Case Western Reserve University’s Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations
http://www.cwru.edu/mandelcenter/
The Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations is a university-wide center located at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Sponsored by the Mandel School for Applied Social Sciences, the Weatherhead School of Management, the School of Law, and the College of Arts and Sciences, the Mandel Center is a multidisciplinary center for education, research, and community service.

Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership
http://www.gvsu.edu/philanthropy
The Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership promotes effective philanthropy, community improvement, and excellence in nonprofit leadership through such projects as the Nonprofit Good Practice Guide (see www.nonprofitbasics.org), the Community Research Institute, and the upcoming Grantmaking School.

Georgetown University Public Policy Institute’s Center for Public and Nonprofit Leadership
http://cpnl.georgetown.edu/
The Center for Public and Nonprofit Leadership at Georgetown University aspires to be the premier research and training center for the nonprofit sector. The Center will equip nonprofit leaders and scholars with the tools and courage to effectively address social and civil problems by providing advanced education in public policy, public management, and advocacy, with domestic and international applications.

Harvard Business School’s Initiative on Social Enterprise
http://www.hbs.edu/socialenterprise/
The Initiative on Social Enterprise is a collaboration of HBS faculty, students, alumni, and staff that leverages the School’s core strengths to develop, adapt, and transfer management knowledge to catalyze excellence in leadership of nonprofit, private, and public sector enterprises for the creation of social and economic value.

Harvard University’s Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/hauser/
The Hauser Center is an interdisciplinary research center that seeks to expand understanding and accelerate critical thinking about nonprofit organizations and civil society among scholars, practitioners, policy makers and the general public.

The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University
http://www.philanthropy.iupui.edu/
The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, which is headquartered at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, aims to increase the understanding of philanthropy and improve its practice through programs in research, teaching, public service, and public affairs.

Seattle University’s Not-for-Profit Leadership Program
http://www.mnpl.org/
The Not-for-Profit Leadership Program at Seattle University’s Center for Nonprofit and Social Enterprise Management is a Master’s program with a unique curriculum teaching leading -edge business practices needed to grow a nonprofit's base of support and stature.

Stanford Graduate School of Business’s Center for Social Innovation
http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/csi/
The Center for Social Innovation’s primary goal is to inform, shape, and accelerate a growing movement aimed at bringing general management, entrepreneurship and social science to the social arena, which it achieves by promoting rigorous, practice-oriented research, adopting an interdisciplinary approach, and reaching out to engage academics and leading practitioners in a process of mutual education.

Stanford Graduate School of Business’s Public Management Program
http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/pmp/
Stanford Graduate School of Business's Public Management Program offers a comprehensive approach to public management education through academic, co-curricular, and extra-curricular opportunities. This program prepares students to assume community leadership roles throughout their careers and to improve the effectiveness of public organizations.