This research explores philanthropic transfers and exchanges between and among the North and the South, namely, through grassroots international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs), which tend to fall outside of the aid industry. The broad research question that frames this study is as follows: How do these organizations, grassroots INGOs in the global North and their partner organizations in the global South, represent and legitimize their work within the larger realm of development aid in Africa? The research conducts a comparative case study through the analysis of the narratives via organizational stories and artifacts produced and used by grassroots INGOs in the United States and partner organizations in Kenya. The findings show how grassroots INGOs distinguish themselves from what are the traditional images of global philanthropic exchanges and development aid, producing disassociative claims. The research derives a set of properties of grassroots INGOs to explain these perceived distinctions.

这项研究探索了北方和南方之间的慈善转移和交流，即通过草根的国际非政府组织（INGOs）进行，这些组织往往不属于援助行业。构成本研究的广泛研究问题如下：这些组织，全球北部的基层非政府组织及其南部的合作伙伴组织如何在非洲发展援助的更大领域中代表其工作并使其合法化？该研究通过对故事的分析进行了比较案例研究，这些故事是由美国草根国际非政府组织和肯尼亚伙伴组织生产和使用的组织故事和人工制品组成的。研究结果表明，基层的国际非政府组织如何与全球慈善交流和发展援助的传统形象区分开来，从而产生分离的主张。该研究得出了基层国际非政府组织的一系列特征，以解释这些可感知的区别。