REPORTS

Nonprofit Sector: Orange County
This 17-page report is the Center's fourth on the local nonprofit sector, and was produced in collaboration with OneOC. (Adobe Acrobat PDF file, about 2 MB)
highlights (Adobe Acrobat PDF file, about 725 KB)
video (YouTube slide show, 4:01)

Town Hall: How Safe is Orange County's Safety Net?
The Gianneschi Center and 2-1-1 Orange County co-sponsored a town hall event in April 2010 exploring Orange County's safety nets for hunger, health, housing, and employment, featuring keynoter/moderator Karen Roper, Director of Communty Services, County of Orange.
Town Hall Report
White Paper on Housing by Michael LaCour-Little, Ph.D, CSUF College of Business and Economics
White Paper on Health Care by Ellen Lee, R.N., M.S., Ed.D., CHES, CSUF Health Sciences Department

Southern California's Nonprofit Sector
This 154-page report is the Center's  third on  the local nonprofit sector, and was produced in collaboration with the Center for Nonprofit Management.  (Adobe Acrobat PDF File, about 3 MB in size.)

The First 10 Years
Highlights of the Gianneschi Center's activities and accomplishments since its founding in 1996.  (Adobe Acrobat PDF File, about 1 MB in size.)

2003 Community Involvement Survey of Orange County Corporations and Businesses
executive summary
town hall report
A collaborative project commissioned by a consortium of local businesses and nonprofit organizations.

Nonprofit Sector in Orange County, California: 1997 Economic Scope and Characteristics
This 56-page report is the Center's second comprehensive study of Orange County's nonprofit sector. (Adobe Acrobat PDF File, about 251 KB in size.)

Town Hall Report
The state of philanthropy in Orange County in the year 2000 was the topic of a town hall dialog presented by Cal State Fullerton's Center for Nonprofit Sector Research on June 21, 2000. The report from that dialog is presented here. The essays contained here attempt to report on the highlights of the dialog; taken together, they are a reflection on the state of philanthropy as perceived by this cross section of informed respondents and the convened audience.

The First Report
The Center produced the first formal report on Orange County's nonprofit sector, published in 1996 using 1994-95 data.

PAPERS

Coding California: Results of an NTEE-CC Verification Project
By Peter Manzo, Kalieh Honish, and Kathleen Costello. Prepared for presentation at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, Los Angeles, California, November 2004.

Nonprofit Federalism: Implications of the Partnership between Governments and Not-for-Profit Organizations in the Delivery of Social Services
By Shannon K. Vaughan, and Shelly Arsneault. Paper prepared for the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, April 3-6, 2003.

Technology in Nonprofit Organizations: High Tech meets High Touch
By L. Carl Renold, Ph.D. Prepared for presentation at the 2002 Annual Meeting of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, November 2002.

Patterns of Giving: A Preliminary Study of Ethnic, Political and Religious Differences Among Donors in Orange County (CA)
By Gregory Robinson, Ph.D. and Kathleen Costello. Prepared for presentation at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, Miami, Florida, November 2001.

The Role of Faith Based Organizations in Creating Nonprofit Social Change in Orange County California
By Roger Morton, Ph.D. Prepared for presentation at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, Miami, Florida, November 2001.

Mapping Communities: Reporting on the Creation of a Geographic Information System for Health and Human Services in Orange County (CA)
By John C. Carroll, Ph.D., Kathleen Costello, and Daniel J. Walsh. Prepared for presentation at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action New Orleans, Louisana, November 2000.