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                                                                             Giving Trend

                                                                             Yeonhee Rho, Mihee Park, Beop-rae Roh
                                                                                         Hyunkyung Jun, Jaeyun Yu
2020 Mega Giving Trend - Yeonhee Rho, Mihee Park, Beop-rae Roh Hyunkyung Jun, Jaeyun Yu
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                       Giving Trend                                          PART 1 | Giving Trends and Change in Philanthropic Environment                                                09
                                                                                       01 Change in individual giving                                                                      10
                                                                                       02 Change in corporate giving                                                                       14
                                                                                       03 Change in philanthropic environment: change in legal system                                      16

                                                                             PART 2 | 2010~2019 An Analysis of Giving Issues                                                               19

                       Yeonhee Rho                                                     01 Overview of text mining analysis                                                                 20
                       Professor, Department of Social Welfare,                        02 Analysis results                                                                                 20

                       the Catholic University of Korea
                                                                             PART 3 | Reflecting Giving and Fundraising Trends in 2010s                                                    25
                                                                                       01 [Mega Trend 1] Smart donors, changing focus of fundraising strategies                            27
                       Mihee Park
                                                                                       02 [Mega Trend 2] Change in fundraising media: following a moving target                            28
                       Senior Researcher, Research Center on Philanthropy,
                                                                                       03 [Mega Trend 3] Change in fundraising content: finding a bow fit to the moving target             30
                       Community Chest of Korea
                                                                                       04 [Mega Trend 4] Extended concept of donation                                                      32
                                                                                       05 [Mega Trend 5] Stagnant but complex fundraising markets                                          32
                       Beop-rae Roh                                                    06 [Mega Trend 6] Transparency: A gigantic mountain with many trails                                34
                       Professor, Semyung University
                                                                                       07 [Mega Trend 7] Establishing fundraising system, confronting nonprofit identity                   35

                       Hyunkyung Jun                                         PART 4 | Predicting Giving and Fundraising Trends of the Coming Decade, 2020s                                 37
                       Executive Advisor, the Beautiful Foundation
                                                                                       01 [Mega Trend 1] Personal and social values that come together                                     38
                                                                                       02 [Mega Trend 2] Managing a horizontal relationship in a smart way                                 38
                       Jaeyun Yu                                                       03 [Mega Trend 3] Locating the confluence over the blurry boundary between nonprofits and profits   39
                       Researcher, Research Center on Philanthropy,                    04 [Mega Trend 4] Stabilized fundraising markets, however polarizing fundraising capabilities       40
                       Community Chest of Korea                                        05 [Mega Trend 5] Finding a social role in complex system                                           40
                                                                                       06 [Mega Trend 6] Going over the mountain of transparency                                           41
                                                                                       07 [Mega Trend 7] Cooperation of the whole sector built on individual efforts                       41

                                                                             PART 5 | 2020 Giving Trends                                                                                   43
                                                                                       01 2019 Giving Trends Review                                                                        44
                                                                                       02 2020 Giving Trends                                                                               50
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               About Community
                                                                                                       Why Giving Trends?
                Chest of Korea
                                                                                          Since 2015, the Research Center on Philanthropy of CCK (Community Chest of Korea) has been
                                                                                          performing annual research on social issues and giving trends in Korea in order to propose
                                                                                          directions of fundraising strategies in the nonprofit sector. This year in particular, we aim to look
                                                                                          into donation and fundraising trends over a decade since 2010 and predict Giving Trends for 2020.

     Community Chest of Korea (CCK) is the largest charity in South Korea, raising more
     than $500M each year. It was established based on Community Chest of Korea           Over the past decade, Korea has undergone an enormous and rapid changes in giving and
     Act in 1998, and has been a catalyst for change in the Korean society based on       fundraising. These changes have occurred not only with the appearance of totally different social
                                                                                          characteristics between the millennial or Z generations and the elderly or baby-boomers, but also
     citizens’ voluntary participation for the past 20 years.
                                                                                          generalized use of digital media or technology. Under these circumstances, examining both giving
                                                                                          and fundraising will provide basic ideas on the changes in the nonprofit or charitable sector and
     CCK’s mission is to create a better world united by philanthropy. CCK’s signature    on the directions for donation and fundraising activities in the future.
     initiatives include youth employment, continuum of care for independently living
     older adults, and inclusive society by embracing migrant population and citizens
     with diverse backgrounds.                                                            The study of 2020 giving trends in Korea consists of three parts:
                                                                                          1) Keyword analysis on media coverage, using newspaper articles, from 2010 to 2019, regarding
                                                                                             giving, fundraising, and corporate social responsibility.
     The Fruits of Love, a logo representing CCK, has been widely used nationwide and
                                                                                          2) Analysis on the trends of individual and corporate using public statistics.
     became a philanthropic symbol in South Korea. Every winter between November          3) Mega-trend analysis using in-depth interviews with fundraisers of nonprofit or charitable
     and January, CCK head office leads nationwide annual campaign with its 17 local         organizations and surveys of fundraising or nonprofit expert groups.
     chapters. By partnering with public sector and media, it displays a Thermometer
     of Love at central area of Seoul, and broadcast the updates. The campaign is
     endorsed by President and government leaders.                                        It is very challenging or even ridiculous to speculate or predict the next decade as Korea has been
                                                                                          through rapid changes in terms of politics, economy, society, and international relations. However,
                                                                                          we challenge to discuss and share the ideas on how ecosystem of nonprofit sector has been
                                                                                          changing, how we are coping with such changes, and how we have to cope with them. We hope
                                                                                          that this study will provide an opportunity for donors, fundraisers, activitists, and policy-makers to
                                                                                          share their concerns.

