An initiative of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, Building Bridges Between Practice and Knowledge in Nonprofit Management Education aims to help third-sector leaders respond to the changing nonprofit management environment with more effective and efficient programs.

The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University participates in this initiative with the Expanding Access to Nonprofit Management Education project.

Purpose of the Project
To improve the understanding of the philanthropic tradition, transmit understanding to new constituencies and successor generations, and improve the practice of philanthropy and fundraising.

Project Goals

• To develop courses, in Web format, in nonprofit management to increase access to nonprofit education.
• To develop collaborations in providing nonprofit management education.
• To disseminate best practices learned from field-tested methods.

Project Team Members

• Eugene Tempel,  Indiana University Center on Philanthropy
• Gwendolyn Perry, Dollars for Scholars
• Dwight Burlingame,  Indiana University Center on Philanthropy

Collaboration Among Institutions Report

Improving nonprofit management education through institutional collaborations was the focus of a fall 2002 meeting of leading university-based centers that study philanthropy and the nonprofit field. Most participants in the meeting were partners in the W.K. Kellogg Building Bridges Initiative. " Collaboration Among Institutions " is the report from this meeting. (Note: The Adobe Reader is required to display this pdf document. The Reader is free from the Adobe web site.)