Giving circles: Growing grassroots philanthropy

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 517-532

  Eikenberry, Angela M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Giving circles; Philanthropy; Voluntary associations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746615071     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764006287482     Document Type: Article

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