Hoosier philanthropy : a state history of giving /

"The first in-depth history of philanthropy in Indiana. Philanthropy has been central to the development of public life in Indiana over the past two centuries. Hoosier Philanthropy explores the role of philanthropy in the Hoosier state, showing how voluntary action within Indiana has created an...

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Other Authors: Witkowski, Gregory R. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2022]
Series:Philanthropic and nonprofit studies.
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Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Clay Robbins, Chairman and CEO, Lilly Endowment Inc
  • Indiana's philanthropic history : a continuing legacy / James H. Madison
  • Religion and philanthropy : Indiana's traditions / David P. King
  • Social services in Indiana / Katherine Badertscher and Ruth C. Crocker
  • In search of the ethical society : a history of voluntary associations in Indiana / James J. Connolly
  • Independent together : historical highlights of the links between philanthropy and higher education / Paul C. Pribbenow with Caitlin Crowley
  • Hoosier health philanthropy : understanding the past / William H. Schneider
  • The cause of benevolence : Calvin Fletcher as philanthropist / Nicole Etcheson
  • "The big-hearted, race loving woman" : Madam C. J. Walker's philanthropy in Indianapolis, 1911-1914 / Tyrone McKinley Freeman
  • "Take what you find here and make it better and better" : Eli Lilly and company, philanthropy, and the impact of the discovery of insulin / Elizabeth J. Van Allen
  • The emergence of charity evaluation / Katherine Badertscher
  • Social innovation in the heartland / Peter Weber and Chen Ji
  • Same goals, different paths : the Wheeler City Rescue Mission and the Indianapolis community fund in the mid-twentieth century / Amanda Koch
  • Gary Neighborhood House : managing mission and uncertainty in the civil rights era / Ruth K. Hansen
  • "The problem of expense" : lay religion, Hoosier patrons, and philanthropic logics in midcentury America / Phillip D. Byers
  • Seeding community foundations in Indiana : a history of the GIFT Initiative / Xiaoyun Wang.