World Values Survey would be a place to start:
http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/wvs.jsp
I quote Jonathan Perraton. I think the World Values Survey should give some hints for what you are looking for. There are specific sections dedicated to social and political attitudes of respondents.
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/CSO/0,,menuPK:64272791~pagePK:220469~piPK:220475~theSitePK:228717,00.html
Check with these World Bank Civil Society guys
For the US, these might be useful:
Current Population Survey (CPS) has lots of supplements with relevant questions http://www.census.gov/cps/
American Community Survey http://www.census.gov/acs/www/
Pew Research has a number of interesting sources:
http://www.pewresearch.org/topics/
Concerning Europe: The Eurobarometer includes questions on trust in various institutions including voluntary organisations/civil society. I think that earlier waves also asked about the preferred provider of e.g. care for older people (welfare state, civil society, families etc.). It may also be worth having a look at European Social Survey or SHARE.
The best dataset is ICCS 2009 of IEA. It is free: http://rms.iea-dpc.org
I'm not sure if I understood the question right. But have you heard about the Social Progress Index? It considers basic human needs, foundations of wellbeing, and opportunities as a complementary but independent measure of economic indicators, such as GDP.
https://www.socialprogress.org/about-us
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