ABSTRACT

International non-governmental organizations (INGOs) help scale up foreign aid efforts by mobilizing private donations that can be used to supplement official development assistance (ODA). While there is an established literature on determinants of private donations for NGOs working within the U.S., there is a lack of comparable empirical evidence for U.S.-based INGOs with foreign aid activities. This study addresses this gap by assessing the factors which impact the ability of INGOs to attract private donations, using a sample of U.S.-based INGOs with foreign aid activities in sub-Saharan Africa. We find private donations to U.S. INGOs working in sub-Saharan Africa are not associated in expected ways with organizational characteristics that measure quality, efficiency, fiscal health, and funding source. We also find characteristics of giving, such as the ability to donate online and ability to make a recurring donation, impact private giving to U.S. INGOs working in sub-Saharan Africa, as does the number of countries in which the INGO works.

摘要

国际非政府组织 (INGO) 通过动员可用于补充官方发展援助 (ODA) 的私人捐款来帮助扩大对外援助工作。虽然已有关于美国境内非政府组织私人捐赠决定因素的既定文献，但美国国际非政府组织开展对外援助活动却缺乏可比的经验证据。本研究通过评估影响 INGO 吸引私人捐赠能力的因素来解决这一差距，使用在撒哈拉以南非洲开展对外援助活动的美国 INGO 样本。我们发现，对在撒哈拉以南非洲工作的美国 INGO 的私人捐赠与衡量质量、效率、财政健康和资金来源的组织特征没有以预期的方式相关联。我们还发现给予的特征，