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                                                                                                                                          Over the past 10 years there appeared donors' diverse interests in social issues,
                                                                                                                                          differences in characteristics between generations and the development of
                                                                                                                 01                       digital media.These factors have led to changes in donors' motives, smart choice

Looking back on a decade
                                                                                                                                          of media or ways of donation. In addition, the transition to the aging society
                                                                                                                                          has driven to high interests in major gift and bequest and to segmentation of
                                                                                                                Smart donors              fundraising strategies in the nonprofit sector. In the meantime, corporations have
                                                                                                                                          evolved their own strategies for social responsibility. Before the 2010s, corporate
                                                                                                                                          social responsibility intended to "do good things" through simple parternership
                                                                                                                                          with nonprofits. During the 2010s, most corporates have attempted to perform
                                                                                                                                          activities in accordance with their own marketing strategies and also work
                                                                                                                                          independently through their own foundations. With the rapid growth of the social
                                                                                                                                          economy sector, these changes serve to generalize the pursuit for social value not
                                                                                                                                          only in the non-profit but also in the for-profit sectors and consequently expand
                                                                                                                                          the concept of social investment.

                                                                                                                                          One of the recent important issues is the advent and swift changes of online or
                                                                                                                                          mobile media based on the rapid development of digital technology. The change in
                                                                                                                 02                       digital technology and media is enabling horizontal and interactive communications
                                                                                                                                          between donors and nonprofit organizations. Also, combined with donation,
                                                                                                                                          characteristics such as difference in media uses between generations, segmentation
                                                                                                                Smart choices of donors   of areas of interest, and diversification of consumption patterns have made types
                                                                                                                via digital media         or ways of donation very diverse. This has made competition among non-profit
                                                                                                                                          organizations fiercer, fueling efforts to specialize and segment fundraising activities
                                                                                                                                          in order to meet donors’ needs and environmental changes.

                                                                                                                                          Transparency has been a critical issue in the realm of donation and fundraising over
                                                                                                                                          the past decade. The legal system for donation and activities has changed in the
                                                                                                                 03                       direction that stresses the management and regulation of non-profit corporations
                                                                                                                                          or organizations in general. Specific regulations includes tightening requirements
                                                                                                                                          for nonprofit organizations, limiting excessive administrative costs including staff
The past decade: evolution into complex system                                                                  Change in legal system    salary, reinforcing conditions for outside auditors, and strengthening non-profit
                                                                                                                for donation and          corporations’ obligation of public release of financial reports. Also, Scandals relating
                                                                                                                                          to transparency issues had a negative effect on the general public, that increased
                                                                                                                fundraisers: issue of     donation phobia being tired with fundraising appeals, etc. As tax benefits for
Over the past decade, the growth of donation in Korea has been flattened since the exceptionally rapid growth
                                                                                                                transparency              individual donors were reduced sharply in 2014(changes from income deduction to
in the early 2000s. At the same time, giving and fundraising environments have been gradually segmented and                               tax credit), this actually influenced a decrease in the total amount of gifts.
complicated due to demograpic, social and technological changes.
                                                                                                                                          In response to the changes in donors’ behaviors, fundraising activities of nonprofit
                                                                                                                                          organizations remained stagnant in scale. However, with the growth of social
                                                                                                                 04                       economy and civil society, the influx of international nongovernmental organizations
                                                                                                                                          raising fund only for an international cause or project, not even addressing
                                                                                                                                          domestic issues, has made nonprofit fundraising industry of Korea more diverse
                                                                                                                Complicated donation      and complicated. In addition, changes in technological environment, coupled with
                                                                                                                flow                      diversification of media use, donors’ interest, and consumption patterns of each
                                                                                                                                          generation, tend to accelerate segmentations of fundraising strategies.

                                                                                                                                          Major natural and social disasters in the last decade, especially the tsunami
                                                                                                                                          in Indonesia in 2004 and the earthquake in Haiti in 2010, played a key role in
                                                                                                                 05                       making donation a widespread concept in Korea and resulted in the growth of
                                                                                                                                          donations. Also, the Sinking of the MV Sewol in 2014, political scandal in the
                                                                                                                Social events impacting   years of 2016-2017, namely 'Sunsil Choi scandal' and the consequent candlelight
                                                                                                                                          rallies has turned donors’ attention from international relief, for instance aids for
                                                                                                                donation                  children overseas, to domestic issues This political situation has led to streamline
                                                                                                                                          corporates’ social responsibility.

