Research, Events, Publications

Nonprofit Sector: Orange County (2012)
The Gianneschi Center and OneOC co-sponsored a town hall event in June 2012 exploring growth and trends in Orange County's nonprofit sector. The report documents $8.2 billion in total revenues and $16.5 billion in assets reported by 3,181 religious, educational and charitable nonprofits for the year 2010, and the growth those numbers represent since the Center's last report for the year 2000.
full report
highlights
video (OneOC slide show on YouTube, 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 Community 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
Orange County's Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness
Housing and Homelessness links:
The Kennedy Commission
Housing California
The National Alliance to End Homelessness
National Low Income Housing Coalition

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 from its founding in 1996 to 2006. (Adobe Acrobat PDF File, about 1 MB in size.)

Nonprofit Sector in Orange County, California: 1997 Economic Scope and Characteristics
This 56-page report is the Center's second comprehensive report on Orange County's nonprofit sector.

The First Report
The Center commissioned Cal State Fullerton's Institute for Economic and Environmental Studies to produce the first formal report on Orange County's nonprofit sector, published in 1996 using 1994-95 data. Read about this groundbreaking effort here.

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. 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, Louisiana, November 2000.