The main purpose of this study is to investigate the social service institutes and analyze their current situation and problems. We designed questionnaires and sent them to 300 foundations in Taiwan. The research results can be concluded as follows: 1. The deeply concerned problems for social service institutes are governmental social service policies, economic prosperities, and public supporting. 2. For operation and management, it is difficult to raise money, innovation, and managing human resources. 3. About the need for social service institutes, there are five urgent items. They are training social service people, consultant on electronic business, developing social service policies, professional talent training, and innovation on incubate new enterprises.