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Laurie E. Paarlberg

Social Sciences · Indiana University

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Established · publishing since 2000
Nonprofit Sector and VolunteeringSocial Capital and NetworksReligion, Society, and DevelopmentService-Learning and Community EngagementPublic Policy and Administration Research

Publications

95

Citations

2,594

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

27

Publishing since 2000

Research summary
AI-generated

Laurie E. Paarlberg studies the nonprofit and philanthropic sector, with a focus on how charitable organizations, community foundations, and groups like United Way operate and support their communities. Much of her recent work examines volunteering patterns across different types of communities, questions of power and equity in philanthropic giving, and how community-based organizations respond to local social and economic conditions.

Nonprofit organizations and volunteeringCommunity foundations and philanthropyEquity and power in charitable givingPlace-based giving and community engagementPublic administration and policy

Publication activity has remained fairly steady over the past decade, averaging about five to six papers per year with modest year-to-year fluctuation.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

Funding
Public award records

No award with a current end date on record.

2 earlier awards
  • NSF 1359574Sep 2013 – Jul 2014 · $77k awarded

    Institutional Competing Logics: Local Context vs. National Identity in United Way Systems

  • NSF 1127971Aug 2011 – Oct 2013 · $266k awarded

    Institutional Competing Logics: Local Context vs. National Identity in United Way Systems

Matched to public NIH RePORTER and NSF records by name and institution. Awards from other agencies are not shown, and a match is not always found — this list may be incomplete.

In context
Among 1,148 established Social Sciences PIs within our index
Citations: 2,594cohort median 1,166
h-index: 23cohort median 16
Publications / year (recent): 5.2cohort median 2.2

Typically publishes in teams of ~3 · 61% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 24 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 5.2/year recently
2017: 6 publications172018: 3 publications182019: 5 publications192020: 10 publications10202021: 6 publications212022: 6 publications222023: 7 publications232024: 4 publications242025: 7 publications252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly×11
  • Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks×5
  • Harvard Dataverse×4
  • IUScholarWorks (Indiana University)×4
  • Academy of Management Proceedings×4
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Last updated Jul 27, 2026.

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