Elizabeth
Trocolli Boris
Center
on Nonprofits and Philanthropy
The Urban Institute
In September of 1996, Elizabeth
T. Boris became the first director of the Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy
at the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C. The center conducts research
on policy issues affecting the nonprofit sector and houses the National
Center for Charitable Statistics. From 1991 to 1996, Dr. Boris was founding
director of the Aspen Institute's Nonprofit Sector Research Fund, the
first grantmaking program devoted to supporting research on the nonprofit
sector and philanthropy. Prior to her tenure at the Aspen Institute,
Dr. Boris was Vice President for Research at the Council on Foundations,
where she developed the research program and directed it for twelve
years. The author of many research publications on philanthropy, including
Philanthropic Foundations in the United States: An Introduction, and
a book co-edited with C. Eugene Steuerle, Nonprofits and Government:
Collaboration and Conflict, Dr. Boris was a co-founder of the National
Center for Charitable Statistics and served as chair of the Classification
Committee. Dr. Boris is also actively involved as an advisor and board
member for a variety of organizations in the nonprofit sector.
