charities, Giving, and Volunteering »
  This brief highlights trends from the seventh edition of "The Nonprofit Almanac 2008", prepared by the National Center for Charitable Statistics at the Urban Institute. The Almanac is the latest in the Urban Institute's series of statistical profiles of the nonprofit sector and focuses primarily on 501(c)(3) public charities. We…
  
• "Disturbing Levels of CEO Dissatisfaction With Board Performance" at Midsize Nonprofits, S »
  Most heads of midsize nonprofits give their trustees low marks for fundraising and monitoring board performance, an Urban Institute study of nonprofits with annual expenses between $500,000 and $5 million has found.
  
• "Disturbing Levels of CEO Dissatisfaction With Board Performance" at Midsize Nonprofits, S »
  Most heads of midsize nonprofits give their trustees low marks for fundraising and monitoring board performance, an Urban Institute study of nonprofits with annual expenses between $500,000 and $5 million has found.
  
• Boards of Midsize Nonprofits: Their Needs and Challenges »
  Nonprofit boards are receiving increased attention from policymakers, media, researchers and the public. Yet most research, policy proposals, and best practice guidelines have been oriented toward large organizations. This brief helps fill a major gap in our understanding by focusing on governance among midsize nonprofits, identifying certain problem areas, and…
  
• New Edition of Nonprofit Almanac Offers Detailed Portrait of an Expanding Sector »
  The Nonprofit Almanac 2008, from the Urban Institute Press, offers data and facts charting the sectors recent evolution. The statistics-packed volume can help nonprofit managers, researchers, the press, and the public better understand changes in the sector and its economic role.
  
• Nonprofits Serving the Latino Community in the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Area : A Portrait of T »
  This working paper offers a descriptive analysis of the Latino nonprofit sector in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. It examines the extent to which Latino nonprofits are equipped to address the needs of a rapidly growing Latino population. The study finds that both nonprofit organizations and religious congregations that primarily…
  
• What Drives Foundation Expenses & Compensation? : Results of a Three-Year Study—Highlights »
  This brief presents key findings from the latest report on the Foundation Expenses and Compensation Project - the first large-scale, long-term, systematic study of independent, corporate, and community foundations' expenses and compensation patterns and the factors behind them. It documents how differences in type, size, and operating activities of foundations…
  
• What Drives Foundation Expenses & Compensation? : Results of a Three-Year Study—Highlights »
  This brief presents key findings from the latest report on the Foundation Expenses and Compensation Project - the first large-scale, long-term, systematic study of independent, corporate, and community foundations' expenses and compensation patterns and the factors behind them. It documents how differences in type, size, and operating activities of foundations…