Un article written by shows that, as a result of an experiment, people that declare coming from non privileged backgrounds give more than those who come from upper social circles. The scientific paper can be read here: aqui, in one of the authors’ page. There is also a TED talk of one of the authors. Several […]
An important question that often arises in the philanthropic world is: why are there so many non-profits? From this question, others come almost directly: are all these non-profits really necessary?, do all of them provide efficient solutions?, would a big organization be better at providing solutions or would multiple organizations approach better society’s problems? This […]
This study made by Innovation Network has the objective of showing the state of the evaluation to improve the outcome made by the nonprofit sector. Based on a survey answered by 1125 organizations based in the United States, the results show that 92% of the nonprofits are evaluation their activities. These results are encouraging due […]
This podcast made by Science, presents an interview to Ayelet Gneezy (UC San Diego) who explains the different possible explanations taht can be given to high overhead costs in nonprofits. She has done experimental studies that show a preference to giving more when overhead costs are lower. The general trend shows that donors are always interested […]
It seems that the action of giving activates certain regions of the brain associated with pleasure and nice feelings. Something like a warm glow. Review: Crowdera Source: PNAS
This article shows that changes in the deductions’ proportions can give bigger incentives to certain sectors of society more than others. This can have several risks. For example, when deduction rates encourage big fortunes, donations may grow, but this can create a concentration in the market that puts nonprofits in a vulnerable position. This argument, […]
This really interesting article published in Stanford Social Innovation Review states that charitable giving should always have in mind the justice value, and not only the good intentions. “…we believe the field should seek to reclaim charitable giving by supporting practices that liberate—and that change the attitudes, beliefs, and policies of—society as a whole.” “Here […]
This article makes an important argument: given the agency problem in performance report, auto-evaluation of results does not ensure trusty data. Source: Alliance Magazine Image: Designed by Freepik