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Giving and fundrasing issues in 2010s
                                  Change in                   Donation/

                                                                                                                                                                           Predicting the upcoming decade
            Disaster/                                                               Donation from              Donation from
 Year                            legal system                Fundraising                                                                       Donation flow
           social issue                                                              individuals                businesses
                                for fundraising                 issue
        ㆍTsunami in                                                                                                                       ㆍGrowing donation markets
 2004    Indonesia                                                                                                                        ㆍFundraising via online
                                                                                                                                           messenger
                                                         ㆍNaver ‘Happy Bean’     ㆍGrowing online                                          ㆍOnline fundraising
 2005                                                                             donation                                                 platform
 2006
        ㆍOil spill in Taean,   ㆍAmendment                ㆍLaunch of major gift ㆍInterest in participatory                                 ㆍActivated fundraiser portal
         Korea                  to the Act on             program(CCK Honor      donation                                                  & diversification of content
        ㆍEnactment of           Collection and            Society)              ㆍInterest in major gift
 2007    Social Enterprise      Use of Donations         ㆍKnitting hats for
         Promotion Act          (fundraising cost         newborns campaign
                                2%→5%)                   ㆍDaumHeemanghae
                                                          (Together with Kakao)
 2008
 2009
        ㆍEarthquake in Haiti ㆍAmendment of               ㆍCCK scandal                                       ㆍCorporate marketing          ㆍGrowth of the fundraising
                              Disaster Relief Act                                                           ㆍSupport to                    market
 2010                                                                                                        open children’s              ㆍActive college students’
                                                                                                             hospital(Nexon)               fundraising
        ㆍGreat East Japan      ㆍAbolition of special ㆍCompassion                 ㆍIncreasing                ㆍCorporate foundation         ㆍGrowing fundraising again
         quake                  gift                  (Healing Camp)              sponsorships for                                        ㆍGrowth of foreign
 2011   ㆍTyphoon Bolaven       ㆍRaising the limit    ㆍDoctors Without             children overseas                                        fundraisers
                                of tax-deductible     Borders
                                donation amount
 2012
        ㆍQuake in              ㆍObligation of       ㆍGuideStar: National Tax ㆍCitizens’ growing
         Philippines            outside auditor      Service (NTS) Reports    interest in
 2013                           system for non-      & Rating system          transparency
                                profit corporations
                                ($10M or over)
        ㆍSinking of the MV ㆍReport of charities ㆍIce Bucket Challenge            ㆍReduced donation                                        ㆍFrom overseas
         Sewol              to NTS               ㆍOxfam Korea and                 rates & amounts                                          sponsorships to domestic

 2014
                           ㆍNotice of unfaithful
                            charities
                                                  WWF Korea                      ㆍGrowing participatory
                                                                                  donation
                                                                                                                                           programs
                                                                                                                                          ㆍIntested in SNS-based           The next 10 years : Finding the way in complex system
                           ㆍtax deduction to tax                                 ㆍFunation                                                 fundraiser: PtoP
                            credit                                               ㆍGrowing interest in                                     ㆍRe-surge of street
                                                                                  domestic programs                                        fundraisers
        ㆍQuake in Nepal                                                                                     ㆍReduced corporate                                             We defined the coming decade as ‘Finding the way in complex system: back to basics.’
                                                                                                             donations
                                                                                                            ㆍChange to strategic social
 2015                                                                                                        contribution
                                                                                                            ㆍSK Group: social progress
                                                                                                             credits                                                       In complex system that is under way now, questions will continue to be raised regarding the roles of citizens’
        ㆍBrexit·Trump     ㆍLowered cap         ㆍDonation of                                                 ㆍNexon opened children’s ㆍConcern over I-NGO funds
        ㆍJapanes military  ($20,000) for major  Zuckerberg                                                   hospital                ㆍGrowth of the sanitary pad           donations and Fundraising activities of NPOs. For example, what kinds of roles they can play in the change and
 2016    sexual slavery    gift                                                                             ㆍSocial investment-       project and fundraisers
         (‘comfort women’) (tax credit 30%)                                                                  support for youth                                             development of society as a whole? what kinds of activities are desirable to play such roles? Etc.
         issue                                                                                               program
        ㆍ2016-17 South         ㆍEstablished         ㆍYeonghak Lee scandal ㆍGrowing interest and ㆍStagnant corporate                       ㆍGrowing donations from
         Korean Protest,        accounting          ㆍNew Hope Seed         participation in various donation                               civil society
         Candelight rallies     standards for non-   scandal               social issues: interest ㆍStrategic social                      ㆍIssue of social participation   The process of finding the meaning of public donations and identity of NPOs seems to be essential for the growth
 2017   ㆍPresidential           profit corporations                        in animals, history, and contribution of                        & transparency
         election                                                          environment              corporation
                                                                          ㆍGrowing donation-                                                                               of donations and also for developing adequate fundraising activities of NPOs which can achieve social values or
                                                                           phobia
                                                                                                                                                                           public goods.
        ㆍRefugees in Jeju      ㆍRationalization of   ㆍUNICEF Korea scandal ㆍSpreads of use of                                             ㆍWidespread use of fintech-
        ㆍ‘Yonggyun KIM’         eligibility for tax  ㆍSuccess of UNICEF     fintech like Kakao Pay                                         based payment tools
         law                    exemption             Hope Ring            ㆍGrowing purchase of                                            (Kakao Pay)
        ㆍBlockchain,            (“designated                                public goods                                                  ㆍInterest in change of
 2018    YouTube, bigdata       donations”)                                                                                                technological environment
                               ㆍIncreasing                                                                                                ㆍA proposed amendment
                                shareholding cap for                                                                                       to the Enforcement Decree
                                faithful non-profits                                                                                       of the Act on Collection
                                                                                                                                           and Use of Donations
        ㆍGoseong Fire of       ㆍLowered cap                                      ㆍAppearance of donors                                    ㆍCombination of issues
         2019                   ($10,000) for major                               of mega gifts (CEO of                                   ㆍInterest in large-sum
 2019                           gifts (tax credit 30%)                            Baemin)                                                  bequest donation strategy
                                                                                                                                          ㆍBlockchain platform

