Argentina

• CEDES - Centro de Estudios de Estado y Sociedad
• Centro de Innovación Social - Universidad de San Andres
• Instituto de Investigacion en Ciencias Sociales Gino Germani, Universidad de Buenos Aires
• Departamento del Instituto del Conurbano, Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento
• Departmento de Ceincia Politica y Estudios Internacionales, Universidad Tocuatto di Tella
• Centro de Estudios de Sociologia del Trabajo, Universidad de Buenos Aires

Australia

• Centre for Australian Community Organisations and Management (CACOM), University of Technology, Sydney
• Asia Pacific Center for Social Investment and Philanthropy, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne
• The Centre for Citizenship and Human Rights, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria
• Centre of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane

Austria

• Group for Nonprofit Management, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business
• Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Nonprofit Institutions(NPO Institute), Vienna University of Economics and Business

Belgium

• Centre d'Economie Sociale, University of Liege, Liege
• EMES European Research Network

Brazil

• Centro de Estudos em Administração Publica e Governo, Fundação Getulio Vargas
• Centro de Empreendedorismo Social e Administração em Terceiro Setor (CEATS) at FIA – Fundação Instituto de Administração (FIA), Sao Paulo
• Departamento de Responsabilidade Social, Universidad Federal de Rio de Janeiro
• Nucleo de Investigacion, Solidaridades y Politicas (NASP) Universidad Federal de Rio de Janeiro
• Núcleo de Estudos Sobre Poder e Organizações Locais (NEPOL)
• Nucleo de Estudos do Terceiro Setor (NETS)
• Universidad UNICAMP
  

Canada

• The Centre for Voluntary Sector Research and Development (CVSRD) A joint initiative of Carleton University and the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
• Nonprofit Management and Leadership Program, Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, Ontario
• Public Policy and the Third Sector Initiative, School of Policy Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
• Centre for Voluntary Sector Studies, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario
• The Institute for Nonprofit Studies, Mount Royal College, Calgary, Alberta
• Social Economy Centre, University of Toronto

Chile

• Programa Ciudadania y Gestion Publica
• Programa Interdiciplinario de Estudios Asociativos (PRO- ASOCIA), Universidad de Chile
• Observatorio Social, Universidad Alberto Hurtado

China

• Center for Civil Society- Fundan University, Shanghai
• Civil Society Center- Peking University, Beijing
• Research Center for Voluntary and Welfare, Academy of Macroeconomic Research, Peking University, Beijing
• NPO Research Center- Renmin University of China, Beijing
• NGO Research Center, Tsinghua University , Beijing
• Institute for Civil Society, The Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou

Costa Rica

• Observatorio del Desarrollo (OdD), Universidad de Costa Rica

Czech Republic

• Centre for Nonprofit Sector Research, Masaryk University

Egypt

• The John D Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement, The American University in Cairo

France

• Research and information Center on Democracy and Autonomy (CRIDA), Paris
• INSEAD Social Entrepreneurship

Germany

• Maecenata Institute for Philanthropy and Civil Society at Humboldt University, Berlin
• Centre for Nonprofit-Management (NPM), Universität Münster, Münster
• Center for Social Investment (CSI), Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg
• Civil Society Center, Zeppelin University 

Hong Kong

• Center for Civil Society Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Center for Governance and Civil Society, University of Hong Kong

India

• Third Sector Research Resource Centre (TSSRC), University of Mysore, Mysore
• Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai and Tuljapur
• Centre for Studies on Corporate Philanthropy--Justice K S Hegde Institute of Management

Ireland

• Centre for Nonprofit Management, School of Business, Trinity College, University of Dublin

Israel

• The Israeli Center for Third Sector Research (ICTR), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva
• The Center for the Study of Philanthropy in Israel, Hebrew Univeristry of Jerusalem, Mt. Scopus
• The Israeli Social Enterprise Research Center (ISERC)

Italy

• PHaSI PHilanthropy and Social Innovation--Bologna
• Instituto Studi Sviluppo (ISSAN), Trento

Japan

• OSIPP Center for Nonprofit Research & Information at Osaka University, Osaka
  
• Centre for Research on Civil society and Voluntary Sector (CCIJ)

