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Nonprofit
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Research Reports
Research Report Number 05-01
The 2005 Metro Atlanta Tri-Jurisdictional Collaborative Homeless Survey Report
Janet Johnson and Shena Ashley
September 2005
Abstract: What are the characteristics of Atlanta's homeless population? Who are they, what circumstances underlie their homeless situation, and what do they perceive as their greatest problems and most pressing needs? These are questions that the Tri-Jurisdictional Collaborative on Homelessness, a working partnership of government representatives and service providers within the City of Atlanta, Fulton County and DeKalb County, want to know. The Collaborative, with the assistance of Pathways Community Network, Inc., sponsored a Homeless Census and Survey in 2003, followed by a similar Census and Survey in 2005. This report analyzes the 2005 Survey results. A questionnaire was administered in March and April of 2005 to over 800 homeless adults who were interviewed on the streets and at service provider locations. This report summarizes their socioeconomic characteristics, their living and employment situations, and their perceived needs. The report also compares the 2005 survey results to those of the earlier survey in 2003.
Research Report Number 04-02
Georgia's Redevelopment Powers Law: A Policy Guide to the Evaluation and Use of Tax Allocation Districts
Carolyn Bourdeaux and John Matthews
2004
Abstract: Within the past five years, eleven separate tax allocation districts (TADs) have been created in the metropolitan Atlanta region. Currently, policy-makers in the City of Atlanta are considering the use of TADs to finance the proposed "Beltline" project. While TADs are a powerful tool in a locality's economic development arsenal, these policies are not without cost and not without risk. The sudden surge in popularity of this economic development tool generally has not been accompanied by any systematic assessment or set of policies to guide their evaluation or their use. Thus, this report sets out to familiarize local policy makers with how TADs work, their potential benefits and costs, and policies to minimize costs and risks. The report assimilates many of the lessons learned from across the country and provides an initial framework for Georgia localities to consider as they determine how best to use TADs in their own communities.
Research Report Number 04-01
Sustainable Funding for the Arts: What Can Atlanta Learn from the Detroit Experience?
Michael Rushton
June 2004
Abstract: In November 2002, voters in Metropolitan Detroit rejected, in a close vote, a proposed increase in property taxes that would have been directed to the arts and other cultural institutions. In this paper we ask what Atlanta can learn from the Detroit vote. In particular, we use the precinct-level results of the Detroit referendum, matched with Census Tract data, to get some idea of which voters supported the arts funding and which did not. To our knowledge this is the first detailed empirical examination of voting for arts funding in the US. We then consider how Atlanta is like, and unlike, Detroit , and what conclusions we might draw from the Detroit experience.
Research Report Number 03-02
Sustainable
Funding for the Arts: Earmarked Taxes and Options for Metropolitan Atlanta
Michael Rushton
2003
Abstract: This Research Atlanta study, sponsored by Sun Trust, considers a type of sustained funding mechanism that has been tried in other US cities and metro areas, an earmarked revenue source for the arts. It does not address the questions of a regional vision and strategy, or a coordinated regional arts leadership, although it will become clear reading this paper that the question of vision, and an articulation of the public interest in the support of the arts, are a critical part of any discussion of funding sources. The study follows a previous Research Atlanta look at the arts in Metro Atlanta, Kushner and Brooks (2000), which, like the Chamber of Commerce Task Force in 2002, gave a rather middling grade to Atlanta 's arts economy.
Research Report Number 03-01
Tracking
Trends: Giving, Volunteering and Trust in Metro Atlanta
Janet L. Johnson and David M. Van Slyke
May 2003
Abstract: Who gives, and who volunteers? How much and where? How important are feelings of trust and connectedness to the philanthropic behavior of individuals? Are there trends in trust, giving, and volunteering that need to be recognized and understood if the nonprofit community is to grow and thrive? This report summarizes the latest findings of a 2002-03 survey conducted by The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta on interpersonal trust, giving and volunteering in the metro Atlanta area. Findings are compared to two earlier benchmark surveys that were also sponsored by the Community Foundation.
Research Report Number 01-02
What
is Social Capital And Why Does It Matter?
John C. Thomas
March 2001
Abstract: To assess the stock of social capital in the U.S. in detail, political scientist Robert Putnam and colleagues at Harvard University launched a national survey-the first of its kind-on a broad range of aspects of social capital. With the support of community foundations from across the country, the project included separate surveys of forty communities around the country, including the Atlanta area. The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta sponsored the Atlanta-area survey, and Research Atlanta analyzed the data. The Atlanta sample was drawn from five representative counties and included 510 respondents. This report summarizes the results of the Atlanta survey on measures of trust, diversity of friendships, and civic, political and faith-based involvement, and compares Atlanta to similar communities in the national sample.
Research Report Number 01-01
Individual
Philanthropy Patterns in Metro Atlanta
David M. Van Slyke and Arthur C. Brooks
January 2001
Abstract: This study was commissioned by The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta to collect reliable baseline data on individual giving patterns in the twenty-two county Atlanta region. The information is to be used for understanding the demographic characteristics of givers as well as their perceptions, beliefs, values, and attitudes about charitable giving, volunteering, charitable organizations, and the factors that motivate them to support nonprofit organizations. In addition, the data also provides insight into the types of information that are most useful to individuals when making their giving decisions, and direction about issues the nonprofit sector must address to increase giving and enhance its visibility and legitimacy.
