Author: Jennifer A. Kagan
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The Third Sector and Climate Change: A Literature Review and Agenda for Future Research and Action
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This article presents a summary review of the voluntary sector literature on third sector organizations (TSOs) and climate change. As governments around the world fail to respond adequately to the climate crisis, TSOs are called upon to work with governments, advocate for policy change, and support communities.…
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Coalition Networks for the Green New Deal: Nonprofit Public Policy Advocacy in the Age of Social Media
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Social media is an important tool for nonprofit public policy advocacy. To help nonprofits effectively utilize social media in advocacy efforts, this study proposes a measurement framework of social media social capital based on social networks. Specifically, in this study, we examine the relationships between social media…
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Did 9/11 Affect Donations to Islamic Charities in the United States?
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This article studies the impact of exogenous shocks on nonprofit operations by assessing the effect of 9/11 on donations to Muslim American nonprofits. The first narrative promoted by civil rights groups and some Islamic charities argues that donations to Islamic charities have declined. Individuals are afraid of…
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September 2022 open thread
Our goal with hosting quarterly open threads is to give blog readers an opportunity to publicly raise comments or questions about GiveWell or related topics (in the comments section below). As always, you’re also welcome to email us at info@givewell.org or to request a call with GiveWell staff if you have feedback or questions you’d…
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The Maximum Impact Fund is now the Top Charities Fund
We’ve decided to rename the Maximum Impact Fund to better describe what opportunities this fund supports. The Maximum Impact Fund will now be called the Top Charities Fund. We recently announced changes to our top charity criteria that include a new requirement for our top charities: that we have a high degree of confidence in…
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Introducing: Season 3 of the Giving Done Right Podcast
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Ørsted Celebrates £1 Million Milestone of "Skills Fund" As Winners Announced for Coastal Areas of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and North Norfolk
Since launching their community grant programme, Ørsted has awarded more than £1 million to specifically fund projects relating to Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM). The East Coast “Skills Fund” forms part of the company’s £465,000 East Coast Community Fund 20-year annual commitment and is part of the community engagement programme for Ørsted’s Hornsea and…
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Blancco and The Turing Trust collaborate to provide thousands of devices for schools in Africa
Blancco’s erasure software enables the charity to ready donated devices to be shipped to African children, supporting the development of their digital skills, and promoting a circular economy AUSTIN and LONDON – September 7, 2022 – Blancco Technology Group (LON: BLTG), the industry standard in data erasure and mobile lifecycle solutions, has today announced it…
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Volunteering in the United Kingdom During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Who Started and Who Quit?
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. I examine how volunteering dynamics changed in the United Kingdom during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic relying on data from the “Understanding Society” survey. Descriptive analyses and linear probability models yield three main findings: First, the share of volunteers (for all causes) dropped at least by…
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Announcing the Change Our Mind Contest for critiques of our cost-effectiveness analyses
We’re extremely excited to be announcing the Change Our Mind Contest to encourage critiques of our cost-effectiveness analyses that could lead to substantial improvements of our overall allocation of funds. For all the details, see this page. Cost-effectiveness is the single most important input in our decisions about what programs to recommend, and we believe…
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A Guide to the Canadian T3010 for Users of the U.S. Form 990
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This research note introduces nonprofit researchers accustomed to the U.S. Form 990 to the Canadian data captured on the T3010 financial form that will soon be available to researchers on a broad scale. Similar to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form 990, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)…
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Disciplinary Contributions to Nonprofit Studies: A 20-Year Empirical Mapping of Journals Publishing Nonprofit Research and Journal Citations by Nonprofit Scholars
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. In celebration of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly’s 50th anniversary, we present a bibliometric analysis of nonprofit research published between 1999 and 2019, within and outside of three core nonprofit journals—NVSQ, NML, and Voluntas. We seek to understand which journals, across scientific domains and social science disciplines,…
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Transformation Through Rest: A Conversation with Olatunde Sobomehin
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Our UK supporters can now make tax-deductible donations through GiveWell UK
GiveWell UK is now fully registered as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation in the United Kingdom. Our UK supporters now have a tax-deductible option for donating directly to GiveWell! The basics We’ve launched GiveWell UK as a UK Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), with the registered charity number 1196392, and the official UK partner of GiveWell. Beginning…