Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a commentary on “Making the world better place: achieving impact through innovation and an entrepreneurial ethos” written by John Pepin. Design/methodology/approach considers broader role philanthropy especially with respect learning disability autism. Findings work Shirley Foundation good example contribution that can be made philanthropy. Althou...

Research objective: To characterize and to discuss corporate social investment focused on territorial development in Brazil.
 Theoretical framework: Corporate philanthropy community relations.
 Methodology: Narrative approach based a two-fold data collection strategy: semi-structured interviews focus group.
 Results: Three main narratives make sense of the role fostering developm...

The California HealthCare Foundation, a private philanthropy based in Oakland, California, was created in 1996 as a result of the conversion of Blue Cross of California, a nonprofit organization, to Wellpoint Health Networks, a for-profit company. The Foundation focuses on critical issues confronting a changing health care marketplace by supporting innovative research, developing model programs...

This is the second of two articles in which we present a comprehensive review of the multidisciplinary academic literature on philanthropy. In this article, we identify the following predictors of charitable giving by individuals and/or households: gender, family composition and income. For each predictor, we discuss the evidence for the mechanisms that may explain why the predictor is correlat...

This book aims to deliver a wake-up call philanthropists, and more critically the public at large, by bringing attention outsized influence potential perils of elite philanthropy. Giridharadas enters field philanthropy, observes interviews insiders, and, refusing be wooed its claims grandeur, offers readers an incisive as well entertaining critique. While relies on investigative, journalistic a...

This paper examines the impact of female analysts' coverage on firm's philanthropic activities amidst outbreak COVID-19 pandemic in China. Using a hand-collected dataset corporate philanthropy, provides robust evidence that firms covered by analysts are more likely to contribute actively well-being societies increasing donation. positive relationship is pronounced if company privately controlle...