Case Study Database A Work in Progress: Case Studies in Changing Local Workforce Development Systems: The Jobs Initiative Final Report Series–Volume 1 Posted: June 2, 2023 After 20 Years of Educational Reform, Progress, But Plenty of Unfinished Business Posted: June 2, 2023 America’s Literacy Challenge: Teaching Adolescents to Read to Learn Posted: June 2, 2023 An Early Report on Comprehensive High School Conversions: Eagle Ridge High School Posted: June 2, 2023 Assessing Foundation Performance: Current Practices, Future Possibilities: Lessons Learned From a Gathering of Foundation Leaders Posted: June 2, 2023 Assessing Microfinance for Water and Sanitation: Exploring Opportunities for Sustainable Scaling Up Posted: June 2, 2023 Assessing Performance at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: A Case Study Posted: June 2, 2023 Balancing on a Wobble Board Posted: June 2, 2023 Balancing Summative and Formative Evaluation: New Partnerships, New Evaluation Models Posted: June 2, 2023 Banning Junk Food and Soda Sales in the State’s Public Schools Posted: June 2, 2023 Beyond Compliance: The Trustee Viewpoint on Effective Foundation Governance Posted: June 2, 2023 Beyond Standardized Test Scores: Using Case Studies to Evaluate a Reform Strategy Posted: June 2, 2023 Beyond the Rhetoric: Foundation Strategy Assessment Posted: June 2, 2023 Birmingham Foundation Posted: June 2, 2023 Boston Review: A Small Political and Literary Magazine Dramatically Increases Its Visibility and Impact Posted: June 2, 2023 Building a Community-Wide Early Learning System: East Yakima at Baseline Posted: June 2, 2023 Building a Community-Wide Early Learning System: White Center at Baseline Posted: June 2, 2023 Building Constructive Partnerships in Urban School Reform Posted: June 2, 2023 Building the Campaign Finance Reform Infrastructure: Grantmaking to Strengthen U.S. Democracy Posted: June 2, 2023 C.F. Foundation Posted: June 2, 2023 Carnegie Corporation and Russia: Grantmaking Amidst Transformation Posted: June 2, 2023 Carnegie Corporation in South Africa: A Difficult Past Leads to a Commitment to Change Posted: June 2, 2023 Case Study of a Venture Philanthropy Partnership: Setting the Scene Posted: June 2, 2023 CEP at 5: Comparative Data Enabling Higher-Performing Foundations: Excerpts from CEP’s Five-Year Anniversary Event Posted: June 2, 2023 Chronicling Higher Education for Nearly Forty Years Posted: June 2, 2023 Comer Science and Education Foundation Posted: June 2, 2023 Community Change Makers: The Leadership Roles of Community Foundations Posted: June 2, 2023 Community Ministries Today: Nine Regionally Dispersed Case Studies Posted: June 2, 2023 Conservation and Revitalisation of Historic Mostar Posted: June 2, 2023 Converting a Comprehensive High School into Small Learning Communities: A Case Study of Mountlake Terrace High School Posted: June 2, 2023 Cook Family Foundation Posted: June 2, 2023 Denver Foundation Posted: June 2, 2023 Development of Social Organization in Tajikistan: MSDSP’s Approach in the Mountainous Areas Posted: June 2, 2023 Disaster Response: Recent Case Studies in Response Posted: June 2, 2023 Embedded Funders and Community Change: Profiles Posted: June 2, 2023 Ending Family Homelessness Through Improved Systems and Stronger Organizations: Reflections and Recommended Actions Posted: June 2, 2023 Ensuring the World’s Poorest Children Benefit from Lifesaving Vaccines Posted: June 2, 2023 Establishing Connections Between Evaluation and Program Improvement Posted: June 2, 2023 Evaluation of Systems Reform in the Annie E. Casey Foundation Mental Health Initiative for Urban Children: Final Evaluation Report Posted: June 2, 2023 Evaluation of the Sound Families Initiative: Final Findings Summary: A Closer Look at Families’ Lives During and After Supportive Transitional Housing Posted: June 2, 2023 Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund Posted: June 2, 2023 Evolution in Tandem: Development and Research in an Arts Education Program Posted: June 2, 2023 Foundation Communications: The Grantee Perspective Posted: June 2, 2023 Foundation Effectiveness: A Report on a Meeting of Foundation CEOs, Senior Executives, and Trustees Posted: June 2, 2023 Foundation Governance: The CEO Viewpoint Posted: June 2, 2023 Four Freedoms Fund: A Pioneering Foundation Partnership Advocates for Immigrants Posted: June 2, 2023 From Large to Small: Reinventing the Urban High School Posted: June 2, 2023 General Mills Community Action Posted: June 2, 2023 Greater Kansas City Community Foundation: Helping Donors Make a Difference Posted: June 2, 2023 Growing Philanthropy Through Giving Circles: Lessons Learned from Start-up to Grantmaking Posted: June 2, 2023 GuideStar: Data About Nonprofits Goes Online Posted: June 2, 2023 Higher Impact: Improving Foundation Performance Posted: June 2, 2023 Humboldt Area Foundation Posted: June 2, 2023 In Search of Impact: Practices and Perceptions in Foundations’ Provision of Program and Operating Grants to Nonprofits Posted: June 2, 2023 Incarnate Word Foundation Posted: June 2, 2023 Increasing Access to Care: Promising Practices in Health Promotion Programs: A Look at the California Endowment’s Agricultural Worker Health Program Request