Browsing by Subject "Generosity"

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    Cultivating Generosity: Perspectives from Latinx/Hispanic Leaders on Building Giving Cultures in Faith Communities
    (Lake Institute on Faith & Giving, 2024-10-16) Perkins, Carlos W.
    In April 2024, scholars, researchers, and practitioners came together to reflect on the theme of nurturing generosity within Hispanic/Latinx faith communities and explore these complex interconnections. The gathering provided a platform for sharing insights, strategies, and best practices aimed at fostering a culture of giving that resonates with the values and traditions of the Latinx community. Participants emphasized the importance of understanding the specific cultural contexts and religious beliefs that inform philanthropic behaviors. They also highlighted the need for inclusive approaches that recognize the diverse expressions of generosity within Hispanic/Latinx faith communities. This report seeks to synthesize the key themes and insights from the event, offering a comprehensive overview of the discussions and findings. By grounding our analysis in historical perspectives, contemporary analysis, and insights from leading practitioners across multiple sectors, we aim to provide a well-rounded understanding of the opportunities and challenges in nurturing generosity within Hispanic/Latinx faith communities. As the event demonstrated, fostering a culture of giving requires not only an appreciation of the unique cultural and religious landscapes of specific communities, but also a commitment to ongoing dialogue and collaboration. This report is a step toward that goal, providing a foundation for further exploration and engagement in this vital area of study and practice.
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    Generosity Traditions
    (Center for Social Concerns, 2024) Herzog, Patricia Snell
    This practitioner-engaged article reflects on the role of higher education and research endeavors in understanding generosity. As part of a higher education for human flourishing initiative, this publications seeks to issue an open invitation to a conversation, a community, and a set of contested aspirations for how we ought to live together in this world and how higher education might serve those aspirations. The focus of this article is on generosity in major world faith traditions, followed by a spotlight on giving habits.
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    HOW TO GIVE: EFFECTIVENESS OF PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN PUBLIC AND CIVIL SOCIETY SECTORS IN INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN AID
    (2012-07-19) Koksarova, Julianna; Burlingame, Dwight; McGuire, Michael, 1964-; Schneider, William H. (William Howard), 1945-; Hellwig, Timothy T.; Thomson, Ann Marie, 1954-
    This study demonstrates application of the demand/supply model that derives from the three failures theory to the study of partnership effectiveness, showing that effective partnership is a partnership that provides each partner with assets that help them spend fewer resources on achieving their goals than when working alone, by compensating for each other's weaknesses while maximizing their own strengths. The study uses public-private partnership (PPP) in humanitarian settings as a unique opportunity to investigate partnership as a process and contribute to a nascent collaboration theory. The study shows that factors that define effective PPP during different stages of disaster relief are similar. However, different stages of partnership require different levels of compensation mechanisms from partnership participants to ensure that both actors maximize their strengths while achieving their missions. As a result, different stages of partnership call upon different combinations and degrees of factors affecting partnership effectiveness. This research uses descriptive data and inferential analysis, based on interviews with 10 representatives of humanitarian agencies that partner with the European Commission's Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Office. It gives scholars and practitioners of philanthropy insights into the question: "how to give?" It also provides collaboration research and public policy with guidance on how to create stronger partnerships and increase the likelihood of better collaboration outcomes as well as how to better deal with hazards in order to mitigate disaster outbreaks.
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    The Intergenerational Transmission of Generosity
    (2008-02) Ottoni-Wilhelm, Mark; Brown, Eleanor; Rooney, Patrick; Steinberg, Richard
    The Center on Philanthropy Panel Study (COPPS) has provided the first data on the giving of parents and their children. COPPS has found that adult children whose parents give currently are much more likely to be donors themselves than are children whose parents do not give currently; they are also far more likely to give more money than children of non-donors. In addition, parents' religious giving emerges as an engine for religious generosity, affecting the religious giving of their adult children, but having no effect on children's "secular" giving (e.g., to United Way, help the poor, education, etc. ). No relationship exists between the adult children's religious affiliation and their secular giving (except among those of the Jewish faith, who also make large donations to secular causes). There is a significant relationship between parents’ secular giving and their adult children's secular giving; Parents who give generously to secular causes have adult children with higher probability of giving to secular causes and who give at higher amounts than are seen among adult children whose parents do not give as generously to secular causes. This suggests a transmission of values for secular giving.
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    Muslim American Zakat Report 2023
    (Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy Muslim Philanthropy Initiative, 2023-08-29) Hughes, Micah; Thapa, Sitashma; Cheema, Jehanzeb; Ajmal, Mariam; Wasif, Rafeel; Siddiqui, Shariq; Paarlberg, Afshan; Noor, Zeeshan; Mofawaz, Mohannad
    Zakat, the third of the five pillars of Islam, refers to obligatory alms for all eligible Muslims and is required by God. Often described as an alms tax and a form of “financial worship,” an individual’s intentions determine whether a zakat act is charitable. The 2023 Zakat Report expands knowledge about everyday zakat practices among U.S. Muslims. This report branches out from existing zakat research as it aims to understand lived perspectives and contemporary techniques. Using an SSRS cross-sectional survey, we research U.S. Muslim nonprofit organizations offering tools (i.e., zakat calculators, social media, etc.) and opinions regarding how to perform charitable acts. This report also researches the link between socio-economic demographics and zakat giving. Our findings emphasize the importance of thinking beyond numbers when considering Muslim philanthropy and understanding practices beyond Western-centric definitions.
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    The Manifestations of Generosity: From Cooperation to Social Justice
    (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020) Herzog, Patricia Snell
    This chapter details the various manifestations of generosity, such as giving money, possessions, time, attention, aid, encouragement, and emotional availability. Particular attention is paid to the relationship between philanthropy and generosity. Other important manifestations include cooperation, informal helping, relational generosity, charitable giving, volunteering, political action, blood and organ donation, and social justice. People can make generous gifts through a charitable, philanthropic, or civic organization or through less formal means, including within marriages, family relationships, and social networks. Macro-, meso-, and micro-level social goods are explained and provide a conceptual framework for understanding the focus of each study. The appendix to the book describes the process of studying generosity. It begins by visualizing a research roadmap that illustrates key steps in the process of conducting research. Next, several methods of data collection are summarized, including experiments, surveys, in-depth interviews, existing data and secondary analysis, mixed methods, meta-analysis, and literature reviews. The difference between production and consumption of research is summarized, as is the iterative process to conducting research.