Background: Long-term financial support is essential for the survival of a charitable organization. Health charities need to identify the effective factors influencing donor retention. Methods: In the present study, the items of a questionnaire were derived from both literature review and semi-structured interviews related to donor retention. Using a purposive sampling, 300 academic and exec...

A cause-related auction is different from a list price setting in two major ways: First, the donation percentage directly affects the price of the item in that consumers’ value for charitable contributions enters their bids. Second, charitable consumers have a price externality on non-charitable consumers, so even a segment of consumers who place a premium on charitable contributions can signif...

A major theme within the literature on rural development is that the particular mix of formal and informal institutions present in any situation is a key determinant of development outcomes. However, there is some evidence that in policy and practice there are considerable difficulties in articulating formal organizational realities with the rules and norms embedded in informally constructed so...

A major theme within the literature on rural development is that the particular mix of formal and informal institutions present in any situation is a key determinant of development outcomes. However, there is some evidence that in policy and practice there are considerable difficulties in articulating formal organizational realities with the rules and norms embedded in informally constructed so...

Background: America scored at the top of the World Giving Index survey in 2014. This paper reports on a survey among US physicians about preferences for and prevalence of pro-bono activities devoted to health-related direct medical services and medical teaching. Profiles related to these preferences are described. Methods: An online survey solicited information on physician participation in sel...

We investigated female entrepreneurship in Dakar with the following objectives: study of individual characteristics entrepreneurs, their motivations, existence an entrepreneurial culture and insertion networks. were also interested choice when they take on “administrative” sector (informal/formal). have thus shown importance social capital Senegalese entrepreneurship, as well motivations that d...

In this article we explore the informal relationship between foodbanks and state during period of welfare reform, using evidence from a qualitative study foodbank users in Glasgow, UK. We examine how changes are reflected what do, they operate, expectations experiences users. Our research framework contains three paradoxes: people knowingly failed by recent reforms subsequently referred third s...

This article develops a new model of altruism called impact philanthropy. An impact philanthropist is someone who wants to personally ‘make a difference.’ While that motive is straightforward, its logical implications are significantly different from other models of philanthropy. For example, the contributions of other donors can reduce an impact philanthropist’s charitable fulfillment. As a re...