The Master's Thesis deals with the motivation of art patrons, with a special emphasis on contemporary patrons promoting art and culture in the Czech environment. The theoretical part focuses on defining the basic terminology and presents selected studies of volunteering and donation in the non-profit sector with a special focus on culture. The current status in this field is described from the general economic aspects of the support of arts in the Czech Republic to the psychological aspects of individuals. The second part of the thesis is devoted to the patronage of art and introduces the most important patrons of art, considering the historical context and development of the patronage in the history of Czech art. The practical part is based on the media analysis and the interview analysis and the resulting summary of the motivation of the patrons of art.

Between 1847 and 1903, spanning the first three episcopates of the newly-created Diocese of Manchester, 228 churches were built, or significantly extended, in the largest by far of its five deaneries, the Deanery of Manchester. Exploration of diocesan, Mancunian, and parochial archival and other sources revealed that sixty-one of those 228 building-projects – over a quarter – had each been funded by a single donor or single family. The fifty 'singular' donors (eight financing more than one project) represented a wide swathe of the middle and upper echelons of society, comprising six MPs; thirty-one industrialists, including twenty-two (predominantly textile-) mill-owners, three engineers, and two colliery- and canal-owners; and thirteen non-industrialists, including five bankers, two landed gentry and three clerics. The scale of this aspect of industrial city philanthropy, and its lack of study are striking. Singular funding by donors of specific buildings provides a fresh angle from which to approach the reasons for philanthropy at an individual level. In each case, what role did self-interest play; what role such impulses as Established-Church-allegiance, evangelism, paternalism, territorialism, and dynasticism? Could a master driving-force, composed of a combination of some or all of those and other possible impulses, have been a donor's desire for worth: self-worth; worth in the eyes of contemporary society; and worth for remembrance in posterity? Were donors essentially creating churches in their own image? The Introduction covers identification of the churches and the ecclesiastical, industrial and historical context of their building and of nineteenth-century Mancunian philanthropy. Chapter One, exploring the donors' biographies, includes, as potential drivers in church-creation, timing of public preferment – providing scant support for its previously identified role in other charitable giving – and alternative donor-self-image-related impulses. Chapter Two considers, as a measure of donor-church-identity, possible linkage of donor to church through dedication, proximity, iconography, memorials, armorials, dedicated space, and burial arrangements. Chapter Three uses choice of architect, their north-western oeuvre, and the balance of architects' and donors' roles, to further assess reflection of donor-self-image in the church. Finally, Chapter Four scrutinises each donor-church-architect nexus for signs of churchmanship; a quality – where present in strength and definable as donor-led – considered strongly indicative of donor-self-image. Donor, church, architect, and churchmanship – key components of the donated church and to assessing in each their interconnections – disclose great diversity. Donor-self-image was indeed present, in its various aspects, in most if not all the churches. Its presence ranged from almost negligible or inconclusive to what amounts to its passionate expression. Archive Note: Research for this project resulted in far more material of relevance to its substance than could be included in the text. The University of Manchester has kindly consented to hold this material, comprising textual and photographic data, as an archive freely accessible on request.

The objective of this theses is to explore the development of gift-giving in Czech Republic after the velvet revolution in 1989. First part of the theses deals with the theoretical basis of altruism and philanthropy. The gift-giving explored in the theses is viewed as a specific case when the beneficient does not know the beneficiary. This specific case is then discussed with the theoretical aspect of altruism and philanthropy. Further on the civil society and its connection to the gift-giving is observed and the role of the foundations in czech society reflected. The analysis of the gift-giving is provided in the second part of the theses, based on the financial history of four czech foundations. A clear cut trend is not obvious, thus some other aspects coming out of the analysis are accented.

This master thesis focuses on corporate volunteering as a specific area of corporate social responsibility. It compares examples of corporate volunteering projects implemented in the Czech environment and explores possibilities for further development. In addition to greater depths it is dedicated to corporate volunteering at ABB Czech Republic. The master thesis comes from my own experience during a working in ABB Czech Republic for last three years. The aim of this study is to monitor corporate volunteering programs and their comparison with other companies on the Czech market, employee motivation for these activities, finding the right communication channels for voluntary activities and based on the information find new possibilities of corporate volunteering.

The diploma thesis deals with the issue of corporate social responsibility among mobile operators in the Czech Republic. Its aim is to analyze the policies and practices of CSR among mobile operators in the Czech Republic and evaluate these activities in the economic, social and environmental area. The operational objective is to propose measures and solutions that would lead to the settlement of differences between the particular companies and the overall higher efficiency of CSR in the mobile sector. All based on the analysis of individual CSR activities and their subsequent comparison. The SWOT analysis of CSR in each company helps to compare them. The activities are described and compared within three pillars of corporate social responsibility.