Korea

• East-West Institute, Yonsei University, Seoul
• The Beautiful Foundation

Mexico

• Centro de Investigación y Estudios Sobre Sociedad Civil, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Ciudad de México
  
• Interdisciplinary Program for Third Sector Studies, El Colegio Mexiquense, Zinacantepec
• Instituto de Investigaciones sobre Desarrollo Sustentable y Equidad Social, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City
• Philanthropy and Civil Society Project, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM)
• Humanities and Social Sciences School, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico City Campus
• CEMEFI
• El Colegio De Mexico

Netherlands

• Erasmus Centre for Strategic Philanthropy
• Center for Philanthropic Studies at VU University Amsterdam
  
  

New Zealand

• Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington

Northern Ireland

• The Centre for Voluntary Action Studies, University of Ulster at Coleraine, Coleraine

Norway

• Centre for Research on Civil society and Voluntary Sector, Oslo
• Comparative Research Programme on NGOs, University of Bergen Centre for Development Studies, Bergen
• Institute for Social Research, Oslo

Peru

• Centro de Investigacion (CIUP), Universidad del Pacifico
• Departmento del Programa de Estudios sobre Democracia y Transformacion Global

Philippines

• Center for Leadership, Citizenship and Democracy, National College of Public Administration and Governance, University of the Philippines-Diliman, Quezon City

Russia

• Centre for Studies of Civil Society and Non-for-profit Sector (CSCSNS)
  State University - Higher school of Economics (HSE), Moscow

Saudi Arabia

• Medad Center

Singapore

• Asia Centre for Social Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy
  

South Africa

• Centre for Civil Society, School of Development Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban

Spain

• Foundation Research Center of Economy and Society (CIES), University of Barcelona, Barcelona

Switzerland

• Institute for Research on Management of Associations and other Nonprofit Organizations, Verbandsmanagement Institut (VMI),Université de Fribourg/ Universität Freiburg, Fribourg

• Center for Philanthropy Studies (CEPS), University of Basel, Basel

Taiwan

• Center for the Third Sector, National Cheng-Chi University, Taipei City

Thailand

• Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society , National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA), Bangkok

Turkey

• Marmara University NGO’s Research and Practice Center, Marmara University
  

United Kingdom

• Centre for Charity Effectiveness, City University, London
• Centre for Voluntary Sector Research, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield
• Centre for Voluntary Action Research, Aston University, Birmingham
• Centre for Comparative Management, The Open University, Milton Keynes
• Centre for the Study of Philanthropy, Humanitarianism and Social Justice (CPHSJ), University of Kent
• Third Sector Research Centre, University of Southhamton
• Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship - Said Business School, University of Oxford
• Centre for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy (CGAP)
• Centre for Public Services Research (CPSR), University of Edinburgh

Uruguay

• Instituto de Comunicación y Desarrollo (ICD)

United States of America

Arizona

• Lodestar Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Innovation at Arizona State University

California

• Center for Civil Society, University of California, Los Angeles – School of Public Affairs, Los Angeles
• Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy, School of Policy, Planning, and Development, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
• Stanford School of Business - Center for Social Innovation

Connecticut

• Program on NonProfit Organizations (PONPO), Yale University

• The Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management, North Park University, Chicago
• DePaul University's School of Public Service

Indiana

• Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University
• University Purdue, University Indianapolis

Louisiana

• Institute for Human Service and Public Policy, Louisiana State University, Shreveport

Maryland

• Center for Civil Society, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore

Massachusetts

• Center on Wealth and Philanthropy, Boston College, Chestnut Hill

Michigan

• The Nonprofit and Public Management Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

New York

• Center for Nonprofit Strategy and Management
  Baruch College, The City University of New York, School of Public Affairs
• Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York

North Carolina

• Duke University's Fuqua School of Business-Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE)

Texas

• RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin
• Nonprofit Management Program, Bush School of Government & Public Service--Texas A&M University

Virginia

• Institute for Governance and Accountabilities, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg

Washington

• Nancy Bell Evans Center on Nonprofits & Philanthropy, University of Washington, Seattle

Wisconsin

• Helen Bader Institute for Nonprofit Management University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee