23-37.517.191 Comparing German and American Philanthropic Giving and Nonprofit Activity

Instructors: Prof. Dr. Silke Boenigk; Dr. Peter Schubert

Event type: Seminar

Displayed in timetable as: 23-37.517

Hours per week: 2

Credits: 6,0

Language of instruction: German/English

Min. | Max. participants: 10 | 20

Comments/contents:
This seminar deals with a comparison of the German and the US nonprofit sector. The seminar is divided into three parts: parts 1 and 2 are an integral part of the seminar, part 3 is an optional offer for 5 students (selection by lot in case there are more interested students).

PART 1: In the first four sessions (15.04., 29.04., 13.05., 20.05.) we will first deal with the theoretical foundations of comparative nonprofit sector research and then compare empirical data (eg on donation, volunteering, etc.). For this purpose, various group presentations are distributed. This part of the seminar will be held in German (other parts in English).

PART 2: On 23.-24.05. we will be visited by students from the Lilly School of Philanthropy at Indiana University (USA). The group will be accompanied by Prof. Dr. Pamala Wiepking. During the two days, group discussions on the topic of the seminar are planned as well as a visit of two nonprofit organizations in Hamburg (including Greenpeace). An exact schedule will follow.


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PART 3: This part of the seminar is not compulsory, but instead a voluntary offer for highly motivated students. The students of the Lilly School will travel to the Netherlands (Amsterdam and Rotterdam) after their stay in Hamburg and meet there together with other students from Philadelphia and the Netherlands. Pamala Wiepking has offered that up to 5 students from Hamburg can also participate (27-29.05.2019). The following program items are planned in the Netherlands:

Monday, May 27th (Subject: Historical perspectives on philanthropy in Amsterdam and the Netherlands; location: Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam; Afternoon: City Center Haarlem)

• 1 hour welcome and introduction to Giving in the Netherlands study by Prof. Dr. René Bekkers
  
• 2.5 hour introduction of students and lecture on history of philanthropy in Amsterdam and the Netherlands by Prof. Dr. Marco van Leeuwen (Utrecht University), including activity (for example in groups designing a poster about the origins of one historical philanthropic institution in the Netherlands, such as particular almshouses).
  
• 3 hours: Visit to almshouses with Dr. Henk Looijesteijn (Institute for Social Science History), expert on almshouses and the Golden Age in the Netherlands, likely in Haarlem.
  

• 2 hour Guestlecture KPN Mooiste Contact Fonds (2 hour) and Q&A at Rijksmuseum, Museumstraat 1, 1071 XX Amsterdam.
  
• 2 hour visit Rijksmuseum
  
• 1 hour: Lecture Pamala Wiepking about fundraising and motives for giving
  
• 3 hours: Skillbased volunteering with fundraising organization in Amsterdam (or at corporate location), where students are tasked to advise on fundraising strategie
  

• 2 hour presentation by Dr. Lonneke Roza (RSM Erasmus University and European Venture Philanthropy Association) venture philanthropy in Europe, corporate foundations in Europe and (maybe) collaborations between CFs and NPOs and CSR.
  
• 30 min. intro lecture Pamala on context for (child) poverty in the Netherlands; social welfare state
  
• 1 hour director Huib Loyd about Jarige Job + Q&A
  
• 2 hour Volunteering project at Jarige job (http://www.stichtingjarigejob.nl/), packing birthday boxes for children from families with limited financial means