Programs

Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation

Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation

The award, administered by the Institute, is given each November to three U.S.-based nonprofit organizations in recognition of existing programs that have made a difference in the lives of the people they serve. The award has been given annually since 1991 and is accompanied by a first-place prize of $100,000 and two runners-up prizes of $7,500 and $5,000.

“Innovation is change that creates a new dimension of performance. All nonprofit organizations must be governed by performance, not merely good intentions. To do so, they must begin with mission, for the mission defines what results are for any organization. In the social sector, as in business and government, performance is the ultimate test of an organization. Every nonprofit organization exists for the sake of performance in changing people and society.

“In the years ahead, America 's nonprofits will become even more important. As government retrenches, Americans will look increasingly to the nonprofits to tackle the problems of a fast-changing society. These challenges will demand innovation—in services, and in nonprofit management. The purpose of the annual Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation is to find the innovators, whether small or large; to recognize and celebrate their example; and to inspire others.” — Peter F. Drucker

Past winners of the Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation:

• 2009 Center for Court Innovation, New York, NY
• 2008 KickStart, San Francisco, CA
• 2007 Brooklyn Workforce Innovations, Brooklyn, NY
• 2006 United Through Reading, San Diego, CA
• 2005 The Landscape Bank, Keep Alachua County Beautiful, Inc., Gainesville, FL
• 2004 Wheel Get There, Minnesota Valley Action Council
• 2003 River Falls First Responders, River Falls, WI
• 2002 Crafts with Conviction, Crayons to Computers
• 2001 The Eloy Model, Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project
• 2000 Peer Educator Training Program, SAGE Project, Inc.
• 1999 California Transportation Training Institute California Emergency Foodlink
• 1998 Times Square Jobs Training Program, Common Ground Community
• 1997 Computer Clubhouse, The Computer Museum
• 1996 Second Family Program, Lutheran Social Services of Illinois
• 1995 ECO-O.K. Banana Project, Rainforest Alliance
• 1994 Community Schools, Children's Aid Society
• 1993 Project Teamwork, Center for Study of Sport in Society
• 1992 Parish Partnership Transitional Housing Program, Lutheran Family and Children's Services of Missouri
• 1991 Living in Family Environments, Judson Center

Drucker Curriculum

Drucker Curriculum

Through select strategic partnerships, the Institute licenses third parties to teach management practices to working professionals using a 14-module Drucker Curriculum. The Curriculum was developed by the Institute's Academic and Research Director Joseph A. Maciariello.

Drucker Curriculum-based courses are currently being offered in India by the PRISM Group and in China by the Peter F. Drucker Academy. We expect to announce additional partnerships in the coming months.

Research

Research

Under the leadership of Academic and Research Director Joseph A. Maciariello, the Drucker Institute supports original research that builds on Peter Drucker’s teachings.
Joe's current project is documenting Drucker’s thinking on management as a liberal art. Drucker believed that management, when practiced right, is infused with and enriched by all the humanities and social sciences: history, sociology, psychology, philosophy, culture, and religion. The Institute’s goal is to spark a conversation that will move the concept of management as a liberal art into the larger academic community and, ultimately, into the realm of practice.

Drucker Scholars- and Executives-in-Residence

Drucker Scholars- and Executives-in-Residence

The Institute, in collaboration with Claremont Graduate University’s Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management, brings in visiting scholars and executives to explore Drucker’s work and further their own. In turn, they contribute to campus life, as well as to the larger community, during their time in Claremont.

Previous Scholars-in-Residence include Professor Jiro Nonaka of UC Berkeley and Hitotsubashi University and social philosopher Charles Handy. The most recent Executive-in-Residence was Rajiv Dutta, managing director of Elevation Partners and former president of EBay Marketplaces.

The Responsibility Gap

The Responsibility Gap

The Responsibility Gap show is a 45-minute presentation that covers the vital importance of management to the health of modern society; the dire implications of our collective failure to be effective managers and ethical leaders of our people, resources, and institutions; and how Peter Drucker’s core insights and values highlight a way to begin bridging the Gap.

The show can be combined with a follow-up conversation based on five discussion questions designed to get audience members thinking about what they and their organizations can do to close the Gap.

To find out more about The Responsibility Gap show and how you can bring a trained presenter to an event, email contact@druckerinstitute.com.

The Nonprofit Drucker

The Nonprofit Drucker

Thanks to the generosity of Bob Buford and The Leadership Network, the Drucker Institute has re-issued The Nonprofit Drucker, a landmark five-volume audio series featuring Peter Drucker’s insights into the management of the social sector.

Originally produced by The Leadership Network and recorded in 1989 in cassette format, The Nonprofit Drucker has now been converted to CD and digital download formats, with a new introduction that highlights the continuing relevance of the series to today’s nonprofit world. The discs feature 25 hours of interviews—with Peter Drucker and of Drucker in conversation with nonprofit leaders. The material served as the basis for Drucker’s book, Managing the Non-Profit Organization: Principles and Practices.

We offer the CDs and a digital download for sale through our website.