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Institutional Members
 
VU University Amsterdam
website: www.giving.nl (English site) or www.geveninnederland.nl (Dutch site)
 
 
René Bekkers
Department of Philanthropic Studies / FSW
VU University Amsterdam
De Boelelaan 1081
1081 HG Amsterdam (the Netherlands)
phone:  +31 20 598 6795 
email: R.Bekkers @ vu.nl
website: www.geveninnederland.nl
 
Evelien Boonstoppel
Department of Philanthropic Studies
De Boelelaan 1081
1081 HG Amsterdam (the Netherlands)
phone: +31 (0) 20 598 67 82
email: e.boonstoppel@ vu.nl
website: www.geveninnederland.nl
 
Christine Carabain
Department of Philanthropic Studies / FSW
VU University Amsterdam
De Boelelaan 1081
1081 HG Amsterdam (the Netherlands)
phone:  +31 20 598 2894 
email: c.carabain@ vu.nl
website: www.geveninnederland.nl
 
Barry Hoolwerf
Department of Philanthropic Studies
De Boelelaan 1081
1081 HG Amsterdam (the Netherlands)
phone: +31 (0) 20 598 67 82
email: e.boonstoppel@ vu.nl
 
Elly Mariani
Department of Philanthropic Studies / FSW
VU University Amsterdam
De Boelelaan 1081
1081 HG Amsterdam (the Netherlands)
phone:  +33 (0)20 598 6906 
email: e.e.mariani@ vu.nl
website: www.geveninnederland.nl
 
Jan Smit
Department of Psychiatry
VU University Medical Centre
De Boelelaan 1118
1081 HL Amsterdam
phone:  +31 629577086 
email: JH.Smit@vumc.nl
 
Theo Schuyt
Department of Philanthropic Studies / FSW
VU University Amsterdam
De Boelelaan 1081
1081 HG Amsterdam (the Netherlands)
email: t.schuyt@ vu.nl
 
Erasmus University
 
Kellie Liket
Erasmus Centre for Strategic Philanthropy
Burgemeester Oudlaan 52 / H10-30
P.O. Box 1738
3000 DR Rotterdam (the Netherlands)
phone:  +31 10 4081921 
fax: +31 10 408 9145
website: www.ecsp.nl
 
Lucas Meijs
Erasmus Centre for Strategic Philanthropy
Burgemeester Oudlaan 52 / H10-30
P.O. Box 1738
3000 DR Rotterdam (the Netherlands)
phone:   +31 10 4081921  
email: lmeijs @ rsm.nl
website: http://www.ecsp.nl 
 
Pushpika Vishwanathan 

Erasmus Centre for Strategic Philanthropy

Burgemeester Oudlaan 52 / T7-21

P.O. Box 1738

3000 DR Rotterdam (the Netherlands)

phone:  +31 10 4082574 

email: PVishwanathan@rsm.nl

website: www.ecsp.nl  

 

Pamala Wiepking 
Deparment of Sociology and Erasmus Centre for Strategic Philanthropy
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Burgemeester Oudlaan 50 / M6-44
P.O. Box 1738
3000 DR Rotterdam (the Netherlands)
phone:   +31 (0) 10 408 2128
 
Individual Members
 
Peter Inklar
Charistar
Geluksklaver 14
3096 DA Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
email: peter.inklaar@ charistar.eu
website: www.charistar.eu
 
Arie de Kluijver
Centre for International Development Issues Nijmegen
Thomas van Aquinostraat 4
6525 GD Nijmegen (the Netherlands)
phone: +31 24 361 30 58
email: a.dekluijver@ cbf.nl
website: www.cbf.nl
 
Marco van Leeuwen
Department of Sociology/ICS
Utrecht University
Postbus 80140
3508 TC Utrecht (the Netherlands)
phone:   +31 30 253 8225  
email: m.h.d.vanleeuwen @ uu.nl
 
Alan Muller
University of Amsterdam
Department of Strategy and Marketing
Plantage Muidergracht 12
1014 TV Amsterdam (the Netherlands)
phone: +31 (0) 20 525 42 62
email: amuller@ uva.nl
 
 
 


 

More information on projects conducted by the Department of Philanthropic Studies at the VU University Amsterdam can be found at www.giving.nl.

