David C. Hammack is The Hiram C. Hayden Professor of History at Case Western Reserve University. His books include A Versatile American Institution: The Changing Ideals and Realities of Philanthropic Foundations (2013), American Foundations (2010), Globalization, Philanthropy, and Civil Society: Projecting Institutional Logics Abroad (IUP, 2009), and Making the Nonprofit Sector in the United States: A Reader (IUP, 1998).Steven Rathgeb Smith is the executive director of the American Political Science Association. He has taught at several universities including the University of Washington where he was the Nancy Bell Evans Professor of Public Affairs. His most recent book is Nonprofits and Advocacy: Engaging Community and Government in an Era of Retrenchment (with Robert Pekkanen and Yutaka Tsujinaka). He is currently president of the International Society for Third Sector Research.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction/David C. Hammack1. New York Foundations / David C. Hammack2. Philanthropic Funds in Baltimore / Jessica Elfenbein and Elise C. Hagesfeld 3. The Washington, D.C. Region's Modest Foundation Sector / Alan Abramson and Stefan Toepler4. Northeastern Ohio's Collaborative Foundations / Elise C. Hagesfeld and David C. Hammack 5. Philanthropic Foundations in Chicago/ Heather MacIndoe6. The Rise of Grantmaking Foundations the South / Martin Lehfeldt and Jamil Zainaldin7. The Foundations of Texas / Peter Frumkin and Heather MacIndoe8. Foundations in Los Angeles / David B. Howard and Helmut K. Anheier9. Foundations in San Francisco and Silicon Valley / Carol. J Silverman and Arleda Martinez10. Washington State's Foundations / Steven Rathgeb Smith, Beth L. Lovelady, Natalie C. Alm, and Kate Anderson SimonsBy Way of a Conclusion: Regions, Foundations, and Policy / David C. Hammack and Steven Rathgeb SmithAppendix A: The Biggest Foundations, 1946, 1979, 2012Appendix B: Community Funds and the Distribution of Smaller FoundationsIndex