Corporate Philanthropy and Inner-City Social Action Groups: Can Partnership Policies Succeed?

Sklar, Fred H.; Ames, Richard

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“…In addition to corporate cash contributions, executives volunteer time and serve on nonprofit boards, firms donate inventory to nonprofits (Markoff, 1993), and companies partner with inner-city schools (Kuhn, 1990;Shell, 1990;Solomon, 1991), environmental programs (Sklar and Ames, 1983) and social welfare agencies (Cusack, 1990). Firms also sponsor charity events and work closely with nonprofits, particularly universities, to develop new products and technologies, although in these cases companies expect to reap direct benefits for themselves (see Post and Waddock, 1989;Bryan, 1991;Cogill, 1991).…”

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An Urban Grants Economy Revisited: Corporate Charitable Contributions in the Twin Cities, 1979-81, 1987-89

Galaskiewicz¹

1997

Administrative Science Quarterly

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An Urban Grants Economy Revisited: Corporate Charitable Contributions in the Twin Cities, 1979-81, 1987-89

Galaskiewicz¹

1997

Administrative Science Quarterly

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“…The urban foresters solicit funding from corporate sponsors for trees and/or other support services for the block in question. As we discuss elsewhere, the program has been quite successful in obtaining corporate contributors (Sklar and Ames, 1983). 3 ) Planting ceremonies.…”

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Staying Alive: Street Tree Survival in the Inner-City

Sklar

Ames

1985

Journal of Urban Affairs

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A study was conducted from 1978 to late 1984 of the survival of inner‐city street trees planted by the Oakland, California urban forestry program. The tree survival rate of approximately 60 to 70 percent from the trees planted in neighborhood parkways through urban forestry sponsored block parties contrasted sharply with less than one percent survival of trees planted earlier by the Model Cities program without community participation or ceremonial plantings. Explanations for the high tree survival were tested using participant observation, interviews with residents, and a small panel. Tree survival was not found to be related to the explanations provided by urban forestry ideology; namely, that residents had been educated to hold both instrumental and expressive values toward trees. Rather, the explanation appeared to be the function of an unintended solution to the issue of parkway ownership. The tree planting process which included species selection meetings and tree planting ceremonies tended to define the parkway trees as a resident's property, thus decreasing the significance of the parkway‐property barrier. The generality of the Oakland illustration is discussed.

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Communities, Labor, and the Law: The Rise of Corporate Social Responsibility in the United States

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Guthrie²

2011

Communities and Organizations

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Corporate Philanthropy and Inner-City Social Action Groups: Can Partnership Policies Succeed?

Cited by 4 publications

References 10 publications

An Urban Grants Economy Revisited: Corporate Charitable Contributions in the Twin Cities, 1979-81, 1987-89

An Urban Grants Economy Revisited: Corporate Charitable Contributions in the Twin Cities, 1979-81, 1987-89

Staying Alive: Street Tree Survival in the Inner-City

Communities, Labor, and the Law: The Rise of Corporate Social Responsibility in the United States

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