Update on the Alexis Institute for Civil Society and Philanthropy
New York, NY—July 5, 2006. Lester M. Salamon of the Johns Hopkins University and Sara L. Engelhardt,
president of the Foundation Center, announced today that they will not move forward to create the Alexis
Institute for Civil Society and Philanthropy at the Foundation Center. Dr. Salamon will remain as director
of the Center for Civil Society Studies at the Johns Hopkins University. The Foundation Center will
continue its search for a senior vice president for research. Dr. Salamon and Ms. Engelhardt will continue
to pursue a variety of collaborative activities that emerged in the course of their discussions.
About the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies
The Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies seeks to encourage the development and effective operation of not-for-profit, philanthropic, or “civil society” organizations, which provide organized vehicles for the exercise of private initiative in the common good. Part of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies, the Center carries out its work through a combination of research, training, and information-sharing both in the United States and throughout the world. For more information, please visit www.jhu.edu/ccss.
About the Foundation Center
Established in 1956, and today supported by more than 600 foundations, the Foundation Center is the nation’s leading authority on organized philanthropy, connecting nonprofits and the grantmakers supporting them to tools they can use and information they can trust. The Center maintains the most comprehensive database on U.S. grantmakers and their grants and conducts research on trends in foundation growth and giving. It also operates education and outreach programs that help nonprofit organizations obtain the resources they need. More than 37,000 people visit the Center’s web site each day, and thousands more are served in its five regional learning centers and through its national network of more than 250 Cooperating Collections. For more information, visit foundationcenter.org or call 212-620-4230.
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