Hoosier philanthropy: a state history of giving

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I. Overviews of Philanthropic Areas of Engagement -- 1. Indiana's Philanthropic History: A Continuing Legacy -- 2. Religion and Philanthropy: Indiana's Traditions -- 3. Social Services in Indiana -- 4. In Search of the Ethical Society: A History of Voluntary Associations in Indiana -- 5. Independent Together: Historical Highlights of the Links between Philanthropy and Higher Education -- 6. Hoosier Health Philanthropy: Understanding the Past -- Part II. Trends and Innovations -- Section One: Motivations to Give -- 7. The Cause of Benevolence: Calvin Fletcher as Philanthropist -- 8. The Big-Hearted, Race Loving Woman -- 9. Take what you find here and make it better and better -- Section Two: Experiments in Social Change -- 10. The Emergence of Charity Evaluation -- 11. Social Innovation in the Heartland -- Section Three: Adjusting to Change and Maintaining Mission -- 12. Same Goals, Different Paths: The Wheeler City Rescue Mission and the Indianapolis Community Fund in the Mid-Twentieth Century -- 13. Gary Neighborhood House: Managing Mission and Uncertainty in the Civil Rights Era -- Section Four: Networks and Collaborations -- 14. The Problem of Expense": Lay Religion, Hoosier Patrons, and Philanthropic Logics in Midcentury America -- 15. Seeding Community Foundations in Indiana: A History of the GIFT Initiative -- Contributors -- Index.