CIVIL-SOCIETY, DIFFERENTIAL RESOURCES, AND ORGANIZATIONAL-DEVELOPMENT- HIV AIDS ORGANIZATIONS IN NEW-YORK-CITY, 1982-1992/

This article addresses two practical and theoretical issues: the role of nonprofits in the implementation of social policies and studies of organizational development. It considers two questions: (a) What is th e impact of differential levels of community resources on the founding and evolution of new organizations? (b) Does the classic organization al life cycle model apply to new organizations or are there other patt erns of organizational development? Drawing on case studies of 16 nonp rofit organizations that were established to 'fight'' the HIV/AIDS epi demic, the article points to the synergistic relationship between nonp rofits and social policy development and the impact of varied levels o f resources and social capital in the creation of new nonprofit organi zations.