RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS

For seven years, I have never written anything on behalf of NCRP for Responsive Philanthropy or Nonprofit Quarterly or the Chronicle of Philanthropy or any other outlet where I used the first person singular. I dislike… Read More

As part of its ongoing efforts to encourage transparency and strict accountability for foundations, NCRP has examined the financial compensation that the largest foundations provide to their executives, board members, and employees. Among others things, we… Read More

Environmental justice (EJ) is, in many ways, local in nature, but national environmental groups can make valuable contributions to ongoing EJ efforts if they approach this work with the appropriate respect for local organizations’ and communities’… Read More

In early 2005, NCRP published Funding the Culture Wars: Philanthropy, Church and State, which analyzed the philanthropic influence of evangelical Christians. The report’s author, John Russell, defined who evangelical Christians were and their emerging influence in… Read More

In 2000, two nonprofits both attempted to raise money using a mechanism for grassroots fundraising known as a workplace giving fund, with very different results. The Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, which works on regional environmental justice… Read More

We almost lost a great American city. Books have been and will be written about the flooding of New Orleans in 2005. Looking back over the past year, surely the most astonishing aspect will be how… Read More