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Companies increasingly play a meaningful role in civil society and the philanthropic sector through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Corporate Philanthropy (CP). The most well studied form of allocating these resources is through outright contributions to operating external foundations and other nonprofit organizations. However, far less is known about the use of corporate foundations, separate and independent nonprofit entities aimed at channeling corporate giving to a social mission related to a company.
Corporate foundations are often linked to the founding company through their name, funding, trustees, administration and potential employee involvement. As these foundations are growing in number, size and importance and becoming increasingly visible in the philanthropic sector, the urgency to understand their role and functioning becomes more important.
The primary aim of this volume is to deliver a holistic analysis of the current state-of-the-arton corporate foundations. For that reason, the book includes different perspectives on and use a hybrid concept of corporate foundations. The book includes three main parts. First, looking further into the organizational processes of corporate foundations, the book analyzes governance and operations as major aspects of organizational performance. Second, it sheds light on the role of corporate foundations in various institutional settings. Lastly, the book includes various stakeholder perspectives on corporate foundations, including corporate employees, beneficiaries, and their non-profit partners.
By reading the book, readers will build a comprehensive understanding of the role and functioning of corporate foundations, understand new avenues for research and, in case they are practitioners in the field, find practical advice rooted in academic research.
Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Challenges in Corporate Foundation Governance.- Chapter 3. Strategic in What Sense? Corporate Foundation Models in Terms of their Institutional Independence and Closeness to Core Business.- Chapter 4. Families, Firms and Philanthropy: Shareholder Foundation Responses to Competing Goals.- Chapter 5. Corporate Foundations in Europe.- Chapter 6. Corporate Foundations in the United States.- Chapter 7. Do Chinese Corporate Foundations Enhance Civil Society?.- Chapter 8. Corporate Foundations in Russia: Overview of the Sector.- Chapter 9. Corporate Foundations in Latin America.- Chapter 10. Outsourcing of Corporate Giving: What Corporations Can('t) Gain When Using a Collective Corporate Foundation to Shape Corporate Philanthropy.- Chapter 11. The Social Impact of Corporate Citizenship Programs on their Beneficiaries and Society at Large: a Case Study.- Chapter 12. "Capturing People's Hearts, Hands and Wallets": Corporate Foundations as a Vehicle for Promoting Volunteering.- Chapter 13. Revisiting the Political Nature of Corporate Philanthropic Foundations - the Case of Sweden.- Chapter 14. Non-profit Organizations' views on what Corporate Foundations are.- Chapter 15. Discussion and Conclusion.
