There has been little systematic study of the mechanisms typically used to raise money for charity. One of the most … inform fundraising choices. …

donations. We also primed between-subjects the emphasis on the donation value to the charity (pure altruism) or the sacrifice to … volunteering time to donating money when monetary donations are, ceteris paribus, more efficient for providing resources to charity …. In the model agents receive heterogeneous utility from pure and impure altruism (Andreoni 1989) that permits warm glow to …

transfers ; donations ; charity ; efficiency versus effectiveness ; ‘fair trade’ …

transfers ; donations ; charity ; efficiency versus effectiveness ; "fair trade" …

Much fundraising is done by individuals within existing social groups. Exploiting a unique dataset, we demonstrate … the notion that giving in social groups is motivated by “relational altruism” …

We test how donors respond to new information about a charity's effectiveness. Freedom from Hunger implemented a test … that highlights two predictions. First, larger gift amounts, holding education and income constant, is a proxy for altruism …). Second, those motivated by altruism will respond positively to appeals based on evidence, whereas those motivated by warm …

their effect across charity space and time. We find that major fundraising appeals lift total donations, but surprisingly …Fundraising interventions may lift donations and/or shift their composition and timing, making it important to study …