Burlingame, Dwight F.Kienker, James RobertScarpino, Philip V.Huehls, Frances A.2010-07-192010-07-192010-07-19https://hdl.handle.net/1805/2190http://dx.doi.org/10.7912/C2/586Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)A historical analysis of the philanthropic response to the Great Depression by community foundations; the thesis uses the individual story of the Indianapolis Foundation as a case study to provide detailed examples of how community foundations modified their grant-making behavior in response to the Great Depression’s economic effects.en-USprivate givingcommunity trusteconomic recessionGreat Depressionphilanthropycommunity foundationIndianapolis FoundationCommunity foundations -- United StatesDepressions -- 1929 -- United StatesRational Generosity: The Indianapolis Foundation and the Community Foundation Response to the Great DepressionThesis