Policymakers in the Unites States and many other countries encourage charitable giving through various subsidies. In the United States, for instance, charitable contributions can be deducted from taxable income making the price of giving inversely related to the marginal tax rate. However, the net effects of such subsidies can be better understood by exploring the relationship between generosit...

The Institute of Medicine and the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) have recommended that dental schools incorporate community-based dental education (CBDE) programs into their curricula. The expectation is that CBDE participation will help dental students gain the skills and motivation to treat vulnerable populations after graduation. The purpose of this study was to determine whether ...

Previous research has demonstrated that the generally positive relationship between age and the presence of charitable giving becomes negative at the oldest ages. We investigate potential causes of this drop in charitable giving among the oldest old including changes in health, cognition, egocentric networks, religious attendance, and substitution of charitable bequest planning. A longitudinal ...

People tend to contribute more to a charity when they are asked to. Although this so-called ‘power of asking’ is well-known among fundraisers, the existing literature does not pay much attention to the role of donation requests in charitable giving. This paper uses a unique data set, which was designed to measure giving behavior in the United States, to estimate the causal effects of charitable...

If the eyes are the windows of the soul, an organisation's website is its coloured contact lens. Designed to project the best possible image, in unfeasible colours and brightness, it is part image-enhancement, part essential accessory for focusing on the important things in life.

Abstract The boundaries between state and charitable activities within the NHS are set out in regulations but also enacted, blurred, contested through local practices. This article reports research on Charities– funds up organizations to enhance statutory provision – Scotland. We analysed financial accounts conducted qualitative interviews with staff 12 of 14 Charities Scotland, where they gene...

T hrough good and bad economic times, charitable gifts have continued to roll in largely unabated over the past half century. In a typical year, total charitable gifts of money now exceed 2 percent of gross domestic product. Moreover, charitable giving has nearly doubled in real terms since 1990, and the number of nonprofi t organizations registered with the IRS grew by nearly 60 percent from 1...

R on bidding in auctions has generally relied on the assumption of self-interested bidders. This work relaxes that assumption in the context of charity auctions. Because understanding charitable motives has important implications for auction design and charities’ fundraising strategies, this study investigates bidders’ specific types of charitable motives and the strength of these motives. We c...