Tag: Giving
Less than 2% of all US giving supports women’s and girls’ charities
Tessa Skidmore, IUPUI; Jacqueline Ackerman, IUPUI, and Jon Bergdoll, IUPUI
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The #MeToo movement gained traction in late 2017 and continued to grow the following...
What’s the charitable deduction? An economist explains
Patrick Rooney, IUPUI
The charitable deduction is a dollar-for-dollar reduction in taxable income that lowers what someone owes the...
Most couples still make decisions together when they give money to...
Jacqueline Ackerman, IUPUI and Jon Bergdoll, IUPUI
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
Why cash payments aren’t always the best tool to help poor...
Heath Henderson, Drake University
The concept is simple and seductive: Give people cash, lift them out of poverty. It’s...
Citizen scientists are filling research gaps created by the pandemic
Theresa Crimmins, University of Arizona; Erin Posthumus, University of Arizona, and Kathleen Prudic, University of Arizona
The rapid spread...
US nonprofits raised $2.5 billion on Giving Tuesday in 2020
Abhishek Bhati, Bowling Green State University
CC BY-SASome 35 million Americans gave a total of US$2.5 billon on Giving Tuesday to causes of all kinds,...
5 ways MacKenzie Scott’s $5.8 billion commitment to social and economic...
Elizabeth J. Dale, Seattle University
The author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott announced on Dec. 15 that she had given almost US$4.2 billion to hundreds of...
The pitfalls of hospitals seeking donations from their rich patients
Sara Konrath, IUPUI and Reshma Jagsi, University of Michigan
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The big idea
Most Americans find a...
EXPLORING NATURE
From ancient texts to modern practices, Daoism provides a profound framework...
Michael Naparstek, University of Tennessee
Daoism, China’s indigenous religion, is one of the country’s five officially recognized religions today....