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                                         Giving Trend

                                                            PART 1
                                                           Giving Trends & Change
                                                        in Philanthropic Environment

                                                             01 Change in individual giving

                                                             02 Change in corporate giving

                                                             03 Change in philanthropic environment: change in legal system
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01 Change in individual giving
                                                                                         Number of donors                                                                                       (Unit: person)
                                                                                         ※ Income tax deduction until 2013 and tax credit since 2014 applied.
                                                                                         ※ Source: National Tax Statistics Yearbook (2012-2018)

                                                                                                                                      5,803,070

                                                                                                                    5,595,960                                                               5,590,642

                                                                                                                                                        5,308,252   5,298,631   5,309,111

                                                                                                   5,117,589

Total Amount of Individual Giving

The number of donors increased until 2013, but has flattend at 5.3 million since 2014.

In 2017, the number increased to some degree.
                                                                                                     2011              2012              2013             2014        2015        2016        2017
Total amounts of individual giving have been steadily on the rise except for 2014.

                                                                                         Total amount of of individual giving                                                               (Unit: million won)
                                                                                         ※ Income tax deduction until 2013 and tax credit since 2014 applied.
                                                                                         ※ Limited to workers’ income, excluding cases without location info.
                                                                                         ※ Source: National Tax Statistics Yearbook (2012-2018)

                                                                                                                                                                                            8,266,078
                                                                                                                                                                                8,093,903
                                                                                                                                                                    7,932,828
                                                                                                                                      7,831,361
                                                                                                                    7,727,223                           7,717,847

                                                                                                  7,086,670

                                                                                                     2011              2012              2013             2014        2015        2016        2017

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                                                                                                               Share of donors by age                                                                                         (Unit: %)

Donors by Age                                                                                                  ※ Income tax deduction until 2013 and tax credit since 2014 applied
                                                                                                               ※ Source: National Tax Statistics Yearbook (2014-2018)
                                                                                                                                                                                20s or ounger   30s   40s     50s        60s or older
                                                                                                                       35
Donors in their 40s account for the largest share.                                                                                            32.1                                   32.3                     31.8
                                                                                                                       30
It turns out that the ratios of donors in their 20s or younger and those in their 30s are falling, while the                                                                         27.5
                                                                                                                                                                                                              26.5
                                                                                                                                              29.5
proportions of those in their 50s and 60s or older are rising.                                                         25
                                                                                                                                                                                     24.8                     25.6
                                                                                                                       20                     22.6

Donors by Region                                                                                                       15
                                                                                                                                              10.7
                                                                                                                       10                                                            9.2                      8.9

By region, donors living in Seoul and Gyeonggi area represent a higher share than other regions.
                                                                                                                         5                                                                                    7.3
                                                                                                                                                                                     6.2
The number of donors from these two regions combined surpasses half of all donors,                                                             5.1
                                                                                                                         0
showing that donors are mostly from the Capital area in Korea.                                                                                2013                                   2015                     2017

                                                                                                               Share of donors by region                                                                                      (Unit: %)
                                                                                                               ※ Income tax deduction until 2013 and tax credit since 2014 applied
                                                                                                               ※ Source: National Tax Statistics Yearbook (2014-2018)
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Seoul   Gyeonggi     Others

                                                                                                                      100

                                                                                                                       90

                                                                                                                       80
                                                                                                                                              44.8                                   45.5                     46.6
                                                                                                                       70

                                                                                                                       60

                                                                                                                       50

                                                                                                                       40
                                                                                                                                              35.6                                   35.0                     33.4
                                                                                                                       30

