Donation Intermediaries and Their Behavioral Characteristics

Abstract

Charity is carried about by non-profit organizations.

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Notes

1. 1.

   Yang (1998).

2. 2.

   Ibid.

3. 3.

   Zheng (2005: 36).

4. 4.

   Beijing Normal University China Philanthropy Research Center (2012: 73–74).

5. 5.

   With China Charity Federation and the local charity federations and charity associations in various provinces, regions, and cities as its mainstay, the charity system of China has been administered in a way with reference to that for the administration of public foundations, which are required to issue yearly work reports and disclose information, so they are also put into the category of charitable foundations in the present study.

6. 6.

   Yongguang Xu, The Eight Forms of Foundations in China. http://www.foundationcenter.org.cn, accessed on Nov. 25, 2014.

7. 7.

   Wang (2005: 5).

8. 8.

   PRC Ministry of Civil Affairs (2004).

9. 9.

   China Foundation Center, Number of Foundations of China, http://www.foundationcenter.org.cn (2014/12/17).

10. 10.

    Xu (2004).

11. 11.

    Liu (2013: 24–28).

12. 12.

    China Charity & Donation Information Center, “China Philanthropy Welcomes the Arrival of the Era of Rapid Growth”, http://www.juanzhu.gov.cn (2007/11/5).

13. 13.

    Xu (2013: 125).

14. 14.

    China Charity & Donation Information Center, “Annual Report on Philanthropy in China for the Year 2013”, http://www.charity.gov.cn (2003/10/8).

15. 15.

    Wu and Li (2006).

16. 16.

    China Charity & Donation Information Center (2014: 100).

17. 17.

    Xu (2012).

18. 18.

    Li and Chen (2009).

19. 19.

    Xu (2010: 117).

20. 20.

    Ma (2004: 40).

21. 21.

    Zhang (2006: 14).

22. 22.

    Liu (2012).

23. 23.

    Sun and Liu (2011: 20).

24. 24.

    Xu (2006: 20).

25. 25.

    Narada Foundation (2012).

26. 26.

    Wang and Jia (2002: 30–31).

27. 27.

    Xu et al. (2011a).

28. 28.

    Wu et al. (2006).

29. 29.

    Wang (2007).

30. 30.

    Du and Gao (2006: 3).

31. 31.

    Yang and Ge (2007: 30).

32. 32.

    Ai (2014).

33. 33.

    Xu (2013).

34. 34.

    Zhao (2013: 5).

35. 35.

    Liu (2007: 14).

36. 36.

    Ding (2005: 156–157).

37. 37.

    He (2010: 50).

38. 38.

    Tao (2005: 240).

39. 39.

    Pan and Jiang (2014).

40. 40.

    Wang and Liu (2004: 91).

41. 41.

    Xu (2009).

42. 42.

    Qi (2001: 264).

43. 43.

    Beijing Normal University China Philanthropy Research Center (2012: 39).

44. 44.

    Zhao (2013: 146).

45. 45.

    Yang and Ge (2007: 30).

46. 46.

    Zhao (2013: 146).

47. 47.

    He (2010: 50).

48. 48.

    Charitable Undertaking Coordination Office of Ministry of Civil Affairs and China Charity & Donation Information Center (2008).

49. 49.

    Zhang (2012).

50. 50.

    Beijing Normal University China Philanthropy Research Center (2012: 59).

51. 51.

    Orosz (2000).

52. 52.

    Narada Foundation (2007).

53. 53.

    Some alphabetic letters are used to stand for the interviewees (initial letter) and their relevant information (second letter): A: the federation leader; B: heads of departments; C: full-time employee; D: voluntary worker; M: male; F: female. The numeral in the third position indicates the sequence of an interviewee in the interview.

54. 54.

    SD Charity Federation, “Articles of Association of SD Charity Federation”, on May 21, 2012.

55. 55.

    Chen (2003: 5).

56. 56.

    Tian (2004: 50).

57. 57.

    An important organizational feature of SD Charity Federation is the system of its president assuming all responsibility. The president of the federation is not only the spokesperson of the organization but also a key participant in the decision-making process inside the federation and a coordinator in its activities, who plays an important role in the entire federation’s operations.

58. 58.

    Salamon (1999).

59. 59.

    Tian (2004: 50).

60. 60.

    Zhang (2013).

61. 61.

    Guo (2001: 50).

62. 62.

    Yu (2005).

63. 63.

    Some representative donations from overseas include: “The Smile Train Program” donated by overseas Chinese Charles Wang, president of Computer Associates International, Inc., worth RMB 1.91 million. Thanks to this program, corrective operations have been successfully performed on 813 cleft lip and palate patients. The “Gleevec Leukemia Treatment Program”, worth RMB 8.6 million, donated by Swiss said. Shandong Association of Southern California, USA, donated RMB 1.4 million for aiding 125 children from extraordinarily impoverished families to finish their nine-year compulsory education. Taiwan entrepreneur Lin Rongde donated RMB 1 million to aid some college students from extraordinarily impoverished families. Source: Yearbook of Shandong Charity Federation (2005).

64. 64.

    Tian (2004: 178).

65. 65.

    PRC Ministry of Civil Affairs (2006).

66. 66.

    Xu et al. (2011b).

67. 67.

    Xu (2013).

68. 68.

    Chen and Zhou (2011).

69. 69.

    Huang (2014).

70. 70.

    Some alphabetic letters are used to stand for the interviewees (initial letter) and their relevant information (second letter). C: the leader in charge of raising funds; J: worker in the foundation; A: workers in the university alumni association; B: worker in the university board; M: male; F: female. The numeral in the third position indicates the sequence of an interviewee in the interview.

71. 71.

    Source: Annual Income Statistics of SD University Education Foundation (2009–2011).

72. 72.

    Ibid.

73. 73.

    Ibid.

74. 74.

    PRC State Council, “Regulation on the Administration of Foundations”, effective since June 1, 2004.

75. 75.

    Cai and Tian (2008).

76. 76.

    Chen (2011).

77. 77.

    Feiock and Andrew (2006: 759–767).

78. 78.

    Ren and Jiang (2006).

79. 79.

    Ren and Jiang (2006).

80. 80.

    Chen (2003: 101).

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   Qin Li, Weiwei He & Yanbin Cheng

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   Jianguo Gao

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