Resource acquisition is a general process active in all social organizations. The relative success of organizational resource mobilization determines whose goals and values will be met. Several factors impinge on resource mobilization, including suborganizational levels, technological sophistication, professionalization, and unionization. Environmental factors include dispersion, quantity, and stability of resource suppliers. Budgeting and resource mobilization are closely related, and some budgeting processes may be better understood if analyzed through the framework of resource mobilization. Research for this project was funded under a Title III grant. (Author/RA)