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Nonprofit donations are influenced by more than just finances. Ecological context, religious appeals, and volunteer numbers significantly impact funding, highlighting the importance of social and environmental factors.

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  • Nonprofit Management
  • Environmental Studies

Background:

  • Nonprofit funding heavily relies on donations, yet research predominantly focuses on financial factors.
  • The social and ecological contexts influencing donations remain underexplored in existing literature.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of ecological context, organizational identity, and social network ties on nonprofit donations.
  • To analyze how these factors influence donation levels for 501(c)3 nonprofits.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized newly released e-filed nonprofit reporting forms from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
  • Analyzed data from 95,518 501(c)3 nonprofits around the year 2015.
  • Employed lagged regression models to assess relationships between variables.

Main Results:

  • Favorable ecological contexts, religious appeals, and higher volunteer numbers positively correlate with increased donations.
  • Geographic affiliation boosts donations, but only under specific ecological conditions.
  • Findings reveal nuanced interactions between organizational characteristics and their environment.

Conclusions:

  • Nonprofit success in attracting donations is shaped by a combination of internal factors and external contexts.
  • Results offer practical insights for nonprofits seeking to optimize fundraising strategies.
  • The study contributes to social theories by broadening the understanding of donation drivers beyond financial metrics.