Orientador: Cristina de Campos / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Geociências / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-27T11:29:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Santos-Rocha_EdneiaSilva_D.pdf: 2414561 bytes, checksum: bc31afd4e90013dc15cd201cdb87ef24 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015 / Resumo: As fundações privadas sem fins lucrativos são entidades que se constituem por um conjunto de bens direcionados teoricamente para fins religiosos, morais, culturais ou de assistência. No entanto, nessa tese demonstrou-se que essas entidades procuraram fabricar e institucionalizar modelos dominantes, fomentando instituições estratégicas e formando lideranças acadêmicas. Essas fundações fazem certas imposições em relação aos projetos aprovados de forma indireta. Isso porque definem os parâmetros institucionais, profissionais e intelectuais dos seus beneficiários, e sugerem as agendas de pesquisa de acordo com seus interesses. Supõem-se que as parcerias estabelecidas entre fundações privadas e seus donatários envolveram articulações sociais, políticas, ideológicas e econômicas, pois essas entidades foram agentes dessas formulações para promover projetos de ordem social liberal. Nesse contexto, o objetivo desta tese é entender o relacionamento da Fundação Ford com instituições brasileiras, principalmente sua parceria com a Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV), instituição que encontra-se entre as primeiras donatárias da Fundação Ford no Brasil. Por meio de análises teóricas e com o uso de metodologia quanti-qualitativa, procedeu-se a análise de diferentes dados de pesquisa, uma vez que a convergência de resultados advindos de fontes distintas ofereceu evidências sobre os convênios e acordos estabelecidos. Assim, organizou-se e analisou-se os dados, a partir de fontes primárias como os Relatórios Anuais da Fundação Ford e fontes secundárias como: a base de dados digital de doações da Fundação Ford, o repositório digital da FGV e a consulta a diversos sites dos donatários identificados na pesquisa. O estudo constatou que a Fundação Ford no Brasil patrocinou principalmente fundações, associações, universidades e organizações não governamentais, nas quais procurou encontrar soluções "científicas" para os problemas sociais, canalizando esforços intelectuais para manter a ordem social estabelecida pelas classes dominantes. Desse modo, a fundação norte-americana promoveu consensos entre intelectuais e instituições dominantes da sociedade brasileira, que funcionaram como multiplicadores das ideologias e modelos institucionais, como pode ser evidenciado entre a parceria entre Fundação Ford e FGV / Abstract: Private foundations are non-profit entities that theoretically constitute a set of targeted goods for religious, moral, cultural or assistance purposes. However, this thesis shows that these entities have sought to manufacture and institutionalize dominant models, fostering strategic institutions and graduate academic leaders. These foundations make indirectly charges in exchange for approved projects. It happens because they define the institutional, professional and intellectual parameters of their beneficiaries, and suggest research agendas according to their interests. It assumes that the partnerships between private foundations and their grantees involves social, political, ideological and economic joints, because these entities are agents of such formulations to promote liberal and social projects. In this context, the aim of this thesis is to understand the relationship of the Ford Foundation (FF) with Brazilian institutions, especially its partnership with the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV), an institution that is among the first grantee of FF in Brazil. Through theoretical analysis and quantitative and qualitative methodology, different research data were analyzed, since the convergence of results, which came from different sources, provided evidence of the covenants and agreements reached. So data were organized and analyzed from primary sources such as the Annual Reports of the FF and secondary sources such as: a digital database of grants from the FF, the digital repository of FGV and several sites of grantees identified in the survey. This study found that FF in Brazil sponsored mainly foundations, associations, universities and nongovernmental organizations, in which sought to find "scientific" solutions to social problems, channeling intellectual efforts to maintain the social order established by the dominant classes. Thus, the US foundation promoted consensus among intellectuals and dominant institutions of Brazilian society, who have acted as multipliers of ideologies and institutional models, as evidenced from the partnership between FF and FGV / Doutorado / Politica Cientifica e Tecnologica / Doutora em Política Científica e Tecnológica

