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Dr. James explains why sustainable giving starts by answering, “Do we have a shared future?”

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Without this, reciprocal altruism fails. Capacity for reciprocity in nature: Strangers vs. neighbors In nature, reciprocal altruism starts with the same question: Do we have a shared future? (In Without this shared future, reciprocal helping disappears. Reciprocal altruism starts with this question: Do we have a shared future?

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3 Big Reasons Why An ‘Ask’ Is Mostly About Your Donor’s Hero Story (Not Your Organization’s)

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For a cancer research charity, adding that government funding was cut did the same.[10] But increasing anger didn’t work if the gift just generally helped people. Does this mean that deadlines help? Can charitable donations compensate for a reduction in government funding? They need your help. Finish the story.

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Pro-Black Organizations Lead the Way for Workplace Mental Health and Wellbeing

NonProfit Quarterly

Even the American Psychological Association acknowledges the country is “facing a national mental health crisis that could yield serious health and social consequences for years to come.” 9 The reverse is also true: “low levels of social connection are associated with declines in physical and psychological health.”

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Liberating the Media

NonProfit Quarterly

9 It is a kind of interdependence, closer to altruism than to charity—a societal reciprocity. 21 The New Deal era, too, encouraged a shared work ethos—and a wave of collective businesses were named “self-help cooperatives”—a truer version of self-help than what we have today. 44 But that’s part of what makes it so necessary.

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What’s in a Name? The Ethics of Building Naming Gifts

Stanford Social Innovation Review

This theory relates to what American economist James Andreoni calls impure altruism , the inherent tension between philanthropy and self-interest. The intellectual most associated with classical utilitarianism (also known as consequentialism) is the 18th-century British philosopher and legal scholar Jeremy Bentham.

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Addressing Gaps in Brain Injury Care with a Holistic Approach

NonProfit Quarterly

Moreover, some people feel discouraged from seeking help. The American Psychological Association (APA) defines resilience as the ability to adapt to difficult or challenging life experiences. Yet, the challenges people with brain injury face receiving integrated care point to inequities in society, healthcare, and the government.

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How Enhancing a Donor’s Moral Identity Can Advance their Donor Hero Story

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This gift may be simply an individual helpful act. But it can help the group in another way. 4] The code dictates that group members help each other. In Hamilton’s simple math,[7] a gift is genetically helpful when My Cost < (Their Benefit X Our Similarity). It is possible through reciprocal altruism.