Event‐Related Attributes Affecting Donation Intention of Special Event Attendees

The practice of increasing donations through special events has significant financial implications for charitable organizations. However, little is known about how such events can be organized to increase individuals’ donation intention beyond their event attendance. In this case study, a post‐event survey was conducted with attendees of a professional golf tournament operating as a special event to identify event‐related attributes that affected their intention to donate to the cause supported by the event. The results indicate that attendees’ donation intention was positively associated with their event satisfaction, perceived contributions of the event to the cause, and sense of camaraderie at the event. Furthermore, the effects of event satisfaction and camaraderie were stronger for attendees whose primary motivation for attending the event was unrelated to cause support. These results support hypotheses drawn from social exchange theory and provide implications for charitable organizations engaging in special events.     

近五年国内慈善文化研究综述

慈善文化研究在国内已有时日,近五年来学术界围绕慈善文化进行了更进一步的研究并取得了一定的成果。这些研究成果与以往相比较呈现出研究视角增加、深度加深、论证增加、与时代相结合的新特点,但是在研究的广度、角度、方法、对策可行性和针对性以及与实践相联系的程度上仍存在一些不足之处。据此,对国内慈善文化的下一步研究提出丰富慈善文化内涵、整合多方慈善文化思想资源、深入剖析慈善文化缺失原因、提高慈善文化建设对策可行性和针对性等建议,以尽量弥补不足,为深化慈善文化研究提供一定的借鉴。     

Negative to the extreme: the problematics of the RNIB’s See the Need campaign

This article reports the findings of research about the RNIB’s recent advertising campaign. Under the methodological rubric of Critical Discourse Analysis, two paradigms were applied as research instruments: an advertising aesthetic was used in the primary analysis; and the tripartite model of disability was used in the secondary analysis. This analysis of various texts culminated in the conclusion that the RNIB’s campaign is fundamentally contradictory, in danger of contributing to problematic social attitudes and thus hindering the very people it sets out to help – an issue greatly complicated by the organisational involvement of people registered as blind and partially sighted.     

变极调速异步电动机

变极调速异步电动机是在电源频率保持不变时，利用改变定子绕组的接法，在一套统组中获得两种或两种以上的转速，这些转速既可以是倍极比，也可以是非倍极比．本文利用极幅调制与槽电势星形矢量的原理，设计出性能优良，结构简单的单绕组多速异步电动机．     

农村民间慈善的发展及其运作机制研究--以福建东南沿海金村为例

近些年来福建沿海农村民间慈善发展较快，民间慈善组织以血缘、地缘、姻缘关系为基础而建立，其制度化运作趋势日益明显。民间慈善组织以敬老、教育、助困为主要慈善内容，以个人捐赠和资金转移方式来获取原始资金，并通过保本取息、投本增收、追加捐款的渠道使资本增值。民间慈善的运作机制主要包括人情机制、攀比机制、效仿机制和激励机制，这四个机制相互联系，既涉及发展的内驱力，也包含发展的策略方式。     

The Investment Returns of Nonprofit Organizations,Part I

Nonprofit charities and foundations hold endowments and many other kinds of investments. How do these investments perform? Some high‐profile nonprofit endowments, including those of colleges and universities, have been studied previously. This study is the first, to our knowledge, that looks at a large number of the diverse types of nonprofits. We investigate the determinants of investment performance using a large panel data set culled from the 990 forms that nonprofits must file annually with the IRS. In this first part of our article, we discuss our approach and the challenges of using these data to infer investment returns. The IRS data, though less than perfect, yield valuable measures of the investment returns of nonprofits. They reveal that some charities consistently do better in their investment returns than do others.     

Evaluating Public Charity Websites

In this study, we explore nonprofit website development by applying two different types of website assessment tools to US charity websites. One instrument is theoretically based in nonprofit tendencies; the other is a commercial automated service. The results of these evaluation tools are further analyzed to determine whether the instruments are sufficiently independent for evaluation of nonprofit websites. The results illuminate differences in the assessment tools, finding them to be complementary. Each method offers different insights into website development deficiencies and avenues for improvement.     

论社会变迁背景下术语“慈善”的出现与普及

"慈善"一词在古语中大都用作形容词,将其作为概念和术语是20世纪初从日本转译过来的。该术语出现后立即被人们接受,至民初又得到官方文件的认可,终使其术语的地位得以确立。"慈善"作为术语的出现和迅速普及与近代社会变迁密切相关,一方面,作为19世纪末20世纪初激荡于中国社会的新名词洪峰中的一员,社会变革为其出现提供了良好的契机;另一方面,时人对中国传统慈善事业近代转型的自觉认知有力地推动了术语"慈善"的出现与迅速普及。     

朱葆三慈善事业述论

朱葆三是清末民初著名实业慈善家。面对多灾多难的近代中国,作为一名民族资产阶级人士,朱葆三表现出了较强的救世济民的社会责任感,对当时的政治、经济、社会活动都产生过重要影响。他对当时上海、宁波经济发展、社会慈善组织良性运作、教育近代化等功不可没。     

我国慈善事业制度的法律研究

我国的慈善机构维持垄断格局,是我国慈善事业制度缺陷的典型瓶颈,结果必然会使慈善事业依附于政府,无法变成真正的社会公益活动,也无法吸引更多财富流向公益事业造福社会.此外.因没有专门的法规条款和行政文件,慈善公益组织的财务制度、募捐善款、救助项目等都缺乏相应的法规依据,这也使得民间慈善组织难以壮大,应通过建立完善慈善法、税收优惠制度等措施加以完善.