The collection of dissertations in paper format may be the largest of its kind in an academic library. Online Numerous research resources, searching tools, web site links, educational programs, ListServ groups, and sites particularly useful to the fund-raiser. The Program on Non-Profit Organizations, based at the Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University, is an international center for multidisciplinary studies of philanthropy, voluntarism, and nonprofit organizations. Scholarly works have appeared in books and journals, as well as in the Program's own working-paper series. The Union Institute's Center for Public Policy undertakes nonprofit projects to advance the concept of a nonprofit sector, improve the interaction between government and nonprofits, promote citizen involvement, and build nonprofit capacity.
Many nonprofit publications are free downloadable files.
There is an extensive nonprofit database of organizations concerned with charitable capacity-building. The Union Institute's interdisciplinary Ph.D. programs are suited to persons interested in the management of non-profit organizations. Learners can combine and produce new scholarly research in areas such as Organizational Behavior, Organizational Development, Political Science, Leadership, Philanthropy, Finance, Marketing, Legal Aspects, Sociology and Psychology.