for Proposals Grantees Posted: June 2, 2023 Indicators of Effectiveness: Understanding and Improving Foundation Performance: Report on the Foundation Performance Metrics Pilot Study Posted: June 2, 2023 International Experience in Enhancing Philanthropy: Lessons from South Africa and Elsewhere Posted: June 2, 2023 Investing in Ourselves: Giving and Fund Raising in India Posted: June 2, 2023 Investing in Ourselves: Giving and Fund Raising in Indonesia Posted: June 2, 2023 Investing in Ourselves: Giving and Fund Raising in Nepal Posted: June 2, 2023 Investing in Ourselves: Giving and Fund Raising in Pakistan Posted: June 2, 2023 Investing in Ourselves: Giving and Fund Raising in Thailand Posted: June 2, 2023 Investing in Ourselves: Giving and Fund Raising in the Philippines Posted: June 2, 2023 Jacobs Family Foundation Posted: June 2, 2023 James Ford Bell Foundation Posted: June 2, 2023 Leading the Conversion Process: Lessons Learned and Recommendations for Converting to Small Learning Communities Posted: June 2, 2023 Learning for Community Change: Core Components of Foundations that Learn Posted: June 2, 2023 Lessons from the Field: Aiming for Excellence at the Wallace Foundation Posted: June 2, 2023 Lessons from the Field: Improving the Grantee Experience at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation Posted: June 2, 2023 Listening to Grantees: What Nonprofits Value in Their Foundation Funders Posted: June 2, 2023 Local Donor Collaboration: Lessons from Baltimore and Beyond Posted: June 2, 2023 Looking Back at Zimbabwe Posted: June 2, 2023 Lyndhurst Foundation Posted: June 2, 2023 Maintenance Required: Charter Schooling in Michigan Posted: June 2, 2023 Media Grantmaking Strategies: When the Impact Is in Question Posted: June 2, 2023 More than Money: Making a Difference with Assistance Beyond the Grant Posted: June 2, 2023 Philanthropic Due Diligence: Exploratory Case Studies to Improve Investments in Urban Schools Posted: June 2, 2023 Promoting Social Justice: A Vision of Philanthropic Activism Posted: June 2, 2023 Providing Dignity in Life and Death: Anjuman Mufidul Islam: Association for Humanitarian Activities—According to Islamic Precepts (p.49) Posted: June 2, 2023 Reframing the Immigration Debate: How the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition Retooled its Communications Strategy Posted: June 2, 2023 Research, Scholarship and Collaboration: Legacies of the Carnegie Corporation of New York’s HEFSU Initiative Posted: June 2, 2023 Reversing the Decline of a Historic District Posted: June 2, 2023 Rosamond Gifford Charitable Corporation Posted: June 2, 2023 Service Development in the Annie E. Casey Foundation Mental Health Initiative for Urban Children: Final Evaluation Report Posted: June 2, 2023 Soundscapes: The Evolution and Challenges of National Public Radio Posted: June 2, 2023 Strengthening the Work of the United Nations: A Sustained Strategy for Peace Posted: June 2, 2023 The Annenberg Challenge: Lessons and Reflections on Public School Reform Posted: June 2, 2023 The Annie E. Casey Foundation: Answering the Hard Question: “What Difference Are We Making?” Posted: June 2, 2023 The Arts and School Reform: Lessons and Possibilities from the Annenberg Challenge Art Projects Posted: June 2, 2023 The Aspen Institute Congressional Program: A Nonpartisan Success Story Posted: June 2, 2023 The Brennan Center for Justice: A Bipartisan Champion of Democracy Comes of Age Posted: June 2, 2023 The California Endowment: Sharpening a Foundation’s Grantmaking Without Limiting Its Mission Posted: June 2, 2023 The Collegiate Learning Assessment: A Tool for Measuring the Value Added of a Liberal Arts Education Posted: June 2, 2023 The Context and Meaning of Family Strengthening in Indian America Posted: June 2, 2023 The Designation of Rural Areas in California Posted: June 2, 2023 The Lasting Legacy of “An American Dilemma” Posted: June 2, 2023 The Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations: Seeking “Standards for Excellence” for the Future Posted: June 2, 2023 The Ms. Foundation: A Case Study in Feminist Fundraising Posted: June 2, 2023 The Partnership for the Public’s Health: Findings from the Evaluation Posted: June 2, 2023 The Promise and Challenge of Evaluating Systemic Reform in an Urban District Posted: June 2, 2023 The Role of Social Capital in Building Healthy Communities Posted: June 2, 2023 Tiger Foundation: Profile in Engaged Philanthropy Posted: June 2, 2023 Toward a Common Language: Listening to Foundation CEOs and Other Posted: June 2, 2023 Toward Greater Effectiveness in Community Change: Challenges and Responses for Philanthropy Posted: June 2, 2023 Towards Nuclear Nonproliferation: An Evolving Strategy Posted: June 2, 2023 Transforming Events: A Local Education Fund’s Efforts to Promote Large Scale Urban School Reform Posted: June 2, 2023 Turning the Table on Assessment: The Grantee Perception Report Posted: June 2, 2023 VolunteerMatch: An Online Service Helps Everyone Find a Great Place to Volunteer Posted: June 2, 2023 Why Preschool Pays Off: A Breakthrough Study Links Early Education to Better Life Choices Posted: June 2, 2023 Working with Botswana to Confront its Devastating AIDS Crisis Posted: June 2, 2023