                                                                                                                       20

                                                                                                                       10                     19.6                                   19.5                     20.0
                                                                                                                         0
                                                                                                                                              2013                                   2015                     2017

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02 Change in corporate giving
                                                                                        Change in corporate donation (2007-2017)                                              Amount(100mn won)           No of corporations
                                                                                        ※ Source: National Tax Statistics Yearbook (2008-2018)
                                                                                                                                                                                                           695,445
                                                                                                                                                                                                645,061
                                                                                                                                                                                      591,694
                                                                                                                                                                            550,472
                                                                                                                                                                  517,805
                                                                                                                                                        482,574
                                                                                                                                             460,614
                                                                                                                                 440,023
                                                                                                                      419,420
                                                                                                           398,331
                                                                                                372,141

Corporate Giving Trends at a glance
                                                                                                                                                                            49,063    47,782
                                                                                                                                                                  46,545                        46,472      46,323
                                                                                                                                             40,680     41,123
                                                                                                33,251      33,786     34,607     35,045

Over the past decade, corporate giving continued to rise until 2014 but slowed down

between 2015 and 2017.
                                                                                                  2007       2008       2009       2010          2011    2012      2013      2014      2015      2016        2017
Since 2015, despite decreasing amounts of corporate donations, the number of

corporations reporting donations have continued to grow.

                                                                                        Average donation by corporation                                                                                 (Unit: million won)
                                                                                        ※ Source: National Tax Statistics Yearbook (2008-2018)

                                                                                                  8.93                                           8.83              8.99      8.91
                                                                                                             8.48       8.25                             8.52
                                                                                                                                    7.96                                               8.08
                                                                                                                                                                                                  7.2
                                                                                                                                                                                                              6.66

                                                                                                  2007       2008       2009       2010          2011    2012      2013      2014      2015      2016        2017

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03 Change in philanthropic environment: change
          in legal system
The legal environment for donations over the past decade can be summed up as ‘strengthened management, but
with reduced benefits’ and ‘too much emphasis on financial transparency.’ A balanced approach is required to
prevent adverse effects of financial transparency-centeredness and management and regulation-centeredness.

Strengthened management of non-profits/                         Too much emphasis on financial transparency
organizations, but reduced tax benefits for donors                                                                         Prospects for the future

In the donation-related legal system, changes related to        With the obligation of public notice on the NTS website,   The pan-government ‘Plan for the Improvement and Promotion of Donation Transparency,’
the Income Tax Act, Corporate Tax Act, and Inheritance          private sector watchdogs, such as GuideStar Korea,         published in October 2018 under the premise that the 2020 amendments to the tax laws will
Tax and Gift Tax Act (ITGT Act) applicable to tax benefits      and the press, such as Hankook Ilbo, began to rate non-    be enforced, is showing signs of overlapping regulations and waste of administrative capacity as
and obligations of donations were made between                  profits based on their financial data. Also, in 2018, in   each ministry is taking separate measures to improve transparency. In contrast, efforts to remove
2010 and 2011 in the form of amendements toward                 order to improve the accounting transparency of non-       absurdities in existing regulations and public administration practices are severely lacking. Thus,
increasing benefits such as extending the carry-                profits, accounting standards for non-profits were         the following should be taken into account in order to increase social trust through transparency
over period for charitable contribution deductions,             released. Amendments to tax laws scheduled to be           while not violating the autonomy of the private sector:
increasing the authorized limit on donations, and easing        enforced in 2020 increased external auditing obligation
the requirements for sincere non-profit organizations.          standards from organizations with $10M in assets to        First, excessive regulations should be guarded against. Second, regulations should not be
From 2012, requirements for organizations receiving             organizations with $5M in annual revenue and $2M or        overlapped. Third, absurdities in regulations and the public administration should be abolished.
donations became more stringent and management                  over of donations, meaning that compared with the
was tightened, including a restriction on excessive labor       external auditing standards of for-profit corporations
costs, which resulted in the mandatory external audits          with $12M in assets and $10M or over in sales, stricter
of non-profit organizations with assets worth $10M or           accounting standards apply to non-profits.
over starting in 2013.
In 2014, the management of organizations was
reinforced, and tax benefits for donations were largely
reduced. In the process of reforming the income tax,
the benefit for donations from individuals changed from
income tax credit to 15% tax credit. Also, organizations
receiving donations were required to publish their
records of donations on the National Tax Service (NTS)
website, and the assets and revenues of non-profit
corporations subject to public notice increased from
$1M and $50M to $50M and $30M, respectively. Since
then, a growing concern over the decrease in donations
due to the shift of tax credit, that is, reduced tax benefit,
has led to amendments that increase the benefits.

