National Giving Campaigns in the United States: Entertainment, Empathy, and the National Peer Group

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 241-261

  Einolf, Christopher J ^a   Philbrick, Deborah M ^a   Slay, Kelly ^b  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

fundraising; giving; national campaigns; philanthropy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875685616     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764012467230     Document Type: Article

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