Description
Social Organization of an Urban Grants Economy: A Study of Business Philanthropy and Nonprofit Organizations explains the elites, corporate wealth, and human service organizations as players in the urban grants economy. The focus of study is the Twin Cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul. The book discusses social institutions that support an economy of donative transfers, and how these institutions influence who gives, who gets, and who gives to whom. Emphasis is on the belief system that has influence over corporate contributions, boundary-spanning agency roles that have an active role in reducing transactional costs, and selective incentives that have been used to elicit participation. The text also analyzes the volume of corporate contributions in relation to the market position held by the firm and the social position of the executives in the community. Each firm has different rationalizations for its contributions. The role of the agencies has also developed to overcome some uncertainties present in the corporation's contributing to nonprofits organizations. The text focuses on the production of collective goods, the peer-group which ensures participation in the collective enterprise, the institutionalization and socialization of values, as well as, the interaction of various agency roles. The book can prove valuable for social scientists, for heads of non-profit organizations, for officials of social and welfare departments of local governments, or for political scientists, e
Chapter
Twin Cities: History and Current Character
Twin Cities: History and Current Character
Chapter 1. THE GRANTS ECONOMY
Chapter 1. THE GRANTS ECONOMY
Sorting Out Self- and Other Interests
Sorting Out Self- and Other Interests
Gifts and Collective Action
Gifts and Collective Action
The Problems Endemic to Collective Action
The Problems Endemic to Collective Action
Transaction Costs and Collective Action
Transaction Costs and Collective Action
The Institutions of a Grants Economy
The Institutions of a Grants Economy
Prestige as a Selective Incentive in
Gift-Giving Situations
Prestige as a Selective Incentive in
Gift-Giving Situations
Managing Transaction Costs
Managing Transaction Costs
Chapter 2. SELECTIVE INCENTIVES FOR CORPORATE CONTRIBUTIONS
Chapter 2. SELECTIVE INCENTIVES FOR CORPORATE CONTRIBUTIONS
Contributions as Public Relations
Contributions as Public Relations
Contributions as Social Currency
Contributions as Social Currency
Contributions as Public Relations: Analysis
Contributions as Public Relations: Analysis
Contributions as Social Currency: Analysis
Contributions as Social Currency: Analysis
Evaluating the Two Theses on Giving
Evaluating the Two Theses on Giving
Chapter 3. FROM SELF-INTEREST TO
ENLIGHTENED SELF-INTEREST
Chapter 3. FROM SELF-INTEREST TO
ENLIGHTENED SELF-INTEREST
Enlightened Self-Interest
Enlightened Self-Interest
Business Leaders and the Ethic of Enlightened Self-Interest
Business Leaders and the Ethic of Enlightened Self-Interest
Contributions as Enlightened Self-Interest: Analysis
Contributions as Enlightened Self-Interest: Analysis
Contributions as Enlightened Self-Interest: Another Look
Contributions as Enlightened Self-Interest: Another Look
Chapter 4. CUTTING TRANSACTION COSTS THROUGH AGENCY
Chapter 4. CUTTING TRANSACTION COSTS THROUGH AGENCY
Corporations and Brokerages
Corporations and Brokerages
Corporations and Contributions Professionals
Corporations and Contributions Professionals
Giving Through Contributions Professionals
Giving Through Contributions Professionals
Giving Through Brokerages
Giving Through Brokerages
Chapter 5. WHO GETS WHAT, WHEN, AND HOW?
Chapter 5. WHO GETS WHAT, WHEN, AND HOW?
The Quest for the Elusive Maximand
The Quest for the Elusive Maximand
Securing Funding in an Open Grants Economy
Securing Funding in an Open Grants Economy
The Finances of the Nonprofit Organization
The Finances of the Nonprofit Organization
Managing Donor Impressions of
Nonprofit Organizations
Managing Donor Impressions of
Nonprofit Organizations
Explaining Corporate Support
Explaining Corporate Support
Chapter 6. MATCHING AND MATING IN A GRANTS ECONOMY
Chapter 6. MATCHING AND MATING IN A GRANTS ECONOMY
Transactions in Unstructured Organizational Fields
Transactions in Unstructured Organizational Fields
Exchange Processes and Donor Allocations
Exchange Processes and Donor Allocations
Managing Uncertainty and Donor Allocations
Managing Uncertainty and Donor Allocations
Modeling Dyadic and Nodal Data using Regression Analysis
Modeling Dyadic and Nodal Data using Regression Analysis
Retesting the Contributions-as-Public-Relations Thesis
Retesting the Contributions-as-Public-Relations Thesis
Retesting the Contributions-as-Social-Currency Thesis
Retesting the Contributions-as-Social-Currency Thesis
Retesting the Agency Thesis
Retesting the Agency Thesis
The Grants Economy as a Network of Collective Action
The Grants Economy as a Network of Collective Action
Contributions to a Theory of Collective Action
Contributions to a Theory of Collective Action
Reducing Uncertainty and Transaction Costs
Reducing Uncertainty and Transaction Costs
Contributions to Transaction-Cost Analysis
Contributions to Transaction-Cost Analysis
From the Old Boy Network to Organized Philanthropy
From the Old Boy Network to Organized Philanthropy
APPENDIX A
The Corporate Donor Survey
APPENDIX A
The Corporate Donor Survey
APPENDIX B The Elite Surveys
APPENDIX B The Elite Surveys
APPENDIX C The Nonprofit Organization Survey
APPENDIX C The Nonprofit Organization Survey
Social Organization of an Urban Grants Economy
：A Study of Business Philanthropy and Nonprofit Organizations
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