Rethinking role of charity in cost-of-living crisis
University of Queensland research has found a direct link between levels of government income support and people's need for charitable assistance.
University of Queensland research has found a direct link between levels of government income support and people's need for charitable assistance.
Social Sciences
Jul 13, 2023
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A new study by Dr. Lucie Kvasničková Stanislavská from Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, has found that social media is an increasingly important tool for companies to communicate their corporate social responsibility ...
Economics & Business
May 18, 2023
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Researchers from Erasmus University Rotterdam and Universite Libre de Bruxelles have published a new study that documents effective yet inexpensive strategies to make fundraising campaigns more effective.
Economics & Business
Jan 31, 2023
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Americans are generous when it comes to charitable giving, donating more than $480 billion in 2021 (or roughly 2% of GDP). Yet very few of those dollars reflect so-called effective giving, a term for donations that make greater ...
Social Sciences
Jan 23, 2023
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A new report written by Heriot-Watt University for Aberlour Children's Charity reveals that low-income families are facing high levels of debt to public bodies. The report shows that more than half of families (55%) with ...
Economics & Business
Nov 30, 2022
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More than half of charitable giving via payment apps is "forgotten" as soon as a fundraiser leaves according to a new University of Copenhagen study published in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. On the other ...
Social Sciences
Nov 8, 2022
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Asking customers to support a cause when they pay for stuff can heighten their anxiety. Contrary to the common belief that shoppers feel good about making donations at checkout, we have found that there is a downside to such ...
Social Sciences
Oct 12, 2022
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Charities following widely accepted norms for nonprofit financial management generally perform worse than those embracing other approaches. That's the main—and perhaps surprising—finding of a new study that I conducted ...
Economics & Business
Aug 3, 2022
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About 45 million Americans are immigrants, a near-record 14% of the population. Among them are, according to government estimates, 11.4 million who are undocumented.
Social Sciences
May 17, 2022
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Fundraising appeals led by the people they intend to help can raise more money and be more effective than those created by the charity itself, according to new research by the University of East Anglia (UEA) and University ...
Economics & Business
Mar 18, 2022
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