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                                                                 PART 2
                                                        2010~2019 An Analysis of Giving Issues

                                                                  01 Overview of text mining analysis

                                                                  02 Analysis results
PART 2 2010~2019 An Analysis of Giving Issues                                                                                                      2020 Mega Giving Trend

01 Overview of text mining analysis                                                                                                   Keyword
                                                                                                                                                         2010
                                                                                                                                                           TF- IDF    Summary              Keyword
                                                                                                                                                                                                             2011
                                                                                                                                                                                                              TF- IDF    Summary                Keyword
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   2012
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    TF- IDF    Summary
                                                                                                                                      World Cup            0.0013                      Grand Nation Party     0.0020                          Ahn Cheol Soo          0.0021
This analysis aims to examine how giving related issues developed over the past decade using text mining of                       Grand Nation Party       0.0013                           Tuition           0.0013                          Park Geun Hye          0.0010
                                                                                                                                  Korean Teachers &
news articles empirically. Extraction of keywords by period, the link structure of frequently appeared words, and                Educational Worker’s      0.0010                       Park Won Soon         0.0013                             Romney              0.0010
                                                                                                                                        Union
modeling of topics are used.                                                                                                         Punishment            0.0008                        Ahn Cheol Soo        0.0011                            Rural areas          0.0009
                                                                                                                                         Loan              0.0008                           Half price        0.0010                             Ginseng             0.0009
                                                                                                                                   Memorial service        0.0008                       Seoul City mayor      0.0010                           Moon Jae In           0.0008
                                                                                                                                   Democratic Party        0.0007                          Rural areas        0.0009                       Presidential election     0.0007

02 Analysis results
                                                                                                                                    Gun governor           0.0007                      Democratic Party       0.0008                          Rice wreaths           0.0006
                                                                                                                                    Cheonan ship           0.0006    Political Issue      Kim Jeong Il        0.0008    Political Issue          Vaccine             0.0006   Political Issue
                                                                                                                                   Roh Moo Hyeon           0.0006                             Jobs            0.0007                            Homeplus             0.0005
                                                                                                                                        Death              0.0006                       Win-win growth        0.0006                           Competition           0.0005
                                                                                                                                                                                        Foot-and-mouth
                                                                                                                                     Kia Motors            0.0006                                             0.0005                        Save the Children        0.0005
                                                                                                                                                                                             disease
                                                                                                                                                                                        Hyundai Motors
                                                                                                                                      Memory               0.0006                                             0.0005                         School violence         0.0005
                                                                                                                                                                                             Group
                                                                                                                                                                                       People’s Solidarity
                                                                                                                                       Rebate              0.0006                       for Participatory     0.0005                       International student     0.0005
                                                                                                                                                                                          Democracy
                                                                                                                                                                                         Asan Medical
                                                                                                                                     Corruption            0.0005                                             0.0005                       Economic education        0.0004
                                                                                                                                                                                             Center
                                                                                                                                                         2013                                                2014                                                  2015
Analysis of key words by period                                                                                                       Keyword              TF- IDF    Summary              Keyword            TF- IDF    Summary                Keyword             TF- IDF    Summary
                                                                                                                                     Ryu Hyun Jin          0.0009                          Sewol ferry        0.0042                          Prize money            0.0032
                                                                                                                                       Seogang             0.0009                       Bucket challence      0.0025                              Lotto              0.0016
                                                                                                                                      Park Si Hoo          0.0008                        Ahn Dae Hee          0.0024                       Ministry of Justice       0.0012
                                                                                                                                   Jang Yoon Jeong         0.0008                            Ice water        0.0021                            Han bok              0.0012
                                                                                                                                Female college student     0.0006                              Victim         0.0020                        Hwang Gyo Ahn            0.0011
The table below lists keywords by year extracted in the TF-       In 2016, along with major global issues, Korean forced sex
