Diaspora philanthropy to India has grown rapidly over the past several decades. However, little is known about the motivations of Indians living in the U.S. to donate philanthropically to India. Extant studies have either focused on quantitative analysis of diaspora philanthropy or qualitative research on the receiving of diaspora philanthropy in India. The motivations and strategies of the Indian diaspora in the U.S. have not been explored, particularly, the informal mechanisms and strategies of making philanthropic donations to India and the obligations that underlie the practice of diaspora philanthropy remain neglected in the existing studies on diaspora philanthropy. My research addressed this gap in the existing literature on diaspora philanthropy by conducting qualitative face-to-face in-depth interviews with a snowball sample of 25 Indian engineers in San Diego, California. In my study, it was found that Indians preferred to channel funds for philanthropy in India through friends and family because of lack of trust in formal organizations and greater confidence in the activities of friends and family in India due to familiarity and better accountability. It was also found that Indians felt indebted to Indian society and the Indian nation-state for the free and subsidized education they had received in India, and therefore felt obligated to make philanthropic contributions to India in order to redeem the debt that they owe to India.

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Philanthropy plays an important and often publicly visible role in modern medicine. Names like Carnegie, Rockefeller, and Gates are associated with medicine both personally and through the foundations they created. This phenomenon also played out on a local level, where communities are dotted with hospitals, university laboratories, and medical schools bearing the names of families who contributed to build, literally and figuratively, the institutions of medical research. Little is known about these local philanthropists, including why they decided to support research and how they organized and carried out the work of grantmaking. Consequently, there is no deep understanding of the value of their contributions. I seek to remedy that omission through this study of the history and work of three small foundations dedicated to medical and scientific research and located in a single, midsized American city. Ultimately this work considers a question fundamental to medical research philanthropy: Can smaller foundations make a meaningful contribution to modern medical research given the scale, complexity, and cost of the work as well as the dominance of federal government funding? This work concludes that the primary value of the foundations under study was not their financial support for research per se, but their flexible and sustained contributions to the local research infrastructure, including philanthropic investments that helped launch research projects and the careers of individual scientists; provided capital for needed physical space; and supported recruiting efforts to bring innovative and productive faculty members to staff new research and patient care departments. The foundations in this study, both individually and collectively, served as valuable strategic allies to the research institutions in their community. As a result, the foundations contributed directly and meaningfully toward the expansion and improvement of the research institutions. The resulting growth in the size and reputation of these programs and facilities generated economic gain that benefitted the broader community. This finding supports a call for the development of a more nuanced and complete understanding of the potential impact that smaller funders can have in a large and complicated system.

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Since CITI Bank sponsored New York Philharmonic Orchestra to perform in Taiwan in 1984, it began the interactions between enterprises and concerts. Comparing with other performing arts, people are more willing to pay for music performances. Benefit concert also has a better fundraising record than other art activities. The purposes of this research are: 1) to find the motivations, internal and external influence factors, execution modes, scales, and input routes of enterprises holding benefit concerts; 2) to understand the collaborative models among enterprises, sponsored non-profit organizations, and performing arts promoters; 3) to compare the different behavior modes among four cases and to provide some suggestions for enterprises, non-profit organizations and performing arts promoters. This research uses case study methodology. After the literature review, the researcher chose four domestic enterprises who have splendid records for holding benefit concerts and did a semi-structural interview with each of them. The study came up six findings: 1) These enterprises¡¦ motivations of supporting benefit concerts was to raise up media exposure, to increase a impression on their customers, and to play role models as corporate citizens in the society. 2) The corporate philanthropy and enterprises¡¦ cultures integrated to create their strategies. The major internal influence factor was the companies images. The external influence factors included: the type of the non-profit organizations and its future, the attraction of the proposals, and the relations in the past. 3) The budget of benefit concerts was arranged with a special percentage of the enterprises¡¦ total income or a fix amount. 4) The enterprises mainly sponsored the fund for the activities through their subsidiary foundations or the company themselves. 5) The enterprises¡¦ relationships to the not-profit organizations were different, but they valued the proposals raised by performing arts promoters. 6) The activities were judged by their ticket revenue, the number of audience, the amount of media exposure and the budget. The benefit concerts not only increased the coherence of the employees, but also improved the corporate images.

