It’s worth thinking carefully about how to give, to ensure you’re not wasting your contribution or inadvertently making things worse.
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There’s a lot to learn from institutions created to provide space for the many excluded from elite schools, including Indigenous-focused institutions that have graduated community-engaged leaders.
Evaluation is a critical tool for decisions on improving performance. It also assures that African universities are getting value for money from grants, donations and the like.
How sperm bank marketing meets the growing demand for donations.
Australia is about to witness the largest intergenerational wealth transfer in our history, but giving through bequests in wills is currently low.
Charity law is quite strict when it comes to giving back donations that have already been made.
Australians have reason to be apprehensive that some civil voices are not being heard in our liberal democracy.
Donors play a critical role supporting Australian charities, but we should not attribute them with more knowledge than they actually have.
Crowdfunding has seen booming growth for several years. A study of Ulule, Europe’s leading crowdfunding platform, shows that reciprocal gift can be a path to success.
Nonprofit fundraisers have long relied on matching funds to encourage giving without knowing if they work. Research suggests one way to make the most out of challenge gifts from big donors.
Most Americans cling to things with sentimental value that we no longer need. Taking pictures of these possessions may make it easier to give them away.
If Australia is going to successfully navigate its way through the “Asian Century,” we need independent centres of research excellence on China.
Many Americans unable to afford health expenses are raising funds through medical crowdfunding. What are the risks?
Some veterans’ charities make the most of their donors’ dollars, while others squander that money. Vetting these groups will help ensure your money is well-spent.
Donors feel doubly let down when a charity they have supported falls short of the high standards of conduct expected of them.
Australians’ confidence in charities would be strengthened if any compliance action taken against them was made public.
The current system of determining which organisations can receive tax-deductible donations and which cannot is overly complex and ad hoc.
Giving is changing, moving more into the online realm and taking on different forms – and some charities are struggling to keep up.
We’ve put together an infographic snapshot of the key numbers and trends regarding Australian charities and giving.
Research suggests the answer, surprisingly, may be no, but behavioral science offers a few ways to encourage the wealthy to open their wallets a little wider.
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Adjunct Industry Fellow, Centre for Social Impact, Swinburne University of Technology
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Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Rhodes College
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Beth Breeze is a Friend of The Conversation.
Director, Centre for Philanthropy, University of Kent
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Harvard University
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Professeur associé - Directeur Chaire Entrepreneuriat, ESCP Business School
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Professor of Marketing, University of California, Davis
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Professeur, directeur exécutif de la chaire « Philanthropie », ESSEC
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Founding Director, The Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor, Pathology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney
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Research Fellow, CSI Swinburne, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor, School of Taxation and Business Law, UNSW Sydney
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Professor, School of Social and Political Sciences, Director, The (so-called) Australian Centre, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Professor of Economics, Tufts University
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2024 Oxford University visiting research fellow RIJS; Professor of Political Communication., La Trobe University
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Professor of Law, The University of Queensland