                                                                                                                                       Hyosung             0.0006                         Kim Tae Hee         0.0017                            Funcast              0.0010      Political
IDF method, showing the top 15 unique words on the file           slaves' problem during the Japanese rule of Korea was               Philippines          0.0005                         Yoo Jae Seok        0.0017                         Grand bargain           0.0010       Issue
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Hot issues
                                                                                                                                                                      Corporate
with high scores of related indicators, compared to other         widely discussed. Besides, keywords such as "sanitary            Daughter-in-law         0.0005     Donation            Lou Gehrig’s        0.0015       about                 Bosses              0.0010      System
                                                                                                                                                                                              disease                   donations by
                                                                                                                                                                       activities                                                                                                changes
periods by year.                                                  pad," "animals," and "fun" brought various social issues              KB card            0.0005                             Sinking         0.0014     celebrities           Lump-sum              0.0009     related to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                donation
Between 2010 and 2012, keywords that ranked high                  related to donation to our attention in that year.                  Interactive          0.0005                              Ebola          0.0014                            Tax credit           0.0009
                                                                                                                                    Asiana Airline         0.0005                           Ice bucket        0.0014                              MERS               0.0008
on the list were political issues, mainly due to political        In 2017, the crisis of transparency related to donations at
                                                                                                                                       SK Hynix            0.0005                               Pick          0.0013                         Im Hyeong Joo           0.0008
donations causing controversies over politicians during the       home and abroad came to the fore. Mainly in the United              Mentoring            0.0005                              Watch          0.0013                       Keangnam Enterprises      0.0008
period. However, "Asan Medical Center" in 2011 and "Save          States and Japan, there was news about misconduct                  Photovoltaic          0.0005                       Bereaved family       0.0013                           Negotiation           0.0007
                                                                                                                                    Son Ho Yeong           0.0005                      Coffee bean watch      0.0012                         Park Geun Hye           0.0006
the Children" and "school violence" in 2012, respectively,        surrounding political contributions, while in Korea, much
                                                                                                                                                         2016                                                2017                                                  2018
seem to have reflected donation-related issues of the year        noise was raised about the so-called "Lee Yeong Hak"
                                                                                                                                      Keyword              TF- IDF    Summary              Keyword            TF- IDF    Summary                Keyword             TF- IDF    Summary
in part.                                                          scandal. Also, due to a donor's case, keywords such as
                                                                                                                                       Trump               0.0022                           Trend             0.0024                           Blockchain            0.0028
Since 2013, donation-related discussions have begun               "Mr. Hwang" and "Gyocharo" ignited the public's negative          The elected            0.0014                            Abe              0.0021                            Youtube              0.0022
to emerge as keywords in full swing; particularly in              sentiment about donation that donations may lead to "tax          Sanitary pad           0.0013                         Mr.Hwang            0.0018                          Marine Corps           0.0021
                                                                                                                                       Terror              0.0011                       Lee Yeong Hak         0.0017                          Pyeongchang            0.0018
2003, words related to corporate donations appeared.              bombshell."                                                   Hyundai Development        0.0011                           Regret            0.0017                        Winter Olympics          0.0017
                                                                                                                                      Company
In 2014, keywords related to the "Sewol ferry" disaster           The year 2018 can be seen as when social changes brought
                                                                                                                                      Sandberg             0.0009    Global issue           Trump             0.0015                            Bigdata              0.0017
having a tremendous impact on South Korea and famous              about tremendous new and diverse changes regarding                 Zuckerberg            0.0009                          Breakup            0.0014                           Webtoon               0.0014
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Diversification
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Donation                                           of donations
                                                                                                                                                                        Japanes
"bucket challenge" were high on the list. Also, as some           donation. Keywords such as "blockchain," "YouTube," and          Japanese Army           0.0007       military           Gyocharo           0.0013     crisis issue at    Chungnam Nat’l           0.0014
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        local level and       University                       New social
                                                                                                                                                                     sexual slavery
celebrities drew people's attention by purchasing a specific      "big data" seem to be associated with significant changes            Fun                 0.0006      (‘comfort           Gift tax           0.0013        abroad            Firefighter            0.0014     change
                                                                                                                                                                       women’)
product(watch) related to donation, there were a lot of           in technology regarding donation. Also, keywords such               Yeosu                0.0006                          Pohang             0.0013                        Phone company            0.0014
                                                                                                                                 Opening of school         0.0006                            Pet              0.0012                              Egg                0.0012
issues centering around stars that year.                          as "Marine Corps," "firefighter," "egg," "soap," and "fire"     Seongnam City            0.0006                        Choi Sun Sil         0.0012                             Soap                0.0010
In 2015, controversies over political donations were surfaced     seem to be the words symbolizing diversification and                Piano                0.0005                         Akigao Ike          0.0011                              Fire               0.0010
                                                                                                                                                                                       Future Strategies
as relevant keywords, resulting in changes to policies relative   pluralization of donors and beneficiaries.                          Animals              0.0005                          Bureau             0.0011                         Death on duty           0.0009

