TY - JOUR
T1 - Global Philanthropy
T2 - Does Institutional Context Matter for Charitable Giving?
AU - Wiepking, Pamala
AU - Handy, Femida
AU - Park, Sohyun
AU - Neumayr, Michaela
AU - Bekkers, René
AU - Breeze, Beth
AU - de Wit, Arjen
AU - Einolf, Christopher J.
AU - Gricevic, Zbignev
AU - Scaife, Wendy
AU - Bethmann, Steffen
AU - Breen, Oonagh B.
AU - Kang, Chulhee
AU - Katz, Hagai
AU - Krasnopolskaya, Irina
AU - Layton, Michael D.
AU - Mersianova, Irina
AU - Lo, Kuang Ta
AU - Osili, Una
AU - Pessi, Anne Birgitta
AU - Sivesind, Karl Henrik
AU - Yamauchi, Naoto
AU - Yang, Yongzheng
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2021.
PY - 2021/8/1
Y1 - 2021/8/1
N2 - In this article, we examine whether and how the institutional context matters when understanding individuals’ giving to philanthropic organizations. We posit that both the individuals’ propensity to give and the amounts given are higher in countries with a stronger institutional context for philanthropy. We examine key factors of formal and informal institutional contexts for philanthropy at both the organizational and societal levels, including regulatory and legislative frameworks, professional standards, and social practices. Our results show that while aggregate levels of giving are higher in countries with stronger institutionalization, multilevel analyses of 118,788 individuals in 19 countries show limited support for the hypothesized relationships between institutional context and philanthropy. The findings suggest the need for better comparative data to understand the complex and dynamic influences of institutional contexts on charitable giving. This, in turn, would support the development of evidence-based practices and policies in the field of global philanthropy.
AB - In this article, we examine whether and how the institutional context matters when understanding individuals’ giving to philanthropic organizations. We posit that both the individuals’ propensity to give and the amounts given are higher in countries with a stronger institutional context for philanthropy. We examine key factors of formal and informal institutional contexts for philanthropy at both the organizational and societal levels, including regulatory and legislative frameworks, professional standards, and social practices. Our results show that while aggregate levels of giving are higher in countries with stronger institutionalization, multilevel analyses of 118,788 individuals in 19 countries show limited support for the hypothesized relationships between institutional context and philanthropy. The findings suggest the need for better comparative data to understand the complex and dynamic influences of institutional contexts on charitable giving. This, in turn, would support the development of evidence-based practices and policies in the field of global philanthropy.
KW - charitable giving
KW - fiscal incentives
KW - global philanthropy
KW - institutional contexts
KW - legal
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85100464428&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0899764021989444
DO - 10.1177/0899764021989444
M3 - Article
SN - 0899-7640
VL - 50
SP - 697
EP - 728
JO - Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
JF - Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
IS - 4
ER -