Handbook on Corporate Foundations: Corporate and Civil Society Perspectives

Description

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-art on 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. ​ Front Matter ....Pages i-xii Introduction (Lonneke Roza, Steffen Bethmann, Lucas Meijs, Georg von Schnurbein)....Pages 1-13 Front Matter ....Pages 15-15 Challenges in Corporate Foundation Governance (David Renz, Lonneke Roza, Frans-Joseph Simons)....Pages 17-37 Strategic in What Sense? Corporate Foundation Models in Terms of Their Institutional Independence and Closeness to Core Business (Steffen Bethmann, Georg von Schnurbein)....Pages 39-61 Families, Firms, and Philanthropy: Shareholder Foundation Responses to Competing Goals (Joel Bothello, Arthur Gautier, Anne-Claire Pache)....Pages 63-82 Front Matter ....Pages 83-83 Corporate Foundations in Europe (Theresa Gehringer, Georg von Schnurbein)....Pages 85-106 Corporate Foundations in the United States (Joannie Tremblay-Boire)....Pages 107-123 Do Chinese Corporate Foundations Enhance Civil Society? (Lijun He, Qun Wang)....Pages 125-147 Corporate Foundations in Russia: Overview of the Sector (Irina Krasnopolskaya)....Pages 149-166 Corporate Foundations in Latin America (Marta Rey-Garcia, Michael D. Layton, Javier Martin-Cavanna)....Pages 167-190 Front Matter ....Pages 191-191 Outsourcing of Corporate Giving: What Corporations Can(’t) Gain When Using a Collective Corporate Foundation to Shape Corporate Philanthropy (Stephanie Maas)....Pages 193-214 The Social Impact of Corporate Citizenship Programs on Their Beneficiaries and Society at Large: A Case Study (Marjelle Vermeulen, Karen Maas)....Pages 215-234 “Capturing People’s Hearts, Hands, and Wallets”: Corporate Foundations as a Vehicle for Promoting Volunteering (Debbie Haski-Leventhal)....Pages 235-252 Revisiting the Political Nature of Corporate Philanthropic Foundations: The Case of Sweden (Johan Hvenmark, Johan von Essen)....Pages 253-269 Nonprofit Organizations’ Views on Corporate Foundations (Sterre Swen, Lonneke Roza, Lucas Meijs, Alexander Maas)....Pages 271-285 Discussion and Conclusion (Lonneke Roza, Steffen Bethmann, Lucas Meijs, Georg von Schnurbein)....Pages 287-303 Correction to: Handbook on Corporate Foundations: Corporate and Civil Society Perspectives (Lonneke Roza, Steffen Bethmann, Lucas Meijs, Georg von Schnurbein)....Pages C1-C1