22 major donors share their giving motives and values | UK Fundraising

22 major donors share their giving motives and values | UK Fundraising: 22 major donors share their giving motives and values
Published on 4 June 2013, by howardlake


The Institute for Philanthropy has published details of the values and beliefs which motivate 22 major donors to give to charity.

The paper, "After The Giving Pledge: Giving Behaviour of 22 Wealthy Donors", was written in the year that the Giving Pledge, founded by Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates in 2010, was extended to wealthy donors outside the US. Eight signatories from non-US countries have brought the total number of those who have taken the Pledge to 105.

The donors interviewed by the Institute for Philanthropy come from the UK, the US, Brazil, Canada, Lebanon and Mexico. Their foundations have an average endowment of $79 million and they give away each year an average of $2.1m.

Case Study: Lifestyle Data Lifts Gift Size for Heifer International : Page 1 of 2 : Target Marketing

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BBC News - What motivates philanthropists?

BBC News - What motivates philanthropists?: Problem-solving skills

The desire by the super-rich to create some kind of social impact is not a new phenomenon, according to Jen Shang, philanthropic psychologist at Indiana University and the University of Bristol.
Prior's Court School The Shirley Foundation bought the Prior's Court estate in 1998; the school opened the following year

What is new, she says, is how they care about the creation of that social impact: "A lot of the people who accumulated their own wealth instead of inherited it have been quite successful in the first half of their life

Winning the Hearts and Minds of Donors | onPhilanthropy

Winning the Hearts and Minds of Donors | onPhilanthropy: "From Russ Reid consultants, the Heart of the Donor Survey report looks at key motivators for the top givers, especially the boomers and seniors who populate those ranks. Does your nonprofit explain its mission well, describe how it gets results, and account carefully for its expenditures on overhead?"

Giving until guilt goes away

Giving until guilt goes away: "It took me some time to catch up to the fact that, if seriously considered, the whole subject of giving called for the most invasive and uncomfortable of self-examinations. On top of it, talking about giving in the first place seems to run counter to our most fundamental instincts and to the implicit logic of self-effacement that distinguishes pure acts of giving - the kind that require no recognition or accolades, no rewards and no accruing of social capital - from their mongrel and self-interested counterparts."

Prospecting - Charity Expands Effort to Get College Students to Raise Money

Prospecting - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "Charity Expands Effort to Get College Students to Raise Money

October 22, 2010, 1:09 pm

By Raymund Flandez

National Harbor, Md.
To hear Marc Sirkin tell it, the next online fund-raising concept won’t require more than one staff member and would raise not thousands but millions of dollars.

Mr. Sirkin, chief community officer at Autism Speaks, spoke Thursday in a presentation called “Integrating Social Media, Donor Engagement, and Online Fund Raising” at the Blackbaud Conference for Nonprofits. His organization is trying to motivate college students. already loyal donors, into people who regularly seek donations for the charity."

How to Get Your Donors More Engaged | News for Social Entrepreneurs

How to Get Your Donors More Engaged | News for Social Entrepreneurs: "Generally, the answer on how to get a particular donor, or group of donors, more engaged isn’t a one shot ask, meeting, or phone call. Instead, the best way to get your donors more engaged is to develop a strong, organization-wide donor cultivation program that keeps your supporters informed and energized about your mission and current initiatives.

Your donor engagement plan should focus on the following five components:"

Six Types of Wealthy Donors - Resource Center - AFP

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(Jan. 12, 2010) A new study identifies six types of high net worth donors and explains what motivates them to give."

Donor Motivations for Giving Vary with Income and Education - Resource Center - AFP

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Oct. 27, 2009) A new analysis by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University has revealed that income and education have more of an impact on donor motivation than regional trends and values.

Despite some longstanding perceptions that people in different regions of the United States are more or less motivated to give to charity based on differing underlying values that might be specific to a region, research seems to prove otherwise. While there are differences in the percentage of people who select different motivations within each region of the country, those variations can be explained by regional differences in income and education, not underlying values specific to the region.

Giving When It Hurts - Forbes.com

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The Wealth Report - WSJ.com : Why the Rich Give to Charity

The Wealth Report - WSJ.com : Why the Rich Give to Charity: "Why the Rich Give to Charity

Ask a wealthy donor why they give to charity, and they’ll give one of two answers: making the world a better place or giving back to the community.

But there’s another reason the rich give back to charity: It makes them feel better about themselves."

Philanthropists want to see their money at work

Philanthropists want to see their money at work: "The difference between charity and philanthropy, she explains, is that charitable giving involves the donation of money for immediate relief to a cause while philanthropy is a long-term commitment that works to get to the root of a problem.

'A very simple example is you see somebody begging on the street, you give them $10, that's charity. The philanthropic approach to that situation would be to figure out why those people are homeless,' she said."

CJOnline - Ruth Garvey Fink — True hero

CJOnline - Ruth Garvey Fink — True hero:

"Not only because she gave money to worthy causes and institutions, but because she understood that true philanthropy is not just about writing checks. It's about giving, as she so movingly put it during an interview with The Topeka Capital-Journal four years ago."