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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Naming gifts provide donors with reputational and market value , what legal scholar William Drennan refers to as “ publicity rights ,” and beneficiary organizations and their constituents with financial and mission-driven value. Charitable contributions driven by ethical egoism may provide the most benefit to the donor, however.

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Generosity Commission: Giving, Volunteering And Civil Society Complexities

The NonProfit Times

According to The Generosity Commission, they instead are complex actions that go straight to the core of civil society and democracy, which includes declining trust of institutions and neighbors and social isolation. Leaders from across the charitable sector were part of the commission for insights into the landscape.

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Can Nonprofits Escape Corporate Capture?

NonProfit Quarterly

At the same time, within this austerity framework, nonprofits increasingly fill holes in sectors ranging from education to healthcare to journalism to social services that we depend on the most and that have been receiving less and less government support. There’s also the kind of “emotional labor” involved in courting individual donors.

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Corporate Partnerships & The Law: Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT)

Selfish Giving

that is conducting a charitable sales promotion in which it will advertise that it is donating to Charity Corp. that is conducting a charitable sales promotion in which it will advertise that it is donating to Charity Corp. Many companies are looking for their partnerships with charities to generate meaningful social impact.

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How Guarantees Can Advance Community Development and Racial Equity

NonProfit Quarterly

While many foundations screen their endowment investments based on environmental, social, and governance factors, only a few optimize their investment strategies for mission impact. Financial guarantees are a powerful tool, yet they are underutilized in the social sector. One confounding challenge is low field awareness.

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How To Use Numbers To Inspire More Giving (and How You Should NOT Use Them)

iMarketSmart

The social-emotional content is the same. Starting with the statistical explanation reduced the social emotion.[6] 7] One system is: Social. The social-emotion system motivates charitable giving.[8] 8] Social-emotional story is the engine that drives giving. But it contributes only as a brake on giving.

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When to Call It Quits

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Civil society creates a balance between sectors, providing a means for private companies to create social impact, and to improve civilian access to essential needs usually covered by the public sector, like education and health care. BPP provided children and youth with these essential courses and other valuable enrichment programs.