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Characteristics affecting charitable donations: empirical evidence from Britain
Schlegelmilch, Bodo B.; Diamantopoulos, Adamantios; … - In: Journal of Marketing Practice: Applied Marketing Science 3 (1997) 1, pp. 14-28
The need for charity services in Britain is increasing, particularly since the introduction of government incentives such as ‘Care in the Community’. However, large scale surveys of individual giving in Britain have indicated that donations to charity are at best remaining static. Careful...
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Every which way we can: philanthropy and private investment are increasingly important in the global fight against poverty
In: Strategic Direction 29 (2013) 5
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Organizational roles enacted by healthcare fundraisers
Waters, Richard D.; Kelly, Kathleen S.; Lee Walker, Mary - In: Journal of Communication Management 16 (2012) 3, pp. 244-263
Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine Kelly's proposed fundraising roles scales to describe the daily activities of male and female fundraisers. Design/methodology/approach – The data collection procedure involved a national survey to a random sample of 286 fundraisers from the...
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Environmental Public Goods Not Securable by Markets or Networks: A Partial Response to Scruton and Iannone
Davenport, John J. - In: International Journal of Technoethics (IJT) 9 (2018) 2, pp. 26-41
Roger Scruton and others argue that market-based approaches and voluntary civic organizations can solve many environmental problems. The author argues in response that there are significant limitations to quota systems and similar market fixes, while NGOs and civil society “networks” are not...
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Charity, Publicity, and the Donation Registry
Cooter, Robert; Broughman, Brian J - In: The Economists' Voice 2 (2005) 3
Many Americans donate little or nothing to charity, but according to Robert Cooter and Brian Broughman, our social environment is the cause, not human nature. They propose a small policy change to increase transparency and elicit generosity inspired by experimental evidence about the nature of...
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Charitable Incorporated Organisations: An Analysis of the Three UK Jurisdictions
Morgan, Gareth G. - In: Nonprofit Policy Forum 6 (2015) 1, pp. 25-44
that it is held for interests of the charity’s beneficiaries) but many charities are no longer formed using the structure … legal form for charities. The CIO was created to remedy this: a corporate body with limited liability, formed purely by … important choices for those seeking to establish new charities operating UK-wide.  …
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Local Government Interest in and Justifications for Collecting Payments-in-Lieu of (Property) Taxes from Charities
Grønbjerg, Kirsten; McGiverin-Bohan, Kellie - In: Nonprofit Policy Forum 7 (2016) 1, pp. 7-14
PILOTs for major types of charities. We consider whether these attitudes are related to local economic conditions, political …
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Charities & Discrimination: Is Charity Law Always a Better Solution than Public Policy?
Murray, Ian - In: Nonprofit Policy Forum 13 (2022) 2, pp. 141-159
Abstract Discrimination by charities raises questions about the appropriate extent of equality regulation and has … implications for government outsourcing through charities and for the provision of tax concessions. Professor Parachin has recently … provided a justification for denying the application of public equality norms to charities through the public policy test of …
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The charity sector in England and Wales
Morgan, Andrew - In: Journal of Corporate Real Estate 8 (2006) 4, pp. 178-187
Purpose – To share the author's experience in advising not for profit occupiers on relocation strategy and implementation and to draw conclusions that apply across all occupier sectors. Design/methodology/approach – An examination of the issues impacting the charity sector's selection of...
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Giving to charity: questioning the donor decision process
Hibbert, Sally; Horne, Suzanne - In: Journal of Consumer Marketing 13 (1996) 2, pp. 4-13
Notes that changes in the charity environment mean that fundraisers need to increase income from donations. Argues that to move forward donor behavior research needs to look not only at “why” people make donations but also at the process of “how” donations are made. Proposes that...
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