Economic Development
The purpose of this Subject Search Accelerator is to provide quick delivery of and one-click keyword access to economic development news from Philanthropy News Digest, materials from Foundation Center libraries, and web-based resources via pre-set Google searches, along with lists of related searches. Economic development often falls within the broader subject community improvement/development. Below are recent report and news items on that subject.
Resources from the Foundation Center's Libraries
The latest publications about economic development added to our libraries and the Catalog of Nonprofit Literature.
Recent Reports
The latest reports about community improvement/development posted to PubHub, our repository of foundation-sponsored reports.
Americans for the Arts
Arts & Economic Prosperity IV: The Economic Impact of Nonprofit Arts and Culture Organizations and Their Audiences
Published: June 2012
Examines the economic impact of the nonprofit arts and culture industry on communities nationwide, including event-related spending, tourism, jobs, and government revenue generated during the recession. Includes data tables of expenditures and impact.
Funder(s): John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Ruth Lilly Fund of Americans for the Arts
Subject(s): Arts and Culture; Community Improvement/Development; Community Improvement/Development, Business/Economic Development
PubHub Link (378 pages; 9.04MB; PDF)
Boston Foundation
Passion and Purpose Revisited: Massachusetts and the Last Decade's Financial Roller Coaster
Keating, Elizabeth; Geeta Pradhan
Published: June 2012
Analyzes trends among the state's nonprofits by size, type, industry, and location; how they fared in terms of assets, revenues, and share of jobs during the 2003-07 economic boom and 2008-10 crisis and recession; and how they responded to increased need.
Funder(s): Boston Foundation
Subject(s): Philanthropy and Voluntarism; Philanthropy and Voluntarism, Capacity Building; Community Improvement/Development
PubHub Link (120 pages; 4.32MB; PDF)
FOLIO Link
(120 pages; 4.32MB; PDF)
Pew Center on the States
Time Served: The High Cost, Low Return of Longer Prison Terms
Published: June 2012
Examines trends in the length of prison terms by state and type of offense, factors that determine time served, outcomes of increased time served, and state policies to shorten length of stay in prisons while increasing public safety and reducing cost.
Funder(s): Pew Charitable Trusts
Subject(s): Public Affairs; Community Improvement/Development; Civil and Human Rights, Prison/Judicial Reform
PubHub Link (65 pages; 1.32MB; PDF)
Recent News
The latest news about community improvement/development gathered by the editors of Philanthropy News Digest (PND).
ArtPlace America Announces $15.2 Million in Grants
The fifty-four grants will support creative placemaking projects that bring new life to rural communities, help communities imagine new futures, activate public spaces, stretch established cultural institutions, and strengthen local economies....
Posted: 5/22/13
Rockefeller Foundation Launches $100 Million Challenge to Build Resilient Cities
Through the challenge, the foundation will invite municipal officials around the world to apply for support to develop and implement a plan for building greater city-level resilience in anticipation of future disasters....
Posted: 5/15/13
Community Foundation Update (5/11/13)
News and staff announcements from community foundations around the country....
Posted: 5/11/13
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This report includes statistical charts and data tables drawn from the Foundation Center's annual grants sample, lists of top grantmakers and recipients, and profiles of two unique Ohio grantmakers, the Fund for Our Economic Future and the Generation Foundation.
