CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Preface to the Paperback Edition

Introduction

Chapter 1: “For the Improvement of Mankind”

Chapter 2: The Coming of Mass Philanthropy

Chapter 3: The Regulatory Compromise

Chapter 4: The Private Funding of Affairs of State

Chapter 5: From Humanitarianism to Cold War

Chapter 6: Philanthropy at Midcentury: “Timid Billions”?

Chapter 7: Investing in Civil Rights

Chapter 8: In Search of a Nonprofit Sector

Chapter 9: American Philanthropy and the World’s Communities

Conclusion

Notes

Index