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Second Annual
West Coast Nonprofit Data Conference

AGENDA

University of San Francisco
Lone Mountain Campus, Room 141
2800 Turk Blvd., San Francisco, CA 94117

Friday, April 15, 2005

Welcome, introductions

Discussion - Public Policy Directions for Nonprofit Sector Research
This discussion will provide an opportunity for government to inform academics about research that would assist policy formation, and for academics to learn more about potential research resources available from government.
Moderator: Victor Rubin, Director of Research, PolicyLink

Adjourn

Dinner reception at the 1751 Social Club

Saturday, April 16, 2005

Panel
To Depend on Government Funding or Not?: Determinants of the Choice by Nonprofit Human Service Organizations
Eve Garrow & Yeheskel ‘Zeke’ Hasenfeld, UCLA
Studying the Shifting Ecology of Consumption: A Study of Youth Services in Phoenix-Mesa from Sunup to Sundown
Joseph Galaskiewicz, Olga Mayorova, and Beth Duckles, University of Arizona
The Liability of Location: Using Hierarchical Linear Modeling to
Explore Disparities in Nonprofit Revenues

Laurie Paarlberg, San Francisco State University
Chair: Helmut Anheier, UCLA Center for Civil Society

Panel - Results and Challenges of Use-Inspired Research
ASU Center for Nonprofit Leadership & Management
Compensation and Benefits Study: Challenges, Selected Results, and Opportunities
William Brown
The Prevalence of Governance Practices in Trade and Professional Associations and Community Foundations
Chao Guo
Maricopa County Needs Assessment
Carl Yoshioka and William Brown
Increasing Organizational Capacity Through Organizational Self-Assessment and Academic/Practitioner Collaboration
Kelly Campbell
Chair: Robert Ashcraft

Panel - Research on Regional Nonprofit Sectors
Digitized Data Experiences: Cleaning the SoCal File
Kathleen Costello, Gianneschi Center for Nonprofit Research, CSU Fullerton
Recent Findings from the Indiana Nonprofit Database
Richard Clerkin, Indiana University
The Stanford Project on Emerging Nonprofits
Caroline Simard, Stanford University
Is That Right? Verifying Addresses and Activities in the IRS Business Masterfile
Carol Silverman, USF Institute for Nonprofit Organization Management
Chair: Steve Rathgeb Smith, University of Washington

Additional Reports on Regional Nonprofit Sectors
Nonprofits in Washington, 2004
The Business of Doing Good in Washington DC
Southern California's Nonprofit Sector

Discussion
Reports on other work in progress
Status on west coast nonprofit data resources
Priorities and strategies for future research