How does community philanthropy function?: Direct effects of the social problem and the moderating role of community racial diversity

Hwang, Hyunseok; Young, Tiffany

doi:10.1016/j.soscij.2019.03.013

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“…Although social problems currently remain at the community level, these might transcend barriers of loca communities (George et al, 2016). Local philanthropy as an institutionalized form of philanthropic collective action can mobilize community resources for collaborative models to prevent grand societal challenges caused by massive energy production (Hwang and Young, 2019a).…”

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“…This finding implies that the negative effects of energy boom on local philanthropy are mitigated by promoting community racial diversity. The direct effeccommunity racial diversity is often consideredts were hypothesized because the existing literature regarding the energy boom found a positive relationship between the occurrence of demographic heterogeneity and philanthropic activities (Brown, Dorins, and Krannich, ; Hwang and Young, ). Rural sociological literature found that social integration is eroded by large influxes of newcomers and population growth caused by the energy booms (Lichter, ).…”

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“…Wealthy communities are more likely to have higher employment rates. Philanthropic endeavor is supported by community financial resources (Hwang and Young, 2019a). Based on the existing literature, it is hypothesized that local economic conditions positively transmit the energy boom to local philanthropy.…”

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The Energy Boom: Boon or Bane for Local Philanthropy?

Hwang

Paarlberg

2019

Social Science Quarterly

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Objective This article explores the complex relationships between the energy boom, community economic and demographic conditions, and local philanthropy. This study aims to find direct effects of the energy boom and indirect effects of multiple mediators—community economic conditions, population change, racial diversity, and income inequality—on local philanthropy. Methods Drawing upon data from U.S. counties, a series of mediation analyses are tested by following Baron and Kenney's (1986, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 51(6):1173) causal‐steps procedures. Results The energy boom always has negative direct effects on local philanthropy. Although indirect effects of mediators are not always significant, total effects, as the sum of direct and indirect effects, reveal that income, population growth, and racial diversity positively mediate negative effects of the energy boom on local philanthropy. The energy boom increases levels of income inequality; however, increased income inequality paradoxically is positively associated with local philanthropy. Conclusion The relationship among the energy boom, community economic and demographic conditions, and local philanthropy is complex. Although direct effects of the energy boom are negative, key findings of positive indirect effects suggest implications for policymakers, nonprofit practitioners, and community leaders when dealing with grand societal challenges caused by natural resource development at the community level.

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The Energy Boom: Boon or Bane for Local Philanthropy?

Hwang

Paarlberg

2019

Social Science Quarterly

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“…When communities of practice trust one another to work around a common goal, a shared sense of citizenship (or solidarity in general), cross‐sector opportunities to exchange work emerge. Hwang and Young (2020) call this approach to philanthropy in communities a ‘collective civic action’, whereby consciousness‐raising serves as a social tool for improving communities against challenges. In their study, which focused on how nonprofits aggregate resources to tackle environmental pollution in the US—a problem that afflicts black communities at a higher rate—they found that collective civic action bridged different racial groups, which ultimately mobilizes resources.…”

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In reciprocity, we trust: Improving grantmaking through relational philanthropy

Petzinger,

Jung

2024

Journal of Philanthropy and Marketing

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With a growing emphasis on empowering communities amongst the practices of philanthropic foundations, practitioners recognise the need for giving strategies grounded in communities of practice's contextual and contingent knowledge. This bringing of beneficiaries' lived experiences into grantmaking represents a wider recognition that sees gift‐giving as a dialogical process that uses relationships with community beneficiaries as the point of departure for creating progressive forms of philanthropy, broadly referred to as ‘relational philanthropy’. Foundations that declare themselves as relational funders typically take a more trusting approach by offering more unrestricted, longer‐term funding, simplifying reporting requirements, and empowering grantees to use the resources provided more flexibly. In this paper, we argue that relational philanthropy expresses a form of ‘relational work’, as it possesses a trust‐based character that speaks to the reciprocal power of gift‐giving, whereby both benefactors and beneficiaries receive value from the co‐created, context‐drivengift exchange: beneficiaries receive philanthropic resources (time, treasure, talent, ties) with more control over spending, while the benefactors gain grassroots insights that can inform future funding policies and practices. In this paper, we show that such reciprocity between funders and their beneficiaries is an important step towards empowering communities for three reasons: (1) by strengthening trust in, and sharing power with, their grantees, foundations empower them to engage more thoroughly with their communities; (2) by grantees communicating their community‐level lived experiences to foundations, foundations can develop more informed and relevant grantmaking decisions, and; (3) as reciprocal exchanges are built on trust, this relational philanthropy creates social capital that strengthens relationships and solidarity across civil society.

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“…Literature suggests that the importance of a community’s social capital in resource mobilization increases as the extremity of the situation increases ( Adger 2003 ). Social capital assists communities in overcoming constraints to resource mobilization when they face external threats such as contagious disease, natural disasters, or environmental pollution ( Aldrich 2012 ; Hwang and Young 2020 ). Although contagious disease outbreaks generate social fear, loss of trust in authorities, and disturbance, empathy can be built in response to threats of pandemics in communities with large reserves of social capital.…”

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Community Social Capital, Racial Diversity, and Philanthropic Resource Mobilization in the Time of a Pandemic

Hwang

Lee

2022

City & Community

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Using the county-level data of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic in the United States, we test the relationship between communities’ social capital and philanthropic resource mobilization during a pandemic and how this relationship is moderated by the racial diversity and the severity of the pandemic in the community. The analysis suggests that the collective monetary contributions to frontline nonprofits responding to pandemics are closely related to the level of social capital in the community. The results also reveal that the positive relationship between social capital and resource mobilization is reinforced in racially diverse communities and when communities are affected by pandemics more severely. Our findings suggest that building inclusive communities by embracing diverse racial groups and individuals will contribute to communities’ resilience to pandemics and other disasters.

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How does community philanthropy function?: Direct effects of the social problem and the moderating role of community racial diversity

Cited by 6 publications

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The Energy Boom: Boon or Bane for Local Philanthropy?

The Energy Boom: Boon or Bane for Local Philanthropy?

In reciprocity, we trust: Improving grantmaking through relational philanthropy

Community Social Capital, Racial Diversity, and Philanthropic Resource Mobilization in the Time of a Pandemic

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