NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 10, 2025

Some of these small-budget organizations do pay people modest amounts: Soccer leagues pay referees for Saturday games, historical preservation societies pay gardeners, and parent-teacher associations (PTAs) pay after-school art teachers. But this does not explain why AVOs exist.

Civil Society

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 13, 2024

This theory relates to what American economist James Andreoni calls impure altruism , the inherent tension between philanthropy and self-interest. In Judaism, the practice of tzedakah is an ethical duty to give in a just and merciful way to help those in need. Some constituents and critics view this as a lapse in ethical judgment.

Ethics

iMarketSmart

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

But they aren’t helpful as a short-term metric to guide behavior. Metrics can help, but only a little. When metrics reflect a top-down distrust of fundraisers, they don’t help.[16] Short-term, transactional behavior signals the absence of a mutual sharing or helping relationship. It can be helpful. I’m a data guy.

Fundraising

iMarketSmart

JUNE 19, 2023

Only friendship reciprocity can help. It helps separate true friends from fair-weather friends. A simple answer Signals of helpful, social-emotional relationships encourage generosity. This helps to advance the donor’s hero story. They reserved the highest attractiveness ratings for men showing heroic altruism.

Altruism and Helping