Author: Jen Wilka
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Book Review: Hoosier philanthropy: A state history of giving
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The Nuance That Makes Philanthropy Worth Defending
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September 2023 open thread
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Antecedents of the Social Impact of Social Enterprises: A Systematic Review and Agenda for Future Research
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Despite growing research interest in the social impact of social enterprises (SEs), limited attention has been paid to the antecedents of social impact. To address this gap, we conducted a systematic review of 52 extant studies that examine the antecedents of SEs’ social impact. The paper synthesizes…
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The U-Shaped Charitable-Giving Curve
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Is charitable giving U-shaped in income? That is, do low- and high-income households donate a higher fraction of their income to charity than the middle class? Decades of correlational studies have found that the share of income given to charity follows a U-shape pattern in the United…
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Q&A with Delphine Moralis: An Introduction to Philea
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Corrigendum to Are You Ready: Financial Management, Operating Reserves, and the Immediate Impact of COVID-19 on Nonprofits
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Risking Your Health to Help Others: The Effect of Pandemic Severity on Volunteering
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. The COVID-19 pandemic affected the provision of voluntary work across the globe. We study informal volunteers who buy and deliver groceries for people in a high-risk group or in quarantine. Using data from a volunteering grocery delivering app in Switzerland that coordinated these volunteers, we are able…