Transparency means being honest and open about one’s practices. Transparency is considered a gold standard in the nonprofit sector and associated with a range of positive outcomes. We propose that tra...

To understand human prosocial behaviour, one must consider not only the helpers and the requesters, but also the characteristics of the beneficiaries. To this aim, this articles reviews research on...

Online support groups for people with a chronic condition may positively impact social welleing, behaviour, and adjustment, but they may negatively influence anxiety and distress. The effects on physi...

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To enhance their effectiveness, nonprofit fundraisers may wish to harness the power of identification. Informed by Social Identity Theory and Charitable Triad T...

Nonprofits address some of the world's most pressing problems, and many rely on donations to fund their essential work. Nonprofit marketers are, therefore, tasked with promoting charitable giving. Re....

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All told, donors gave more than US$397 million to support recovery from the ‘black summer’ bushfire disaster.

Active Empathetic Listening (AEL) was first published as a theoretical model to explain the role that active listening, and empathy play in developing relationships between buyers and sellers. It w...

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To meet the priority healthcare needs of any population there must be a consistently available blood supply donated by willing donors. Due to this universal nee...

Background and Objectives Interventions to retain existing donors are essential to increase the blood supply. Blood donor self-identity is proposed to motivate sustained donation behaviour. However,.....

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Arvid Erlandsson summarizes a recently published review article proposing a new typology for understanding prosocial motives.

Over the past decade, there have been growing criticisms that philanthropic foundations, which include a variety of grant making organizations, are elitist and inattentive to the needs of marginalized communities. While private foundations and community-based grant makers across the globe have slowly responded to these critiques, COVID-19 and the racial justice movement of 2020 have highlighted the imperative of addressing issues of inequality and structural racism. This convergence is propelling what may be the most substantial change in philanthropy in generations—a commitment to systematic change and the adoption of philanthropic practices that seek to redistribute philanthropic power to previously marginalized communities.

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