The Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy at the University of Southern California conducts research on philanthropy and nonprofits. The center maintains a list of experts on philanthropy, both national and local.

The Center for Effective Philanthropy conducts research and gathers data on nonprofit groups to help philanthropists make effective donations. In October 2009, the center hosted an event in San Francisco titled “Foundation Effectiveness in a New Reality.” Contact through the website.

Gary McIntosh is professor of Christian ministry and leadership at Biola University in La Mirada, Calif. He is also a consultant and the author of 13 books on church growth.

The Center for Educational Telecommunications is a non-profit organization dedicated to the study, research and publication of information on Asian Americans in the U.S.

The Association for Asian American Studies promotes the education and better understanding of Asian Americans and the subcomponents within their communities.

The Asian American Studies Center at UCLA works to inform the public, nationally and internationally, as a research institute on the study of Asian Americans.

The Institute for the Study of Asian American Christianity works to educate church leaders and scholars on the Asian American Christian community by providing resources and education programs.

The Asian-American Journalists Association posts Style Guides for journalists covering Asian-American and Pacific Islanders and Asian-American and Pacific Islander issues.

Rita Nakashima Brock is research professor of theology and culture and director of The Soul Repair Center at Brite Divinity School in Fort Worth, Tex. She has written about feminist theology and Asian-American women. Her books include, as co-editor, the 2007 release Off the Menu: Asian and Asian North American Women’s Religion & Theology. She contributed one […]