Understanding Philanthropy: Its Meaning and Mission

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ROBERT L. PAY TON AND MICHAEL P. MOODY I T S M E AN I N G A N D M I S S I O N Understanding Philanthropy Understanding Philanthropy Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies Dwight F. Burlingame and David C. Hammack, editors Understanding Philanthropy Its Meaning and Mission Robert L. Payton and Michael P. Moody Indiana University Press Bloomington and Indianapolis This book is a publication of Indiana University Press 601 North Morton Street Bloomington, IN 47404-3797 USA http://iupress.indiana.edu Telephone orders 800-842-6796 Fax orders 812-855-7931 Orders by e-mail iuporder@indiana.edu© 2008 by Robert L. Payton and Michael P. Moody All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Payton, Robert L. Understanding philanthropy : its meaning and mission / Robert L. Payton and Michael P. Moody. p. cm. -- (Philanthropy and nonprofit studies) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-253-35049-7 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Charity. 2. Charities. 3. Charitable giving. 4. Humanitarianism. I. Moody, Michael P. II. Title. BJ1533.P5P39 2008 177'.7--dc22 2007036766 1 2 3 4 5 13 12 11 10 09 08 to Polly and Karen ...