Data sources for household donations in the Netherlands

The main data source for household donations to charitable organizations in the Netherlands is the Giving in the Netherlands study, conducted by the VU University Amsterdam. In 1993, the Giving in the Netherlands study was initiated by Theo Schuyt, and since then a survey on giving and volunteering by households, companies, charitable organizations, foundations, and charitable lotteries has been conducted every two years.

In 2001, the Giving in the Netherlands study evolved into a bi-annual panel study on household donations, GINPS. GINPS consists of a longitudinal database with information on donations made by approximately 1,400 households. Three waves are currently available: 2001 (GINPS01), 2003 (GINPS03), 2005 (GINPS05) and 2007 (GINPS07). The fifth wave, GINPS09, will be conducted in May 2010 and will come available beginning 2011. Another source of information on household donations that recently became available is the Dutch Belastingdienst (Revenue Service). The Dutch Revenue Service provides tax records with information on the charitable deductions used by households.

Descriptive statistics
Table 1 shows total household donations (in millions of euros) to different charitable subsectors in the Netherlands, for the period 1995-2005. In 2005, the total amount donated to charitable causes was 1.9 billion euros. Religious organizations (including organizations supporting religious ideology and religious institutions such as churches, mosques, etc.) received the most money. These are followed by organizations active in the international aid sector, organizations active in the health sector, the environment, nature and animal protection sector, and the public and social benefits sector. Recipient organizations receiving the lowest total of donations from Dutch households are organizations active in the fields of education and research, culture, and sports and recreation.    
 
Table 1 Charitable giving by households in the Netherlands, 1995-2005
Charitable subsector
Household donations (in millions of euros)
 
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
Religion
574
482
429
694
864
704
International aid
290
229
328
367
304
439
Health
260
136
245
236
283
234
Environment/nature
/animals
102
96
128
134
154
158
Public and social benefits
86
83
129
172
142
166
Other (not specified)
42
25
41
69
49
61
Education/research
21
26
21
31
44
33
Culture
13
22
23
33
22
31
Sports/recreation
30
22
70
52
37
29
Total
1,419
1,121
1,414
1,788
1,899
1,854
Source: GINPS05
 
The numbers in table 1 show that the donations by Dutch households decreased slightly between 2003 and 2005 (though this decrease is not significant). However, overall there was a steady increase in total donations to charitable organizations in the Netherlands in the period between 1995 and 2005.
 
Table 2 shows the percentage of households that donate to recipient organizations in different charitable subsectors. It is apparent that most households donate to organizations active in the health sector. Seventy-six percent of the Dutch households donated to health in 2007. Almost half of the Dutch households donated to the environment, nature and animal protection sector. Thirty-eight percent of the Dutch households donated to public and social benefits, which is comparable to the percentage of households that donated to international aid. In the Netherlands, about 45% of the population considers themselves religiously affiliated. Taking this into account , the result that only 30% of the Dutch households donated to religion seems rather meagre. Recipient organizations active in the field of sports and recreation, culture and arts, and education and research receive donations from the lowest percentage of Dutch households.
 
In addition to the percentage of donors, table 2 also shows the mean household donation to a particular charitable subsector, calculated using donating households only. On average, Dutch households donate the highest amounts to religious organizations. Recipient organizations in the ‘other’ category receive the second-highest average donations (in the Netherlands this category also includes service organizations such as the Rotary). Organizations active in the public and social benefits sector receive the lowest average donations.

Table 2 Percentage households and mean amount donated for donations to different charitable subsectors in the Netherlands in 2007 (n=1,777)
 
% households that donated
Mean donation among donating households (in euros)
Health
75.8
42.74
Environment/nature/animals
48.2
49.13
Public and social benefits
38.2
23.47
International aid
36.6
68.22
Religion
29.8
351.90
Sports/recreation
14.3
38.09
Culture
9.9
30.81
Education/research
6.2
37.34
Other (not specified)
0.6
112.09
Total
86.1
239.11
Source: GINPS07
 

Source: Wiepking, P. (Ed.) The State of Giving Research in Europe. Household donations to Charitable Organizations in Twelve Countries. Pallas Publications: Amsterdam, the Netherlands. order here.

 

 

 

A selection of recently published Dutch philanthropic research

Bekkers, R. & Schuyt, T.N.M. (2008). ‘And Who is Your Neighbor? Explaining the Effect of Religion on Charitable Giving and Volunteering.’ Review of Religious Research.

