Mapping the Field of Donation-Based Crowdfunding for Charitable Causes: Systematic Review and Conceptual Framework

This study compiles the main findings in the field of academic research on pure donation-based crowdfunding (DCF) soliciting monetary contributions for charitable causes. To this purpose, a systematic literature review is conducted, resulting in 92 scientific publications analyzed for the first time...

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Published in:Voluntas (Manchester, England) England), 2021-04, Vol.32 (2), p.288-302
Main Authors: Salido-Andres, Noelia, Rey-Garcia, Marta, Alvarez-Gonzalez, Luis Ignacio, Vazquez-Casielles, Rodolfo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Beneficiaries
Campaigns
Charities
Crowdfunding
Donations
Donors
Fund raising
Internet
Keywords
Literature reviews
Mapping
Nonprofit organizations
Philanthropy
Political Science
Quantitative analysis
Research Papers
Social networks
Social Policy
Social research
Social Sciences
Soliciting
Systematic review
Web 2.0
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Summary:This study compiles the main findings in the field of academic research on pure donation-based crowdfunding (DCF) soliciting monetary contributions for charitable causes. To this purpose, a systematic literature review is conducted, resulting in 92 scientific publications analyzed for the first time in this field of research. The prevailing thematic dimensions and research gaps are identified and discussed. The incipient literature on DCF, with a majority of publications from 2015 onward in the form of empirical articles using quantitative methodologies, focuses on antecedents related to individual donors, organizational promoters as main actors, and online channels and design-related features of campaigns as enablers. However, the effects of DCF on relevant stakeholders (particularly beneficiaries and society in general) remain largely obscure. Based on this analysis, an integrated conceptual framework on DCF is proposed to guide future research. This framework, susceptible of empirical evaluation, allows characterizing the DCF as a distinct and emerging type of philanthropic funding model based on specific and novel antecedents, actors, enablers and effects.
ISSN:0957-8765
1573-7888
DOI:10.1007/s11266-020-00213-w