Arthur C. Brooks is associate professor of public administration, director of the Nonprofit Studies Program, and senior research associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute, at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University. He is the co-editor of the Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society, as well as the co-author of The Performing Arts in a New Era.

What leads people to give their time and money to charity? What characteristics distinguish groups that are involved in civic affairs from those that are not? And what can policy makers and nonprofit leaders do to promote giving and volunteering? This collection of essays investigates those and other questions to determine how to maximize the reach of community involvement in philanthropic work.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Can Government Build Community? Lessons from the National Service ProgramChapter 3 Building Volunteer Capacity: The Drivers of Successful Corporate and Service Partnerships at City YearChapter 4 Corporate Community Service Programs: Enhancing Community Capacity?Chapter 5 The Volunteer Center National Network: All It Can Be?Chapter 6 Social Sector Partnerships and Voluntarism: What We Know and Still Need To Learn?Chapter 7 How Do Need, Capacity, Geography, and Politics Influence Giving?Chapter 8 Religion, Philanthropy, Service, and Civic Engagement in Twentieth Century AmericaChapter 9 College, Social Capital, and Charitable GivingChapter 10 Gifts of Money in America's Community: What Can Scholarship Tell Practitioners?Chapter 11 Why Do People Give?

Arthur C. Brooks is associate professor of public administration, director of the Nonprofit Studies Program, and senior research associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute, at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University. He is the co-editor of the Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society, as well as the co-author of The Performing Arts in a New Era.

What leads people to give their time and money to charity? What characteristics distinguish groups that are involved in civic affairs from those that are not? And what can policy makers and nonprofit leaders do to promote giving and volunteering? This collection of essays investigates those and other questions to determine how to maximize the reach of community involvement in philanthropic work.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Can Government Build Community? Lessons from the National Service ProgramChapter 3 Building Volunteer Capacity: The Drivers of Successful Corporate and Service Partnerships at City YearChapter 4 Corporate Community Service Programs: Enhancing Community Capacity?Chapter 5 The Volunteer Center National Network: All It Can Be?Chapter 6 Social Sector Partnerships and Voluntarism: What We Know and Still Need To Learn?Chapter 7 How Do Need, Capacity, Geography, and Politics Influence Giving?Chapter 8 Religion, Philanthropy, Service, and Civic Engagement in Twentieth Century AmericaChapter 9 College, Social Capital, and Charitable GivingChapter 10 Gifts of Money in America's Community: What Can Scholarship Tell Practitioners?Chapter 11 Why Do People Give?

Arthur C. Brooks is associate professor of public administration, director of the Nonprofit Studies Program, and senior research associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute, at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University. He is the co-editor of the Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society, as well as the co-author of The Performing Arts in a New Era.

What leads people to give their time and money to charity? What characteristics distinguish groups that are involved in civic affairs from those that are not? And what can policy makers and nonprofit leaders do to promote giving and volunteering? This collection of essays investigates those and other questions to determine how to maximize the reach of community involvement in philanthropic work.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Can Government Build Community? Lessons from the National Service ProgramChapter 3 Building Volunteer Capacity: The Drivers of Successful Corporate and Service Partnerships at City YearChapter 4 Corporate Community Service Programs: Enhancing Community Capacity?Chapter 5 The Volunteer Center National Network: All It Can Be?Chapter 6 Social Sector Partnerships and Voluntarism: What We Know and Still Need To Learn?Chapter 7 How Do Need, Capacity, Geography, and Politics Influence Giving?Chapter 8 Religion, Philanthropy, Service, and Civic Engagement in Twentieth Century AmericaChapter 9 College, Social Capital, and Charitable GivingChapter 10 Gifts of Money in America's Community: What Can Scholarship Tell Practitioners?Chapter 11 Why Do People Give?