# Charitable giving

`kaal:entity:charitable-giving`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 4 claims that carry the concept tag `charitable-giving`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

4 claims across 1 works, 2021 to 2021.

**2021**

- [3981021-001](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3981021-001) [failure/asserted] *(failure mode)* -- Existing legal incentives in many jurisdictions produce so called Zombie Charities, with the consequence that donative intent often cannot be optimally fulfilled.
  > Existing legal incentives often lead to so called Zombie Charities in many jurisdictions. The donative intent can therefore often not be optimally fulfilled.
  Wulf A. Kaal, How Decentralized Autonomous Organizations Optimize Charitable Giving (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3981021
- [3981021-002](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3981021-002) [mechanism/asserted] -- Decentralized autonomous organizations combine feedback loops and transparency features with community governance, and that combination addresses the shortcomings of charitable organizations in centralized structures.
  > DAOs combine unique feedback loops and transparency features with community governance that address the existing shortcomings of charitable organizations in centralized structures.
  Wulf A. Kaal, How Decentralized Autonomous Organizations Optimize Charitable Giving (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3981021
- [3981021-004](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3981021-004) [empirical/evidenced] -- Survey evidence shows a public trust deficit toward charities: while 70 percent of Americans say trust is essential before making a donation, fewer than 20 percent say they highly trust charities.
  > Moreover, a survey by the Better Business Bureau found that 70% of Americans said that trust is essential before making a donation, but fewer than 20% of Americans said they highly trust charities.
  Wulf A. Kaal, How Decentralized Autonomous Organizations Optimize Charitable Giving (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3981021
- [3981021-012](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3981021-012) [mechanism/asserted] -- DAOs are truly global borderless entities that coordinate agency relationships and limit liabilities via smart contracts, which is what positions them to address the identified flaws in the charitable giving process.
  > DAOs have the potential to address the above identified flaws in the charitable giving process. DAOs are truly global borderless entities that coordinate agency relationships and limit liabilities via smart contracts.
  Wulf A. Kaal, How Decentralized Autonomous Organizations Optimize Charitable Giving (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3981021

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