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Fundraising as Contracting: Why Nonprofits Accept In‐Kind Donations

Nonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In‐kind (nonmonetary) donations are a popular form of philanthropy that have received much less scholarly attention than monetary gifts. This study documents the prevalence of types of in‐kind giving and associated organizational practices, then explores links between the perceptions of nonprofit managers, organizational practices, and ...
Elizabeth Searing, Sarah Jacobson, Angela de Oliveira, Tianyi Li   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Altruism and its relationship to resilience during disaster. [PDF]

Jamba
Van Brown BL, Vollman BK.
europepmc   +1 more source

Remittances as investment in the absence of altruism [PDF]

In the absence of altruism, there is no obvious reason why a migrant should remit part of his income to his family for investment at the home location. If the family invests such income (in housing for example), why would they give it back to the migrant
González-König, Gabriel
core  

Toward a Framework for Understanding Localization in Its Institutional Context: A Systems Perspective for Incorporating Local Values

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores how we might integrate local traditional values into a systems approach for analyzing and maximizing localization in the context of foreign aid. The paper situates localization and its operationalization in the older and broader literature on the political economy of foreign aid.
Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff
wiley   +1 more source

Drivers of human attitudes towards wolves Canis lupus in Kazakhstan

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Kazakhstan is recognized as a key stronghold for the grey wolf (Canis lupus). Nonetheless, the wolf status and the dynamics of human‐wolf coexistence in the region remain poorly understood. This study aims to fill that gap by exploring current attitudes towards wolves in Kazakhstan and identify the underlying drivers of these attitudes.
Alyona Koshkina, Svitlana Kudrenko, Andrés Ordiz, Saltanat Kamiyeva, Adam Devenish, Johannes Kamp   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wombs for rent: Exploring the motivations behind Ghanaian Women's decisions to become surrogate mothers. [PDF]

PLoS One
Boafo IM, Amarteifio DA, Tetteh PM, Hiadzi RA.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Capacity and limitations of US wild meat donation programmes

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Historically, sharing of wild harvests to facilitate food security followed concepts of kin selection and reciprocal altruism. However, cultural shifts have reduced access to foods for some populations in modern times. Cultural altruism through sustainably harvested wild meat donation programmes (WDPs) can reduce food and nutritional ...
David S. Mason, Mark E. Bell, Kenneth F. Kellner, Chad M. Stewart, Jerrold L. Belant   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Growing decision-making: the role of theory of mind, empathy, and personality traits in school-age children. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Lombardi E, Di Dio C, Castelli I, Massaro D, Marchetti A, Valle A.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Altruism researchers must cooperate [PDF]

, 2010
D Queller, DS Wilson, EO Wilson, EO Wilson, GC Williams, J Silk, L Lehmann, LA Dugatkin, MA Nowak, Samir Okasha, ST Emlen, WD Hamilton   +11 more
core   +3 more sources

How digitisation of herbaria reveals the botanical legacy of the First World War

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Digitisation of herbarium collections is bringing greater understanding to bear on the complexity of narratives relating to the First World War and its aftermath – scientific and societal. Plant collecting during the First World War was more widespread than previously understood, contributed to the psychological well‐being of those involved and ...
Christopher Kreuzer, James A. Wearn
wiley   +1 more source