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xi Acknowledgments This volume has benefited from the advice, support, and contributions of many individuals and organizations. We endeavor to acknowledge and thank all of them here. In the ultimate analysis, the coeditors alone are responsible for the final publication. Advisory board: Alan Abramson, William Bowen, Craig Calhoun, Emmett Carson, Paul DiMaggio, Sara Englehardt, Virginia Esposito, Joel Fleishman, Barry Gaberman, Joseph Galaskiewicz, Vartan Gregorian, Paul Grogan, Peter Hero, Warren Ilchmann, Stanley N. Katz, Leslie Lenkowsky, Sylvia Matthews, Steve Minter, Ed Pauly, George Penick, Alicia Phillip, Kenneth Prewitt, Benjamin Shute, Bruce Sievers, Adele Simmons, John G. Simon, James Allen Smith, Pamela Waters, Burton Weisbrod, Bill White, Julian Wolpert. Research and editorial support: Jocelyn Guihama efficiently managed practical details; Kathleen Mills and Elise Hagesfeld provided invaluable editorial assistance on the many drafts. Eve Garrow, David B. Howard, Marcus Lam, Erik Miller, Tia Morita, Jennifer Mosley, and Tiffany A. Willey made many helpful contributions. We would also like to thank our editorial and production team at Brookings Institution Press: Larry Converse, Katherine Kimball, Mary Kwak, Carlotta Ribar, Janet Walker, and Susan Woollen. We gratefully acknowledge the following for their expertise and support of this endeavor: Burt Barnow, Joseph J. Cordes, Eugene Steuerle, and Burton Weisbrod for their input on methodology at the beginning of this project; Sara Englehardt, Steve Lawrence, and the entire research team at the Foundation xii acknowledgments Center, who provided invaluable support; Phil Buchanan and the staff at the Center for Effective Philanthropy; the Aspen Institute and the Pocantico Conference Center of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund for providing facilities for meetings that allowed the authors and editors not only to envision but also to debate the project as it moved forward. This project was initiated and generously supported by the Aspen Institute’s Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy Program. It also benefited from support from the Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Case Western Reserve University and the UCLA School of Public Affairs. ...

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