The aim of the Nancy Bell Evans Center is to enhance the understanding and vitality of the nonprofit and philanthropic sector through research, education, and community engagement.
Research
The Center conducts and supports theoretical and applied research of local, national, and international importance to nonprofit and philanthropic scholars, policy-makers, and practitioners. Efforts focus primarily on research that examines the changing service and policy roles of nonprofit and philanthropic institutions. Research is disseminated through the Center's education and community engagement activities.
Education
The Center serves as an incubator of research-based nonprofit and philanthropic education at the University of Washington, identifying, developing, and supporting advanced learning opportunities for graduate students and executive-level professionals in the Pacific Northwest.
Community Engagement
The Center convenes and connects members of the academic, nonprofit, and philanthropic communities to stimulate thinking on current issues, share research and best practices, and promote increased dialogue and collaboration.
The Center is directed by Steven Rathgeb Smith, Nancy Bell Evans Professor at the Evans School of Public Affairs. His publications include Nonprofits for Hire and Public Policy for Democracy. He is the former editor of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, the journal of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA). In 2006 he began a two-year term as President of ARNOVA. |
WHAT'S NEW
Washington State Constellation Meeting
The Washington State Constellation will hold its annual meeting on Friday, August 14th from 10am to 3pm. The Constellation is a group of 16 nonprofit organizations in Washington State, including capacity-building and academic institutions that support the field in research and leadership development. Learn more.
FIPSE / DCSCS Program in Ottawa, Canada
The Center is pleased to announce the 2010 FIPSE / DCSCS exchange program that focuses on providing students from the United States, Canada, and Mexico with an in-depth and comparative perspective on the complex and changing nature of the nonprofit sector and civil society in North America. Applications are now available for study abroad at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada for the winter and spring quarters of 2010. Find out more and apply now.
Soliciting for Charity in Washington
This document written by Center Senior Advisor Putnam Barber attempts to present the requirements of RCW 19.09 (the Charitable Solicitation Act) and the procedures of the Charities Program in a way that can help managers of nonprofit organizations, other people who may want to engage in charitable solicitations, and members of the public to understand the program. Review the document.
Governance-Driven Democratization
Review Professor Mark Warren's presentation on Governance-Driven Democratization, a new and important development in the history of democracy. Professor Warren is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of British Columbia, where he holds the Merilees Chair for the study of democracy. Download the presentation (1.8 MB PDF).
Review Completed Dissertations of Past Center Grant Recipients
Read the newly posted research papers of Nancy Bell Evans on Nonprofits & Philanthropy research grant recipients from 2005 to 2008. Read research papers.
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