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The Transformation of American Philanthropy: From Public Trust to Private Foundation, 1785-1917
(2017)
This dissertation examines the early history of philanthropic enterprise in the United States. I use the legal and administrative records of nineteenth-century philanthropic foundations, as well as the popular debates they ...
Examining the Critical Role of Social Capital in Entrepreneurship: A Qualitative Study of Emerging Nonprofit Organizations.
(2016)
This qualitative study examines how individual nonprofit organizations (“NPOs”) emerge. I build on the limited empirical research by studying eight emerging NPOs in a single New Jersey county using forty qualitative ...