With cuts in government funding, a lot of vital societal functions from medical research to disaster relief increasingly rely on charitable giving from individuals. Research has looked into Read More »
Causal controllability is the degree to which an observer of another person’s misfortune perceives that misfortune to be the fault or responsibility of the person in need of help. When a person Read More »
The charity industry is substantial ($300B annually), expanding rapidly, and presently accounts for over 2% of US GDP. Intriguingly, individual, non-corporate giving comprises the lion’s share of Read More »
Raising charitable donations requires considerable time and effort. In the U.S., for example, it costs over $50 billion each year to raise roughly $300 billion in individual donations (Greenfield, Read More »
The Zeynep Hanım Waqf, linked to the influential Kavalalı Mehmet Ali Pasha family, played a significant role in both Ottoman and Egyptian histories. The family had prominent members in Egyptian Read More »