A Versatile American Institution: The Changing Ideals and Realities of Philanthropic Foundations

by Helmut K. Anheier and David C. Hammack

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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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815721943
• ISBN13: 9780815721949
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Rlpg/Galleys
• Length: 273 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"