hroughout the 1990s, internal and external environmental shifts were affecting the cultural sector. The nonprofit arts were being challenged by an increasing awareness of the need to diversify traditional revenue streams. In addition, arts organizations were experiencing real and enduring shifts in available resources, as well as rising resistance to the view of the cultural sector as deserving...

The commonly used definition of philanthropy in Western scholarship excludes many Muslim acts philanthropy. This privileges scholarly framing philanthropy, which has been heavily informed by scientific approaches to article argues that this limits our understanding and should not be privileged over other cultural religious traditions’ notions is explored examining theological sources order poin...

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viduals in both the United States and China. This paper includes a history of philanthropy in each nation, as well as the impact of notable wealthy figures on philanthropy. We also asses the motivations of wealthy donors and review the charitable areas that receive the most donations from this population. This paper analyzes and compares the donation trends from the top fifty philanthropists in...

The Rise of Rationality at Foundations – and an Emerging False Dichotomy Over the past 15 years, a technocratic approach to philanthropy has become more common and brought numerous benefits to the field. While the term “technocratic” may carry negative connotations, it embodies elements that are positive: It typically involves experts applying business principles to help foundations define thei...

This essay attempts to use exchange and balance theories to explain philanthropy. For exchange, such theoretical components as attractions or rewards, costs, barriers and alternatives are invoked to make sense of the biography of a Chinese philanthropist in Hong Kong who donated two schools to remember his father and wife. The balance theory was also used, which argues that people do not seek t...

Photo by Erik Karits on Unsplash ABSTRACT This paper analyzes ethical issues arising from malaria research. These stem the use of human landing catches, medical treatment provided to catch participants, participants misunderstanding their role in research, conflicts interest between Gates Foundation and its evaluation policy, genetically modified mosquito release. reviews relevant recommends wa...

More than 25 years ago, the name "Friends of Nursing" was adopted by an academic, community Magnet(®) hospital to signify a model for community support of nursing. From inception, the intent was to recruit philanthropic dollars to promote recognition of and excellence in nursing practice, education, and research. Although philanthropy in health care settings is common, what is unique about this...

Actors who support dissimilar institutional models can overcome conflict and move toward mutually beneficial coexistence. To see how, we studied the emergence of venture philanthropy, a rationalized approach to organizational philanthropy in Europe. Our analysis leverages multiple sources of data and focuses on field-configuring events as settings for interactions. We show how convening—bringin...