• Encouraging Giving to Women's and Girls' Causes: The Role of Social Norms 

  Mesch, Debra; Dwyer, Patrick; Sherrin, Steven; Osili, Una; Bergdoll, Jonathan; Pactor, Andrea; Ackerman, Jacqueline (2018-12-11)

  Using an experimental methodology, the study investigates how social norms can directly infuence giving to women’s and girls’ causes. It also examines whether social norms may have difering impacts for men and women. These ...
• Infographic: Encouraging Giving to Women's and Girls' Causes: The Role of Social Norms 

  Unknown author (2018-12-11)
• Financing Social Enterprise in the Very Long Run 

  Thornton, Jeremy; King, David (ACRN Oxford, 2017)

  All social enterprises share a common struggle to finance collective goods. Collective goods are notoriously difficult for private firms to produce, because of the incentive for their constituents to defect, or free-ride, ...
• Infographic: Giving Circle Membership: How Collective Giving Impacts Donors 

  Unknown author (2018-11-15)

  Giving circles in the United States tripled in number from 2007-2017, with women making up the majority of members. How is this women-driven model of giving influencing charitable behavior? And how are the profiles of ...
• Infographic: Dynamics of Hosting Giving Circles and Other Groups 

  Unknown author (2018-11-13)

  Giving circles have received attention from community foundations and other public funders for their capacity to reach a broad range of donors, flexible and authentic appeal for donor engagement, and democratic approach ...
• Dynamics of Hosting: Giving Circles and Collective Giving Groups 

  Bearman, Jessica; Franklin, Jason (2018-11-13)

  This study provides an in-depth exploration of giving circle hosting. Findings are based on survey data from 86 organizations, two-thirds (57) of which host one or more giving circles. The study also benefts from nine ...
• Giving Circle Membership: How Collective Giving Impacts Donors 

  Carboni, Julia; Eikenberry, Angela (2018-11-13)

  The number of giving circles in the U.S. has tripled in the last decade. Giving circles are now located in every state in the U.S., and engage people from a wide variety of racial, ethnic, and religious backgrounds, gender ...
• The 2018 U.S. Trust® Study of High Net Worth Philanthropy 

  Osili, Una; Clark, Chelsea; Bergdoll, Jonathan; Ehrenfeld, Julia; Costello, Claire; Fitzgerald, Jean; Howell, Gillian; Galligan, Kathleen; Jarvis, William; Porzio, Donald; Slugg, Ramsay (2018-10-24)

  The results of the 2018 U.S. Trust Study of High Net Worth Philanthropy demonstrate, in many ways, a continuation of the broad trends seen in previous years’ Studies. Taken as a whole, giving by high net worth households ...
• Executive summary: The 2018 U.S. Trust® Study of High Net Worth Philanthropy 

  Unknown author (2018-10-24)

  Insights into the motivations, priorities and strategies of wealthy donors
• What WorX: Measuring the impact of faith-based service and social justice programs on Catholic youth 

  Osili, Una; King, David; Zarins, Sasha; Bergdoll, Jonathan; St. Claire, Mallory; Clark, Chelsea; Austin, Thad; Richardson, Ayana; Littlepage, Laura; Ackerman, Jacqueline; Kou, Xionan; Davenport, Alexis; Tian, Yuan (2018-10-11)

  The Center for FaithJustice (CFJ) offers innovative programs that engage youth in faith, service, and social justice. With the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI, they developed a survey to ...
• Charitable Giving Around the 2016 Election: Does Gender Matter? 

  Osili, Una; Mesch, Debra; Ackerman, Jacqueline; Pactor, Andrea; Bergdoll, Jonathan (2018-10-09)

  This study aims to provide insights on donations during the unique time period around the 2016 U.S. presidential election, using gift data from an online donation platform. Did giving to charitable organizations increase ...
• Infographic: Charitable Giving Around the 2016 Election: Does Gender Matter? 

  Unknown author (2018-10-09)
• Governing Through Patronage: The Rise of NGOs and the Fall of Civil Society in Palestine and Morocco 

  Atia, Mona; Herrold, Catherine E. (Springer, 2018)

  This article examines foreign aid and government funding to NGOs as forms of patronage and explores the impact of such funding on the nature and role of civil society. Using qualitative research from Palestine and Morocco, ...
• Country Report 2018: Vietnam 

  Vu, Anh Ngoc (2018)

  In Vietnam, there is a grid of laws, regulations and administrative decrees put in place to regulate and control associations. Most of these legal documents were created in ad-hoc ways, meaning that they were issued simply ...
• Country Report 2018: Turkey 

  Ersen, Tevfik Basak; Varon, Liana; Tekmen, Hilal (2018)

  The legal framework only recognizes the formation of associations and foundations as legal entities. Other forms of collective action (e.g. initiatives, nonprofit companies, groups, networks) are not recognized and are not ...
• Country Report 2018: Singapore 

  Tan, Eugene (2018)

  Individuals are free to form organizations, including POs, and there is generally little government interference with the types and purposes of such organizations during the formation process, save for those that relate ...
• Country Report 2018: Jordan 

  Abu Rumman, Samir (2018)

  In accordance to Articles 3 and 8 of the Law of Societies (2008), in order to provide services or to carry out activities on a voluntary basis without profit, any group of individuals no less than seven – except for “closed ...
• Country Report 2018: Egypt 

  Herrold, Catherine (2018)

  All organizations operating under Law 70 must pursue development and social welfare objectives and must align their work with the state’s development priorities. Under Egypt’s prior law governing philanthropic organizations, ...
• Country Report 2018: Lebanon 

  Hassan, Nabil (2018)

  Individuals are mainly free to form organizations, and the process is not burdensome in terms of required papers and fees, however the timeline is unclear. The papers can be submitted at the Ministry for months before ...
• Country Report 2018: Pakistan 

  Nadeem, Ahmad (2018)

  Individuals in Pakistan are free to form organizations, associations, foundations or any other type of nonprofits (Articles 15-17 of the Constitution of Pakistan). Several laws allow such registrations or authorizations ...

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