Using multiple quantitative and qualitative methods, this research project investigates the societal impact of charity lotteries. The overarching research question is: What are the effects of unrestricted (core) and long term funding practices by grant making foundations, and in particular the Dutch Charity Lotteries, on the work of grantee organizations?

An important question in public economics is to what extent changes in government funding lead to changes in private donations. In this chapter we identify and summarize four theoretical perspectives answering this question: the micro-economic, institutional-political, institutional signaling, and organizational perspective. Reviewing the empirical support for each perspective, we find that none of the perspectives…

How can fundraisers build stronger relationships with their donors? We argue that by better understanding why a donor chooses to make a donation, and why a donor donates to a specific charity, the quality of the relationship between donors and charities could be greatly improved. A current trend in marketing is hyper-personalisation: creating a personalized…

Hoe is de filantropie in Nederland in de afgelopen twintig jaar veranderd? Hoe kunnen we de veranderingen in het geefgedrag verklaren? In welke groepen doen deze trends zich het sterkst voor? En welke groepen maken de filantropie veerkrachtig? Prof. dr. René Bekkers, Prof. dr. Pamala Wiepking en Dr. Arjen de Wit beantwoorden deze vragen in…

The Netherlands has a rich philanthropic history, dating back to the late Middle ages (Prak, 1998). Before the modern welfare state, poor relief in the Netherlands was predominantly provided by the religious elites. As early as 1500, local clergy and noble men provided poor relief to those who lacked substantial means (Prak, 1998). The main…

This study is the first to investigate charitable giving to as many as 64 different organizations, predicting what type of charitable organization receives donations from which particular people. We test hypotheses with conditional logistic regression analysis, using the Giving in the Netherlands Panel Study (Nhouseholds = 1246; Norganizations = 64). We found that providing people…

We present an overview of the academic literature on philanthropy, divided in two parts. In part one, we discuss the question of who gives how much; in part two, we discuss the question of why people give. In part one, we survey the literature on characteristics of individuals and households that are related to giving….