doi:10.7916/dh8h-9758Oral history interview with Ronald Coster, 2015Coster, Ronaldoral historiesmixed materialExecutivesNonprofit organizations--FinanceNonprofit organizations--AccountingTherapeutic communitiesSubstance abuse--TreatmentImprisonment--United StatesCoster, RonaldPhoenix House (Organization)Coster discusses his "conversion" to the self-help model and his experiences managing increasingly complex financial matters in Phoenix House, whose largest sources of income at that time were government contracts. He explains tensions with the New York City government, which resulted in an eviction from Hart Island, among other issues. Coster chronicles the expansion of the organization including how it gained national stature, the various consulting firms it hired, its relationship to Corrections, the maintenance of government donors, and increased medicalization