Nonprofit Financial Response to Immigration

2021 ◽  
pp. 089976402110574
Author(s):  
Claire Le Barbenchon ◽  
Lisa A. Keister
Keyword(s):  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Community Survey ◽  
Financial Behavior ◽  
Behavior Changes ◽  
Charitable Contributions ◽  
Immigrant Populations ◽  
Using Data ◽  
External Forces ◽  
Financial Transactions

Nonprofit organizations are important actors in local communities, providing services to vulnerable populations and acting as stewards for charitable contributions from other members of the population. An important question is whether nonprofits spend or receive additional revenues in response to changes in the populations they serve. Because immigrant populations both receive and contribute to nonprofit resources, changes in immigrant numbers should be reflected in changing financial behavior of local nonprofits. Using data from the National Center for Charitable Statistics and the American Community Survey, we study whether nonprofit financial transactions change in response to changes in the local immigration population, the nature of the change, and the degree to which these changes vary by nonprofit type. Findings suggest that nonprofit financial behavior changes with growth and decline in immigrant populations underscoring the importance of nonprofits as service providers and contribute to an understanding of how organizations respond to external forces.

The Dog Days of Detroit: Urban Stray and Feral Animals

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura A. Reese
Keyword(s):  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Public Response ◽  
Scarce Resources ◽  
The Public ◽  
Grass Roots ◽  
Governing System ◽  
Feral Animals ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The City

This article details the extent and import of the stray and feral dog problem in the City of Detroit in the context of regime and network theories of governance. Using data drawn from a survey of animal welfare service providers, this article provides a description of the complex and essentially grass roots service provision network currently in place to address the problem. The primary cause of the roaming dog problem in the city is the poor economy and the problem is worse in the most distressed neighborhoods. Several factors serve as barriers to addressing the issue. First, the actual number of roaming dogs is a question of contention in the city. Second, weaknesses in the city governing system and scarce resources have limited the public response to the problem. As a result, services are provided by an unstable and fragmented network of nonprofit organizations largely located outside the city of Detroit itself.

Using Profiles of Human and Social Capital to Understand Adult Immigrants’ Education Needs: A Latent Class Approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Calonie M. K. Gray
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Education Needs ◽  
International Assessment ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Adult Immigrants ◽  
Human And Social Capital ◽  
The U.S

With the U.S. adult education system providing education services to millions of immigrants annually, understanding the unique skills and assets among adult immigrant learners is important. Using data from the U.S. Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies, this study used data on immigrants ( n = 1,873) to identify latent classes along dimensions of human and social capital. Latent class analysis indicated five discrete profiles: High Opportunity, Upskill Ready, Satisfactorily Skilled, Motivated and Engaged, and Highly Skilled. The results provide support for using customized education approaches to capitalize on the collection of assets adult learners have while concurrently increasing education service providers’ capacity to serve.

scholarly journals Modeling a Bridge When Survey Questions Change: Evidence from the Current Population Survey Health Insurance Redesign

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 189-202
Author(s):  
Brett O’Hara ◽  
Carla Medalia ◽  
Jerry J. Maples
Keyword(s):  
Health Insurance ◽  
Current Population Survey ◽  
Time Trend ◽  
Population Survey ◽  
The United States ◽  
Community Survey ◽  
Historical Time ◽  
Current Population ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Most research on health insurance in the United States uses the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement. However, a recent redesign of the health insurance questions disrupted the historical time trend in 2013. Using data from the American Community Survey, which has a parallel trend in the uninsured rate, we model a bridge estimate of the uninsured rate using the traditional questions. Also, we estimate the effect of changing the questionnaire. We show that the impact of redesigning the survey varies substantially by subgroup. This approach can be used to produce bridge estimates when other questionnaires are redesigned.

scholarly journals PENERAPAN PRINSIP SYARIAH DALAM PEYELENGGARAAN LAYANAN PINJAM-MEMINJAM BERBASIS FINTECH

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 1521
Author(s):  
Basrowi Basrowi ◽  
Julianas Julianas
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Accounts Payable ◽  
Financial Transactions ◽  
Financial Technology ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

