Now in paperback Making the Nonprofit Sector in the United States A Reader Edited with Introductions by David C. Hammack
"Masterfully mining and sifting a four-century historical record, David Hammack has composed an extraordinarily valuable volume: a 'one-stop-shopping' sourcebook on the secular and religious origins and the astonishing growth (and periodic growing pains) of America's nonprofit sector-and the challenges and dilemmas it confronts today." -John Simon, Yale University
"It is a delight to see an anthology on nonprofit history done so well." -Barry Karl,...
Now in paperback Making the Nonprofit Sector in the United States A Reader Edited with Introductions by David C. Hammack
The essays in this book reflect pioneering efforts to study the global movement of ideas and institutions. They deal with topics of significant contemporary importance: initiatives to address the AIDS epidemic in East Africa; to protect the peoples and ecosystems of the Amazon; to advance the "truth and reconciliation" process in South Africa and in other areas of great conflict; to promote "civil society" in Eastern Europe and Central Asia; to advocate for environmental protection in the United States, Great Britain, Germany, and Japan; and to spread Rotary Clubs and encourage "social...
The essays in this book reflect pioneering efforts to study the global movement of ideas and institutions. They deal with topics of significant con...
America's grantmaking foundations have grown rapidly over the course of recent decades, even in the face of financial and economic crises. Foundations have a great deal of freedom, enjoy widespread legitimacy, and wield considerable influence. In this book, David Hammack and Helmut Anheier follow up their edited volume, "American Foundations," with a comprehensive historical account of what American foundations have done with that independence and power.
While philanthropic foundations play important roles in other parts of the world, the U.S. sector stands out as exceptional. Nowhere...
America's grantmaking foundations have grown rapidly over the course of recent decades, even in the face of financial and economic crises. Foundati...
Once largely confined to the largest cities in the mid-Atlantic and Great Lakes states, philanthropic foundations now play a significant role in nearly every state. Wide-ranging and incisive, the essays in American Philanthropic Foundations: Regional Difference and Change examine the origins, development, and accomplishments of philanthropic foundations in key cities and regions of the United States. Each contributor assesses foundation efforts to address not only social and economic inequalities, but also to encourage cultural and creative life in their home regions and elsewhere. Together,...
Once largely confined to the largest cities in the mid-Atlantic and Great Lakes states, philanthropic foundations now play a significant role in nearl...
