Author: Jon Dean
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Informal Volunteering, Inequality, and Illegitimacy
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This article argues that informal volunteering (the unstructured giving of one’s time to help friends, neighbors, or community) has been ignored or understudied within research and policy. With data frequently showing higher rates of informal volunteering among women, people of color, working-class communities, and other often discriminated…
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CEP’s Definition of Philanthropic Effectiveness
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UK Cyber Security Council Granted Charitable Status
The Council’s confirmed status as a charitable organisation further supports its efforts to bolster the UK cyber security community London – 20th July 2021 – The UK Cyber Security Council – the self-regulatory body for the cyber security education and skills sector – today announced that its application for charitable status has been approved by…
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Two and a Half Years of CEP’s Global Expansion: Time to Take Stock
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BCNET selects PebblePad as the preferred supplier of learning technology for Higher Education in British Columbia, Canada
British Columbia, Canada – PebblePad has today announced that it has been chosen by BCNET, a not-for-profit, shared services organization in British Columbia, Canada as a preferred learning technology provider for their education members across the province. This landmark partnership will mean that universities, colleges and institutes across British Columbia will have easy access to…
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Designing Social Media Fundraising Messages: An Experimental Approach to Understanding How Message Concreteness and Framing Influence Donation Intentions
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This experiment examined the effects of fundraising message characteristics on donation intentions through a simulated social media campaign. A 2 (abstract vs. concrete message) × 2 (gain vs. loss framing) between-subjects experiment (n = 213) revealed that a message with detailed fundraising outcomes elicited a greater intention…
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Re-Evaluating the Consultant’s Role in Social Change
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15% of FXhome store sales to go to Born Free in support of conservation and animal welfare
Funds raised by FXhome – creators of free video editing software HitFilm Express – during their summer sale will go toward protecting endangered species, and fighting the exploitation of defenseless animals. London, UK (June 29, 2021) – From now until July 6th, 15% of all proceeds from sales at the fxhome.com store will be pledged…
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June 2021 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 prefer to…
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“Where My Gays At?” The Status of LGBTQ People and Queer Theory in Nonprofit Research
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This article critically examines academic scholarship in the field of nonprofit studies that pertains to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people and issues. We introduce the key tenets of queer theory, a critical theory which encourages questioning social constructs, to nonprofit studies as a lens…