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Syfte: Det finns mycket forskning om hur företag påverkas av tillämpandet av strategisk filantropi, dock anser vi den tidigare forskningen i ämnet vara bristfällig gällande idrottsorganisationer. Syftet med denna uppsats är således att få ökad förståelse för hur en idrottsorganisation tillämpar strategisk filantropi och hur det bidrar till att stärka deras varumärke. Metod: Vi antog ett hermeneutiskt synsätt i denna fallstudie då vi hade för avsikt att skapa förståelse för det valda ämnet. Således skapades en teoretisk referensram utifrån tidigare forskning i ämnet samt även empiriskt material som främst samlades in via tio respondenter som arbetar för Brynäs IF genom semistrukturerade intervjuer. Analys genomfördes sedan genom jämförelse av det insamlade teoretiska samt empiriska materialet. Resultat & Slutsats: Undersökningen påvisar att strategisk filantropi har positiv påverkan på varumärket hos den undersökta idrottsorganisationen vilket har inneburit ekonomiska fördelar för organisationen. Det framgick att andra företag i stor utsträckning hade börjat intresserat sig för att samarbeta med Brynäs och deras filantropiska satsning. Dock fanns det tecken på att den enskilde konsumenten prioriterar andra faktorer än filantropiska satsningar, när det gäller att stärka varumärket. Examensarbetets bidrag: I denna fallstudie är det teoretiska bidraget att öka förståelsen för hur strategisk filantropi kan kopplas till ett stärkt varumärke samt på lång sikt ge ekonomiska fördelar. Undersökningen påvisar också att idrottsorganisationer som tillämpar strategisk filantropi kommer kunna åtnjuta fördelar i form av samarbeten med andra företag men samtidigt behöva motivera sin filantropiska satsning för konsumenterna. Det praktiska bidraget med detta arbete är att idrottsorganisationen måste arbeta efter sin målsättning, mäta utfallet samt följa upp och förbättra processen med det filantropiska arbetet. Vidare beskrivs vikten av att vara transparenta mot organisationens intressenter för att skapa förståelse för den filantropiska strategin och hur den förbättrar samhället samt vilka positiva effekter satsningen har på idrottsorganisationen. Detta anser vi har en positiv inverkan på intressenternas syn på de filantropiska åtagandena. Förslag till fortsatt forskning: Vi anser att det finns ett behov av ytterligare forskning i ämnet. Ett område som behöver undersökas är hur den enskilde konsumenten uppfattar idrottsorganisationers strategiska filantropi. En annan punkt vi anser vara intressant för framtida forskning är varför andra företag tycks lockas att samarbeta med filantropiskt lagda idrottsorganisationer.

ABSTRACT With reduced sources of external funding, higher education institutions are taking an increased focus onthe development of their alumni and current student populations with regards to philanthropic giving. One of the goals of leadership and their development team is to build and nurture a culture of philanthropy on campus amongst current students with the desired outcome of these efforts being to build a sense of affinity and responsibility to the institution evident through their engagement. While there is much research available about the motivation for giving and engagement amongst alumni, there is little information available about what motivates current students on campus to participate in philanthropic activity. It must be understood why students choose to engage in their chosen philanthropic activities, whichwould require gaining an understanding of intrinsic motivators for engagement. It is also important for institutions to learn how students want to be engaged to adjust tactics and incorporate methods of engagement which are valued and preferred by students. Learning the ways in which this newer group of students views the concepts of philanthropy, and the ways in which they seek to insert themselves into philanthropic engagement are going to be of the upmost importance to gain support from this cohort. Ultimately, this study examined undergraduate students’ philanthropic behaviors with the purpose ofdetermining if it is possible to find distinct factors which influence philanthropic motivations and engagement based upon student characteristics. A mixed method approach was used for this study. For the quantitative component of the study, 206 students located throughout the United States completed questionnaires, which provided survey questions utilizing a 5-point ordinal Likert scale, with responses indicating the likelihood of the variable influencing selected philanthropic activities. Surveys also captured student demographic variables. Twenty students from the quantitative study participated in a follow up one on one interview interviews for the qualitative component, which provided insight into student motivations via analysis of interview transcripts. Amongst participants of this study, findings indicate that there are significant relationships that exist between certain student demographic variables and factors which influence their decisions to participate in chosen philanthropic activities. These factors can be segmented into distinct categories, allowing for students’ motivations to be understood based upon their intrinsic motivations. Ultimately amongst participants, it appears students are guided by eight factors which influence their philanthropic motivation and/or engagement. With this knowledge, institutional leadership and development staff can gain a better understanding of what motivates current students to select the types of philanthropic activities, causes, and organizations they support, as well as how to tailor ask vehicles designed to appeal to the intrinsic motivators of students. / Educational Administration

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Thesis advisor: Richard McGowan / This thesis seeks to better understand the state of philanthropy in China via a quantitative and qualitative comparison of philanthropy between the United States and China. Due to the United States’ historical background in philanthropy and the current success of its philanthropic campaigns, it is an ideal target for the basis of comparison. Through the analysis, the paper concludes that philanthropy is similar enough between the two nations and created two regression models for China based on variables that explain giving in the U.S. The models explain three variables that influence giving in China. Two more regression models were constructed with more complex variables. However, the latter two models did not have enough statistical significance to be able to properly explain the variables as being factors that influence giving in China. The paper ultimately recommends China to focus on the variables of tax, GDP, as well as population growth. The thesis also included non-measurable factors that China needs to focus on, such as ridding itself of corruption and bureaucracy to regain the public’s trust in philanthropy. / Thesis (BS) — Boston College, 2013. / Submitted to: Boston College. Carroll School of Management. / Discipline: Carroll School of Management Honors Program. / Discipline: Management.