Author: Debra J. Mesch
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Charitable Giving in Married Couples: Untangling the Effects of Education and Income on Spouses’ Giving
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This research note looks beyond the unitary household model and analyzes the influence of household resources by gender on charitable giving. We investigate the intrahousehold variables of income and education and their effects on giving behaviors in married couples. We use data from the longitudinal Philanthropy Panel…
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Hamilton College receives $22 million bequest from alumnus
The bequest from Keith Wellin (’50) — the largest gift in the school’s 209-year history — includes $19 million to create an endowed student scholarship fund, with the remainder comprising gifts of art…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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NGO Roles and Anticipated Outcomes in Environmental Participatory Processes: A Typology
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Despite the plethora of research on environmental participatory processes, the forms of nongovernmental organization (NGO) involvement in these processes, and the influence of their involvement on participation outcomes, are still under-conceptualized. This article aims to develop a conceptual typology for NGO roles in environmental participatory processes and…
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NFWF, food companies launch $5 million sustainable-grazing partnership
As part of the public-private Southern Plains Grassland Program, Sysco, Cargill, and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation will provide a total of $5 million over five years to accelerate the implementation of sustainable-grazing practices across a million acres in the Southern Great Plains, an area responsible for approximately 30 percent of the beef produced…
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Nonprofit sector regained jobs in March but faces long recovery
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Foundation-Wide Strategy Reviews: Lessons from 13 Private Foundations
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Nonprofit Online Responsiveness: An Exploratory Field Experiment in China
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This article assesses sources of nonprofit responsiveness and identifies potential drivers for responsiveness, using an online field experiment involving philanthropic foundations in China (N = 3,254). Baseline requests were sent out to the foundations through emails and vignettes were applied to treatment groups by inserting different identity…
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XPRIZE announces winners of competition for decarbonizing technology
The two winners of the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE, a $20 million competition aimed at mitigating carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels, will receive $7.5 million each…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Nathan Cummings report offers insights into mission-aligned investing
The report examines the challenges of mission-aligned investing and outlines the foundation’s own journey and lessons learned since announcing in 2018 that it would shift to a fully mission-aligned investment strategy…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Mary Baldwin University receives $5 million pledge for nursing program
The gift will support start-up costs for a recently announced hybrid Doctor of Nursing Practice program, as well as the launch a program that connects basic research discoveries to clinical practice…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Carnegie Corporation of New York president Vartan Gregorian dies at 87
A “citizen of the world,” a distinguished historian and humanities scholar, and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Gregorian viewed foundations as stewards of a public trust and stressed the need for philanthropies to be open and transparent…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Foundation, nonprofit leaders join call to protect voting rights
Published concurrently in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and USA Today, the statement declares that “[f]or American democracy to work for any of us, we must ensure the right to vote for all of us….” Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Update on Board meeting transparency
One of GiveWell’s organizational values is maintaining a high degree of transparency about our work. As part of our transparency efforts, we’ve published written materials and audio recordings from each meeting of GiveWell’s Board of Directors since we were founded. We recently increased the quality of and level of detail in the written materials we…
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Mission, Motivation, and the Active Decision to Work for a Social Cause
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. The mission of a job affects the type of worker attracted to an organization but may also provide incentives to an existing workforce. We conducted a natural field experiment with 246 short-term workers. We randomly allocated some of these workers to either a prosocial or a commercial…
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Bloomberg commits $6 million for mobile COVID-19 vaccinations at HBCUs
The grants will support efforts by Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Howard University College of Medicine, Meharry Medical College, and Morehouse School of Medicine to expand mobile unit COVID-19 vaccine operations in Black and medically underserved communities…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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New York Community Trust awards grants totaling $9.9 million
Grants were awarded to fifty-three organizations working to make progress in the fight against COVID-19 and help the city become more resilient and equitable…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Centering Climate Giving in Frontline Communities
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$500 million to boost enrollment of undocumented students
Billionaire biotech investor Jack Schuler plans to invest nearly half his net worth over the next ten years in an initiative aimed at increasing enrollment for undocumented and low-income students at the country’s top liberal arts colleges…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>