Motivations for volunteering and giving: A functional approach

199527 citationsJournal Article

Authors

E. Gil Clary · Health Volunteers Overseas

Mark Snyder · Saint Anthony College of Nursing

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Abstract The authors apply their research on the motivations for volunteering to motivations for giving. They identify six personal and social motives that underlie giving decisions. These motives—or—functions—can help fundraisers understand different individual and cultural motivations for giving.

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Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development Religion, Society, and Development

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Published in: New Directions for Philanthropic Fundraising

Volume 1995, Issue 8, pp. 111-123

DOI: 10.1002/pf.41219950809

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