Mission & Goals

The mission of the Nonprofit Academic Centers Council is to support academic centers devoted to the study of the nonprofit/nongovernmental sector, philanthropy and voluntary action to advance education, research and practice that increases the nonprofit sector's ability to enhance civic engagement, democracy and human welfare.

NACC fulfills its mission by:

• Providing leadership to strengthen existing centers
• Supporting the establishment of new centers
• Serving as a resource for sharing best practices
• Fostering collaboration among programs and centers
• Developing creative approaches to researcher-practitioner collaborations
• Advancing universities' missions of teaching, research, and service through nonprofit studies
• Developing and promoting curricular guidelines
• Identifying issues for NACC action on behalf of its members