Since the 1970s, millions of Americans have raised billions of dollars for nonprofit organizations through philanthropic fitness events. In 2013, 27 of the 30 largest charity events netted nearly $1.7 billion for health-related nonprofits. Two central questions guide this work: How do those who run marathons and raise funds for breast cancer make sense of their participation?; and To what extent do the notions of a moral citizen and philanthropy shape the meanings that they make of philanthropic fitness events? This work utilizes a year of interviews with nine women who ran the 26.2 with Donna: The National Marathon to Finish Breast Cancer in Jacksonville, Florida, in 2012 and/or 2013. I also conducted participant observation, running the marathon in 2013, and nonparticipant observation from the sidelines in 2012. My project examines the changing cultural context of the marathon and the meanings of consumerism, fitness, giving, morality, and breast cancer as a source of social connection. It also examines participants' skepticism toward both health-related nonprofit organizations and their financial status. The result is a more nuanced explanation regarding individuals' choices to participate in endurance-length philanthropic fitness events. The marathon is important to these runners' relationships with breast cancer-breast cancer the disease, breast cancer the concept, breast cancer the identity. This project finds that besides simply finding a community of like-minded individuals at a race, the healing element of the 26.2 with Donna is key to the formation of personal connections to the race that create long-term marathoner-fundraisers. The runners experience the 26.2 with Donna inside a perfect "pink bubble" of women's culture that surrounds the race and co-opts its participants. That space is overlain with notions of an imagined sisterhood based on individual and communal improvement through the consumption of pink-ribboned products.

Abstract WHY WOMEN GIVE TO WOMEN: A PORTRAIT OF GENDER-BASED PHILANTHROPY AT A PUBLIC COLLEGE IN VIRGINIA By Amy Gray Beck, Ph.D. A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Virginia Commonwealth University. Virginia Commonwealth University, 2019 Chair: Katherine Cumings Mansfield, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations, School of Education, UNC Greensboro The cost of public higher education is steadily increasing, with state and federal government cutting its support year after year. Students are having to pay more out of pocket for classes and tuition, and institutions rely on private funding support to provide educational opportunities to students in need. Historically, fundraising operations in higher education have focused on a traditional solicitation model, focusing on fundraising from men in households, but savvy institutions have begun to focus on philanthropy from specific populations, including women, to increase dollars raised. Research shows women are more philanthropically generous than their male counterparts, especially when giving to education. The main purpose of this qualitative case study was to highlight the successes of a women and philanthropy program at William and Mary, a public college in Virginia, as it is the first and only women and philanthropy program in the country where the funds donated are given back to benefit women, as well as add to the growing body of literature on women and philanthropy, and the lack of literature that exists on women giving to women in higher education. The alumnae initiatives endowment funded by the Society of 1918 offers alumnae leadership development, networking opportunities, continuing education, empowerment, and more. Private funding in this case is enabling a social justice program to exist that otherwise would not be funded through tuition and state and federal funding. Interviews, observations, and document analysis were utilized to examine contextual factors contributing to the development of the Society of 1918 and motivations for members joining the Society at a $10,000 level. A feminist standpoint theoretical framework helped to develop meaning-making of alumnae’s motivations for joining the Society of 1918. Utilizing portraiture as a qualitative method, findings showed how gender and timely social justice movements played a role in influencing alumnae motivations to join the Society of 1918. Finally, best practices are shared for institutions considering a comprehensive women and philanthropy program whose private gifts benefit women.

This classic grounded theory study reflects companies work with corporate philanthropy (CP), and has a specific focus on companies with Swedish roots who are operating in South Africa. The theory illustrates how the companies perceive themselves to be forced to engage in CP, and their main solution to this problem is trying to optimise their CP work so it benefits both themselves and their beneficiaries. The companies are operating in a structural vacuum with regards to their CP work, and consequently, they make use of impressionistic tools in their attempt to optimise the work. There is arguably a need for companies to adopt a more strategic approach. The empirical data is collected from semi structured interviews with companies during 2012.

Some corporate leaders lack knowledge of CSR strategies to improve corporate financial performance. Businesses increase their profit margins when the business leaders integrate social and environmental management into core business processes. Grounded in stakeholder theory, this multicase study involved an exploration of corporate social responsibility factors that contributory to improving market share and financial performance. One-on-one interviews took place, and corporate leaders of 3 Native American owned companies that have implemented successful CSR strategies to improve market share and financial performance within the Midwestern area of the United States, including Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. Data triangulation involved the use of field observations, organizational background information, and review of archival records. Modified van Kaam method was instrumental to identifying the variation of potential structural meanings embedded within textural implications as well as to expose core themes and contexts that contribute to the apparent presence of the phenomenon. Some themes that emerged from this study included corporate social responsibility strategies, core value and views, and indications. These themes developed through efforts to identify the CSR strategies and outcomes of Native-owned gaming operations. Identifying successful CSR strategies encourages more companies to participate in socially responsible initiatives. Illustrating successful CSR efforts within Native gaming operations can transform business practices, enhance social performance, and generate positive social change in communities through transforming local Native American communities into vibrant cohesive societies for families to thrive in.