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Researching volunteer associations and other nonprofits: An emergent interdisciplinary field and possible new discipline1

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ARNOVA is alive and well and living in Indianapolis as housed by the Center for Philanthropy at Indiana University, Indianapolis. ARNOVA had over 1,000 members from more than 55 different nations and from 16 fields and disciplines in its membership as of 1999. It is in very sound financial shape for the next three years at least, pursuing a variety of initiatives, both existing and new (e.g., more diversity in membership and leadership). Its annual conference attendance climbs each year now, as does its membership, with aggressive marketing through direct mail to lists of potentially interested scholars as well as by word of mouth.

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Smith, D.H. Researching volunteer associations and other nonprofits: An emergent interdisciplinary field and possible new discipline1. Am Soc 30, 5–33 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12108-999-1021-7

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