We conducted a fundraising experiment with an international development nonprofit organization in which a matching … fundraising experiments as well as a survey experiment, we argue this is consistent with a quality signal mechanism. Alternative … provide guidance to organizations and large donors on how to overcome information asymmetries hindering fundraising …

-scale natural field experiments. In the first experiment, a charity focusing on poverty reduction solicited donations from prior … the second field experiment, the same charity sent direct mail solicitations to individuals who had not previously donated … to the charity, and tested whether naming the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as the matching donor was more effective …

We conducted a fundraising experiment with an international development nonprofit organization in which a matching … fundraising experiments as well as a survey experiment, we argue this is consistent with a quality signal mechanism. Alternative … provide guidance to organizations and large donors on how to overcome information asymmetries hindering fundraising …

We conducted two matching grant experiments with an international development charity. The primary experiment finds …. Overall, the results help to clarify why people give to charity, what models help to describe those motivations, and how … practitioners can leverage economics to increase their fundraising potential …