A publication of INDEPENDENT SECTOR.
Expert contributors explore how individuals become dedicated to caring for others, and the role such care plays in providing a foundation for our civic, ethical, and spiritual traditions.
PAUL G. SCHERVISH is associate professor of sociology and director of Social Welfare Research at Boston College. He is the coauthor of Empowerment and Beneficience.. VIRGINIA A. HODGKINSON is vice president of research at INDEPENDENT SECTOR and executive director of the National Center of Charitable Statistics. She is the author or coauthor of Giving and Volunteering in the United States (1992), The Nonprofit Almanac: Dimensions of the IndepAndent Sector 1992--1993 (1992), Governing Leading and Managing Nonprofit Organizations (1993). MARGARET GATES is a consultant to nonprofit organizations. As national executive director of Girls Incorporated, she was an advocate for girls and introduced programs to meet the special challenges of girls in contemporary society. She was Deputy Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Agriculture from 19791981.