Foundations, Universities, and Government: A Pattern of Interaction
OUNDATIONS in the United States have long been recognized as important contributors to many facets of the public welfare. The particular areas to which they have contributed have changed under the impact of a variety of social forces, an impact which has caused foundations to search for new areas to which they can make "creative" grants or has made them responsive to requests for assistance from new sources. It is the purpose of this paper to identify and describe this process in part, to relate it to American universities,' and to indicate certain impacts it has had on them. The process and its impacts can be stated in three general propositions.