From the way you're describing it, it sounds like you keep trying to either deal with an existing organization as an independant person, or launch a new organization yourself. Maybe it would be easier to join an existing organization? Institutions are used to having individuals join them, only dealing with other established institutions. If an individual comes to them as says they want to work with them, but not really join them, then they aren't going to be interested.
Maybe I'm misinterpreting things.
All the same, there is evidence that US society is losing what is called "social capital." Robert Putnam wrote an influential book on the subject called Bowling Alone:
"The worst part about these reviews is they are [subjective]--and their scores often depend on how drunk you got the media at a Street Fighter event." — Mona Hamilton, Capcom Senior VP of Marketing
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