This study examines the relationship between community ethnic-racial diversity and contributions to donor-advised funds (DAFs) held by community foundations. Unlike general contributions, DAFs allow donors to retain advisory control over their fund distribution based on individual preferences. In contrast to prior research that generally finds that diversity dampens private provision of public goods, we show that greater ethnic-racial diversity is significantly associated with higher levels of contributions to DAFs at community foundations but not with general contributions. The findings contribute to the literature on diversity and public goods provision and have practical implications for the policy role of private philanthropy.

本研究考察了社区民族-种族多样性与社区基金会持有的捐助者建议基金 (DAF) 捐款之间的关系。与一般捐款不同，DAF 允许捐助者根据个人偏好保留对其资金分配的咨询控制权。与之前的研究普遍发现多样性抑制公共产品的私人提供相反，我们表明，更大的种族-种族多样性与社区基金会对 DAF 的更高水平的贡献显着相关，但与一般贡献无关。研究结果有助于关于多样性和公共产品提供的文献，并对私人慈善事业的政策作用具有实际意义。