Author: Sam Philips-Corwin
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Big Changes and 7 Big Questions for Big Philanthropy
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Meta-analysis of Volunteer Motives Using the Volunteer Functions Inventory to Predict Volunteer Satisfaction, Commitment, and Behavior
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. In 2017, about 30% of all U.S. adults volunteered for a total of 6.9 billion hours. This raises the question, why do so many people volunteer? Extant research has produced highly variable estimates of the effect sizes of various motivating factors, and there has been little to…
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Answering some questions about water quality programs
On June 22, we held a virtual event on research into water quality interventions, featuring presentations from Michael Kremer of the University of Chicago’s Development Innovation Lab; Brett Sedgewick from Evidence Action, the parent organization of Dispensers for Safe Water; and Stephan Guyenet, Elie Hassenfeld, and Catherine Hollander of GiveWell. (If you weren’t able to…
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The Opportunity Costs of Volunteering: Evidence From Germany
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This study analyzes the effect of opportunity costs on the decision to volunteer, the extent of volunteering, and how opportunity costs are related to competing volunteering activities. Our results reveal that opportunity costs operationalized as net wage per hour had the predicted negative effect on the extent…
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Determinants of Voluntary Organizations’ Attention on Facebook: The Case of Norwegian Voluntary Organizations
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. By offering low-cost tools of communication and coordination, social media platforms such as Facebook may constitute a substitute for coordination by means of hierarchical organization. Social media may disrupt, appearing as a “weapon of the weak,” a relationship that has traditionally linked membership to resources and influence.…
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Nonprofit Scandals: A Systematic Review and Conceptual Framework
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. High-profile charity scandals have always represented a threat to the nonprofit sector, which relies on public trust and funding to operate. We systematically review 30 years of empirical research on scandals involving nonprofits and present both quantitative and qualitative syntheses of the 71 articles identified. Informed by…
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Arrow Electronics Hosts Cycling Challenge To Raise Funds for Martin House Children's Hospice
For the second year in a row, Arrow Electronics employees in the United Kingdom raised funds for Martin House Children’s Hospice. A team of 28 completed the Great Yorkshire Cycle, a challenging 150 miles with a 4,000-foot vertical climb, along the county’s breath-taking scenery. “I’m really proud of our team who have gone out of…
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First-Ever Social Impact Audio Conference to Feature Leaders in CSR
In the world of corporate purpose, building community is important. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) have become the responsibility of every organization, whether that be private or public. Everyone recognizes the importance, and the potential impact that is made when we all contribute to the communities in which we live…
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The Limited Benefits of Using Virtual Reality 360° Videos to Promote Empathy and Charitable Giving
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Charitable organizations have embraced virtual reality (VR); however, scientific evidence supporting its effectiveness for social good often uses poor experimental methodology and finds inconsistent results. We conducted a rigorous randomized control trial testing whether 360° video virtual reality increases empathy and charitable donations. Participants (N = 155)…
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Rajant’s 3rd World Music Benefit for UNICEF Fundraiser to Aid Children Worldwide
Tickets on Sale Now for Star-Studded Philadelphia City Winery Event November 8th, 6 PM to 10 PM ET Malvern, PA – September 30, 2022: Rajant Corporation, the pioneer of Kinetic Mesh® wireless networks, will host the third annual “World Music Benefit” to raise awareness and encourage donations for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the…
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Government Regulation and the Political Activities of Nonprofits
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. We propose a conceptual model of the political activities of nonprofits that qualify for exemption under subsections of the Internal Revenue Code other than 501(c)(3), including social welfare organizations, civic leagues, social clubs, and so on, which considers three categories of explanatory factors: organizational capacity, financial strategy,…
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Simmer Down Now! A Study of Revenue Volatility and Dissolution in Nonprofit Organizations
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Many nonprofit organizations operate under immense financial pressure. Revenue volatility is a common target for managers to minimize under the assumption that maintaining consistent revenue enhances the viability of the organization while high revenue volatility may disrupt planning. However, the relationship between revenue volatility and the viability…