How do faith-based organizations compare to secular providers? Nonprofit directors' and poor women's assessments of FBOs

Journal of Poverty

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 91-115

  Kissane, Rebecca Joyce ^a  

^a LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Faith based organizations; Nonprofits; Poverty; Social service delivery

Indexed keywords

EID: 38649111972     PISSN: 10875549     EISSN: 15407608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J134v11n04_05     Document Type: Article

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