This study aims to describe the application of sharia principles in the implementation of fintech-based lending services. The method used in this study is descriptive qualitative research and literature. The data used is secondary data from various relevant and up to date literature. Based on the results of the analysis it can be concluded that accounts payable is an agreement between two parties giving money or goods to a second party to be utilized. In terms of engagement in accordance with Islamic law or according to sharia, contracts through information technology media still have to fulfill harmony and terms of contract. The contract scheme implemented by service providers includes the Wakalah bil Ujrah contract and the Musyarakah contract. In the field of muamalah known as the principle of Islamic law, namely the principle of skill or change. The terms of Ijab Qobul must describe the agreement of the parties to enter into the online debt agreement. To achieve this, it is necessary to apply the principles of Islamic engagement, sharia, into financial transactions and other businesses that are consistently related.Keywords: financial technology, sharia, principle

Usage of smartphone for financial transactions: from the consumer privacy perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheshadri Chatterjee ◽  
Ranjan Chaudhuri ◽  
Demetris Vrontis ◽  
Zahid Hussain
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Consumer Privacy ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Privacy Calculus ◽  
Financial Transactions

Purpose This study aims to empirically examine how consumer privacy concerns (CPC) impact smartphone usage for financial transactions. The study also investigates the moderating impact of regulations on this action. Design/methodology/approach With the inputs from literature and related privacy theories, a theoretical model was developed. The model was later empirically validated using the partial least squares structural equation modeling technique with 367 respondents from India. Findings The study finds that CPC significantly impacts on consumer behavior in using smartphones for financial transactions. The study also highlights that regulation has a moderating impact on consumer usage of smartphones for financial transactions. Research limitations/implications This study provides valuable inputs to smartphone service providers, practitioners, regulatory authorities and policymakers on appropriate and secure usage of smartphones by consumers, ensuring privacy protection while making financial transactions. Originality/value This study provides a unique model showing the antecedents of CPC to impact the behavioral reaction of smartphone users mediated through the ingredients of privacy calculus theory. Besides, this study analyzes the moderating effects of regulation on the use of smartphones for financial transactions. This is also a novel approach of this study.

The Role of Web Assurance Seals in Nonprofit Giving

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-148
Author(s):  
Joseph Canada ◽  
Erica E. Harris
Keyword(s):  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Data Availability ◽  
Charitable Contributions ◽  
The Public ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Donor Support ◽  
The U.S ◽  
The Web

ABSTRACT Using a sample of the 2,000 largest nonprofit organizations in the U.S., we document that the use of web assurance seals is not as commonplace as for-profit e-commerce websites. In particular, we find that only about 14 percent of sample organizations invest in web assurance seals. Those that do provide web seals are larger, less efficient, and spend more on fundraising and information technology. Interestingly, however, our size result weakens for the very largest organizations in our sample. In addition to our contribution to the web assurance literature, we also contribute to donations research in identifying another feature important to donors in the decision to give. Specifically, we find a positive relationship between web seals and donations, indicating that providing this type of assurance attracts more donor support. We believe this is particularly interesting given the relatively few organizations adopting this type of signal in the marketplace for charitable contributions. Data Availability: Data are available from the public sources cited in the text.

Does the Internet Increase Fundraising Revenues of Nonprofit Organizations?

2011 ◽  
pp. 293-308
Author(s):  
Yasin Ozcelik
Keyword(s):  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Economic Model ◽  
Traditional Method ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Service ◽  
Electronic Environment ◽  
Online Service Providers

Nonprofit organizations have been using the Internet for disseminating information about themselves, interacting with potential donors, and fundraising. In this chapter, we focus on online service providers for nonprofits (OSPNs) that bring donors and nonprofits together in an electronic environment to help them find a suitable match. We investigate the effects of OSPNs on the outcomes of fundraising markets by developing an economic model. We compare the total net revenues of nonprofits competing for donations in two different settings: while nonprofits in the first market use both the traditional fundraising techniques and the services provided by OSPNs, those in the second market implement the traditional method only. We derive analytical conditions under which the first setting provides better outcomes than the second one can generate.

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