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| Citation | Estes, Richard J. “Emerging Chinese Foundations: The Role of Private Philanthropy in the New China.” Regional Development Studies 4 (1998): 165-180. | ||
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| Year | 1998 | ||
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| Material Type | Journal Article | ||
| Features | 34 notes; 7 additional references; 2 tables | ||
| Pages | p. 165-180 | ||
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CHINA 01.04.04 FIELD RESEARCH 18.04.01 FUNDRAISING 11.02.04 NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS 01.03.01 PRIVATE AID 01.01.02 SOCIAL REFORM 02.02.01 TRUSTS 12.02.01 | ||
| Abstract |
Charitable foundations and federated fund-raising organizations are emerging at a rapid pace in the People's
Republic of China (hereinafter, China). On the surface, these "foundations" appear to resemble counterpart
"civil society" in more economically-advanced countries, i.e., private, nongovernmental, fiduciary
organizations that use financial endowments to support the charitable activities of other nongovernmental
organizations (NGOs). In reality, virtually all contemporary Chinese foundations are government-organized NGOs
(GONGOs). In the main, Chinese foundations use their financial resources to support their own programmes
rather than the charitable activities of other organizations.
At this early stage of their development in a socialist state, comparatively few Chinese foundations have been able to assemble substantial independent endowments. Instead, Chinese foundations engage in continuous fund-raising campaigns and receive tax-protected contributions from a mix of individuals and institutions located both inside and outside China. Many Chinese foundations -- especially those organized at the local and regional levels -- depend on governmental and other public sector organizations (e.g., worker collectives and federations) for nearly all of their support. Charitable foundations represent a new institutional form in modern China. These foundations perform many of the same functions as their Western counterparts but lack the economic and political resources needed to function entirely separately from the government. Hence, foundations, like many other new institutional forms | ||
| Control No. | RDS 04h | ||