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08 May 2008

This Case Foundation-sponsored discussion paper focuses on the rise of Millennials—a Net-native, globally oriented generation whose cause lifestyle is redefining how we view activism. The paper investigates the potential impact of this group on the civic landscape, and raises provocative questions about their role in affecting positive, lasting change.

Citizens at the Center: A New Approach to Civic Engagement

31 May 2006

This Case Foundation-commissioned paper offers specific recommendations for getting people from all walks of life to discuss what matters most to them, and then giving them the tools and technologies they need to identify problems and develop solutions together. It also warns against top-down solutions that require people to “plug into” existing programs or campaigns.

The Index of Global Philanthropy 2008

12 May 2008

The annual Index of Global Philanthropy (from the Hudson Institute's Center for Global Prosperity) details the sources and magnitude of U.S. private international giving. The report demonstrates that the most effective philanthropic bridge between industrialized countries and developing nations is built on private philanthropy, volunteerism, and public-private partnerships, not exclusively government foreign aid. The report was sponsored in part by the Case Foundation.

Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits

26 Oct 2007

The foundation sponsors the authorship and release of Leslie Crutchfield and Heather McLeod Grant’s book based on four years of research surveying thousands of nonprofit CEOs and conducting hundreds of interviews. The book reveals the shared secrets to success of 12 accomplished nonprofit organizations, including that they spend as much time working outside their four walls as they do managing their internal operations, and they use the power of leverage to become greater forces for good. Steve Case authored the foreword to Forces for Good.

The AmeriCorps Experiment and the Future of National Service

23 May 2005

The 10th anniversary of AmeriCorps was a time for many leaders and service advocates to step back and ask: "Is AmeriCorps working?" "Has the program lived up to its promise?" As a partner with City Year, one of the service programs that inspired the creation of AmeriCorps, the Case Foundation was also interested in these questions. The Case Foundation partnered with the Progressive Policy Institute in producing a book that provides some answers.

Engaged for Success: Service Learning as a Tool for High School Dropout Prevention

30 Apr 2008

Civic Enterprises’ report, sponsored in part by the Case Foundation, finds that service-learning can address most of the educational factors that lead students to drop out of high school, and keep them engaged while helping them become model citizens.

Can Corporate Volunteering Support the Bottom Line?

30 Sep 2005

To better understand the relationship between business, volunteering, and the bottom line, the Case Foundation and HandsOn Network commissioned LBG Associates to explore how—and to what degree—corporate volunteerism positively impacts communities, employees, and companies.