2014 North County Senior Connections: Needs Assessment and Asset Mapping

In December 2013, the Rancho Santa Fe Foundation (RSFF) commissioned the Caster Center for Nonprofit and Philanthropic Research (Caster Center) at the University of San Diego to conduct a Phase I research study to provide RSFF Grants and Projects Committee (GPC) with relevant data and research needed to help make informed decisions about a new program titled “North County Senior Connections” (NCSC).https://digital.sandiego.edu/npi-seniors/1004/thumbnail.jp

2016 The Promise of a New Day: Support for Service Members Transitioning to Civilian Life in San Diego

This report highlights the first year program evaluation of zero8hundred, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to proactively link transitioning military families to a broad range of resources, helping them successfully transition to civilian life in San Diego County.https://digital.sandiego.edu/npi-military/1002/thumbnail.jp

2017 zero8hundred\u27s Continuing the Promise of a New Day: Support for Service Members Transitioning to Civilian Life in San Diego

This report, prepared by the Caster Center, is a 2-year evaluation report about zero8hundred. Zero8hundred is a cross-sector community initiative whose mission is to proactively link transitioning service members and their families to resources and opportunities in the community, helping them successfully transition to civilian life.https://digital.sandiego.edu/npi-military/1000/thumbnail.jp

2017 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY- The Nonprofit Sabbatical as a Catalyst for Capacity Building: An Evaluation of the Fieldstone Leadership Network’s Clare Rose Sabbatical Program

Year 2 Executive Summary 2017 This report, prepared by the Caster Center and funded by the Clare Rose Foundation, is a year two executive summary report on the Clare Rose Sabbatical Program. The program is intended to support the well-being of nonprofit leaders, build organizational capacity, and elevate leadership within organizations.https://digital.sandiego.edu/npi-npleadership/1004/thumbnail.jp

2017 Two-Legged Stool: New Findings from California on Nonprofits and Overhead

Nonprofit overhead is a prevalent and controversial topic in the non- profit and philanthropic sector. Online raters (such as Charity Navigator) point to the overhead rate as a key indicator of nonprofit worthiness. Different govern- ment entities use wildly different indirect cost rates when contracting with nonprofits, which translate into billions of dollars of funding being gained or lost. Foundations rarely have explicit guidelines, but most have informal rules of thumb that affect how a nonprofit can use grant funds. Meanwhile, nonprofit executives struggle to make sense of it all as they manage their operations amidst the conflicting requirements of their funding sources. To gain insights into how overhead costs are handled in nonprofits, the California Association of Nonprofits (CalNonprofits) conducted a survey of 451 California nonprofit execu- tives, as well as interviews with elected members of county boards of super- visors and their staff throughout California in the spring of 2016. This paper reports on both of these, which were part of a larger initiative of CalNonprofits called The Nonprofit Overhead Project.https://digital.sandiego.edu/npi-npissues/1000/thumbnail.jp

2019 Collaborative Species and Habitat Conservation Efforts in San Diego County: A Systematic Needs Assessment to Guide the San Diego End Extinction Initiative

This report, prepared by the Caster Family Center for Nonprofit and Philanthropic Research documents the results of a systematic needs assessment prepared for the San Diego End Extinction (SDEE) initiative. The needs assessment was designed to assist SDEE to align its goals and priorities with San Diego County’s existing strengths and gaps in order to proactively prevent the loss of native plants and animals.https://digital.sandiego.edu/npi-environment/1000/thumbnail.jp

2018 Study of San Diego County Local Child Care Needs and Barriers: Data and Insights for San Diego County Individualized Child Care Subsidy Pilot and Local Child Care Policies

This report, prepared by the Caster Center, is a study of local child care conditions in San Diego County and includes an analysis of the demographics of families in need of child care; San Diego County’s self-sufficiency income level; availability of, and enrollment in, subsidized child care; and the cost of providing child care. This report originated from a required independent analysis of local child care conditions for Bill AB377, authorizing the County of San Diego to develop a pilot child care subsidy plan that takes into account the county’s unique demographic and economic environment.https://digital.sandiego.edu/npi-youth/1002/thumbnail.jp

2019 Improving the Lives of San Diego County Seniors Through Stable Housing: An Evaluation of ElderHelp\u27s HomeShare Program

This report, prepared by the Nonprofit Institute\u27s Caster Center, documents the findings from a program evaluation of ElderHelp\u27s HomeShare program, which is designed to connect individuals who want to share their homes with others looking for alternative housing options.https://digital.sandiego.edu/npi-seniors/1006/thumbnail.jp

2017 Food, Friendship, and Health: Working Together to Serve Seniors in North County San Diego

This report, prepared by the Caster Center, is a three-year evaluation of the North County Senior Connections Thyme Together Food Truck Lunch Program.https://digital.sandiego.edu/npi-seniors/1002/thumbnail.jp

2017 Fieldstone Leadership Network\u27s Learning Group Effect: Leadership Development as Capacity Building

This report, prepared by the Caster Center, is a 5-year examination of the Fieldstone Leadership Group Program, a six-month peer-based learning community model to support the leadership development of both executive directors and senior leaders of nonprofit organizations.https://digital.sandiego.edu/npi-npleadership/1005/thumbnail.jp