Archive for the ‘Research & Reports – Fund-Supported’ Category

Disaster Planning & Response Guide Identifies Optimal Roles for Funders

May 3rd, 2012

After a year of working with philanthropic colleagues in Alabama to help that state recover from the devastating tornadoes of April 2011, the Jessie Ball duPont Fund has published a handbook to help other funders better understand the many roles for philanthropy in disaster planning and response. More»

Pension Report Highlights Need for Oversight and Transparency in Local Public Employees’ Retirement Plans

March 29th, 2011

Florida’s local government employee retirement obligations are a bigger, more complex ticking time bomb than previously recognized, reports the Leroy Collins Institute, as part of its Tough Choices research series, made possible by funding from the Jessie Ball duPont Fund. More»

New Report Offers Detailed Look at Well-Being of Children in Duval County, Florida

March 24th, 2011

A new report, funded by the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, provides rich detail on child well-being by neighborhood in Duval County, showing a “clear spatial division” between eastern and western parts of the county, with opportunities for children higher in the east and lower in the west. More»

Field Briefings: How Nonprofits Are Responding to the Recession – 2009

October 24th, 2010

Summer 2006 – Giving & Philanthropy from Wilmington to Port St. Joe

October 23rd, 2010

Philanthropy on the First Coast – 2004

September 23rd, 2010

Philanthropy in the First State – 2005

September 23rd, 2010

Information Technology in Northeast Florida Nonprofits – 2004

September 23rd, 2010

State of the Sector: Duval County 2006

September 23rd, 2010

Briefing #7 – Final Report October 2008

September 23rd, 2010