Bekkers, R. & Wilhelm, M.O. (forthcoming). ‘Helping Behavior, Dispositional Empathic Concern, and the Principle of Care’. Social Psychology Quarterly.

Bekkers, R. & Bowman, W. (forthcoming). ‘The Relationship Between Confidence in Charitable Organizations and Volunteering Revisited’. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly.

Bekkers, R. (2008). ‘Straight From the Heart’. In: Advances in Medical Sociology: Patients, Consumers and Civil Society: US and International Perspectives, edited by Susan Chambré and Melinda Goldner. Emerald Publishing.

Bekkers, R. & Veldhuizen, I. (2008). ‘Geographical Differences in Blood Donation and Philanthropy in the Netherlands: What Role for Social Capital?’ Journal of Economic & Social Geography, 99 (4): 483-496.

Bekkers, R., Völker, B., Van der Gaag, M. & Flap, H.D. (2008). “Social Networks of Participants in Voluntary Associations”. In: Lin, N. & B. Erickson (Eds.). Social Capital: Advances in Research. Oxford University Press.

Bekkers, R. (2008). ‘Volunteerism’. Pp. 641-643 in: Darity, William A. Jr. (Ed.). International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd Edition. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA.

Bekkers, R. (2007). ‘Measuring Altruistic Behavior in Surveys: The All-Or-Nothing Dictator Game.’ Survey Research Methods, 1(3): 139-144.

Bekkers, R. & Wiepking, P. (2007). ‘Generosity and Philanthropy: A Literature Review’. Report commissioned by the John Templeton Foundation. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1015507.

Bekkers, R. (2007). ‘Intergenerational Transmission of Volunteerism.’ Acta Sociologica, 50 (2): 99-114.
Bekkers, R. & Crutzen, O. (2007). “Just keep it simple: A field experiment on fundraising letters”.

International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing, 12 (4): 371-378.

Bekkers, R. (2006). ‘Traditional and Health-Related Philanthropy: The Role of Resources and Personality’. Social Psychology Quarterly, 68 (4): 349-366.

Bekkers, R., & Wiepking, P. (2006). ‘To Give or Not to Give…That’s the Question’. Nonprofit & Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 35 (3): 533-540.

Bekkers, R. (2006). “Effectiviteit van subsidies voor giften aan goede doelen”. ESB, 91(4477): 8-10.

Bekkers, R. (2005). ‘Participation in Voluntary Associations: Relations with Resources, Personality, and Political Values’. Political Psychology, 26: 439-454.

Bekkers, R. (2004). Giving and Volunteering in the Netherlands: Sociological and Psychological Perspectives. (Dissertation Utrecht University).

Bekkers, R. (2003). “Trust, Accreditation, and Philanthropy in the Netherlands”. Nonprofit & Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 32, 596-615.

Gilder, Dick de, T.N.M. Schuyt, and Melissa Breedijk. 2005. Effects of an Employee Volunteering Program on the Work Force: The ABN-AMRO Case. Journal of Business Ethics 61:143-152.

GINS95-09. (1995-2009). Dataset: Giving in the Netherlands Study 1995-1999. VU University Amsterdam.

James III, Russell N. & Pamala Wiepking. (2008). A Comparative Analysis of Educational Donors in the Netherlands. Accepted for publication in the International Journal of Educational Advancement 8(2).

Van Lange, P.A.M., Bekkers, R., Schuyt, T.N.M. & Van Vugt, M. (2007). ‘From Games to Giving: Social Value Orientation Predicts Donations to Noble Causes’. Basic & Applied Social Psychology, 29(4): 375-384.

Leene, G.J.F., and T.N.M. Schuyt. (2008). The Power of the Stranger. Structures and Dynamics of Social Interventions: a Theoretical Framework. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishers.

Meijer, May-May & T.N.M. Schuyt. (2005). Corporate Social Performance as a Bottom Line for Consumers. Business and Society 44 (4):442-461.

Wiepking, Pamala & Ineke Maas. (2009). Resources That Make You Generous: Effects of Human, Financial, and Social Resources on Charitable Giving. Social Forces 87(4).

Wiepking, Pamala. 2008. For the Love of Mankind. A Sociological Study on Charitable Giving. (Dissertation VU University Amsterdam).

Wiepking, Pamala. 2007. The Philanthropic Poor: In Search of Explanations for the Relative Generosity of Lower Income Households. Voluntas 18(4): 339-358.

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