Foundation impact on environmental nongovernmental organizations: The grantees' perspective

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 603-625

  Delfin, Francisco G ^a   Tang, Shui Yan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Foundation grants; Nonprofit; Philanthropy

Indexed keywords

EID: 55449127501     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764007312667     Document Type: Article

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