Using outcome evaluation to guide grant making: Theory, reality, and possibilities

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 482-486

  Easterling, Doug ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

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EID: 0034257613     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764000293009     Document Type: Article

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