to donations such as "tax credit" becoming keywords.                                                                                  Platform             0.0005                        Lotte Group          0.0009                              Trend              0.0008

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PART 2 2010~2019 An Analysis of Giving Issues                                                                                               2020 Mega Giving Trend

                                                                                                                                         The topics related to ordinary citizens were gradually          social contribution activities as an investment in human
                                                                                                                                         rising from the beginning of the analysis before their          resources have become widespread, separately from
                                                                                                                                         shares changed a lot at a probabilistically significant         traditional contribution activities such as volunteer
                                                                                                                                         level, especially since 2014. This trend seems to have to       service or one-off cash donations.
                                                                                                                                         do with an increase of stories about donations such as          Public sector donation activities have slowed down since
                                                                                                                                         "anonymous donors" in many areas or growing activities          2013. Public-sector donations were related mainly to
                                                                                                                                         of individuals and small organizations that attracted           "donations for education", in which professionals from
                                                                                                                                         attention in various spaces both on and offline. Also, the      the public sector give their talent in the form of education
                                                                                                                                         fact that these activities quickly become viral on SNS          for youth and students. This seems to be associated with
                                                                                                                                         seems to have a particular connection to the increase in        the public sector's initiatives to provide a responsible
                                                                                                                                         these topics.                                                   social contribution to solve education problems amid
Topic Modeling Result                                                                                                                    When it comes to corporate social contribution (Topic 5),       the deepening unemployment of young people and the
                                                                                                                                         while it made up a large share before 2015, the topic's         changing demand for workforce in the labor market since
                                                                                                                                         importance began to rise especially from 2015, and              2010. However, in the case of other topics like political
A topic modeling analysis provides 12 topics and articles               The following mosaic chart shows changes in the share            it is interesting to see that even when its share fell in       corruption, donations to the university, and global issues,
with typical characteristics of each subject. Subjects are              of each topic over time. Each cell's size refers to the          2015, Topic 8 related to the establishment of corporate         their shares appeared to drop at a probabilistically
split mainly into donors, systems, and others. Items on                 number of texts by time and subject, and the dotted cells        foundations was on the rise.                                    significant level, compared to before the analysis. Issues
donors are further grouped into citizens, corporations, and             are cases where measured values are smaller in terms             News about donation marketing and donation culture              related to political corruption were among the most said
                                                                                                                                         show low shares from the middle. It turns out that the          topics along with corporations' donation marketing in
the public sector, and policies relating to donation cover              of probability than estimates. In contrast, solid line cells
                                                                                                                                         content of donations has been diversified recently as           2010, but their share declined quickly since then.
taxation reforms and land donation. Other key donation-                 refer to situations where measured values are bigger in
related issues consist of topics like donations to the                  probability than estimated ones.
university, global donation news, and political corruption.

                                                                                                                                         Summary of 2010s donation issues on the media
                                                     Distribution of topics by year (based on max. value)
                                              2010

                                                        2011

                                                                 2012

                                                                         2013

                                                                                       2014

                                                                                              2015

                                                                                                     2016

                                                                                                            2017

                                                                                                                   2018

                                                                                                                                         The results of the text mining of new articles for the past     In addition to the changes in technology, such as the
              Other: donation to univ(9)
                                                                                                                                         decade are summarized below.                                    growth of SNS, platform services, one-person media,
                                                                                                                                         First, as found in the analysis of keywords, issues of trust-   the diversification of values is the crucial context behind
           Other: political corruption(4)
                                                                                                                                         related donation, or crisis related to transparency have        these changes.
                                                                                                                                         continued to surface so far in Korea. These issues are          Third, the expansion of the donation "market" is
                  Other: global news(12)
                                                                                                                                         divided mainly into two types in trend. One is related          underway to some degree in both volume and content.
                System: land donation(6)                                                                                                 to political corruption, and the other is to do with the        Growth in content is to do with the fact that discussions
              System: taxation reform(7)                                                                                                 misconduct of individual fundraisers that became a big          about donation mainly are active, primarily led by citizens
                Donor: public sector(11)                                                                                                 issue in society in 2017.                                       and corporations, and the way for contributions also gets
  Topic

                                                                                                                                         Second, the speed of social changes around donation             diverse. It seems that there are significant changes in the
                                                                                                                          Standardized
              Donor: Corporation_donation
                                                                                                                          Residuals:     has been rapid. Recently, donation issues have been             content of the existing donation culture in Korea. They
                              marketing(3)
                                                                                                                                         diverging, producing a new social effect quickly. In addition   could be symbolized by corporate social contributions
                                                                                                                               >4
                                                                                                                                         to traditional donation activities, firms began to expand       in volunteer service and cash donation at the end of the
                  Donor: corporation_social                                                                                    2~4       their social investment-type contributions forging a close      year and touching stories of donations made by famous
                            contribution(5)
                                                                                                                               0~2       connection with the education sector. This suggests that        figures such as celebrities and sports stars, and citizens
          Donor: corporation_establishment
                           of foundation(8)
                                                                                                                                         it is closely linked to the reorganization of the industrial    responding to this. Now active citizens "investing" in
                        Donor: culture(2)
                                                                                                                               -2~0
                                                                                                                                         structure, represented as the advent of the knowledge           social value and enjoying it are heralding an era of a new
                                                                                                                               -4~-2     information society. The donation sector is not free from       donation culture and revised strategies of businesses
                       Donor: citizen(10)                                                                                                this change but rather can play a new role to lead this kind    aiming at breaking the boundary between profit-seeking
Reading big and deep changes                2020 Mega Giving Trend

                                         2020 Mega
Reading big and deep
             changes

                                         Giving Trend

                                                            PART 3
                                                           Reflecting Giving and
                                                        Fundraising Trends in 2010s

                                                             01 [Mega Trend 1] Smart donors, changing focus of fundraising strategies

                                                             02 [Mega Trend 2] Change in fundraising media: following a moving target

                                                             03 [Mega Trend 3] Change in fundraising content: finding a bow fit to the

                                                                                moving target

                                                             04 [Mega Trend 4] Extended concept of donation

                                                             05 [Mega Trend 5] Stagnant but complex fundraising markets

                                                             06 [Mega Trend 6] Transparency: A gigantic mountain with many trails

                                                             07 [Mega Trend 7] Establishing fundraising system, confronting nonprofit

                                                                                identity
PART 3 Reflecting Giving and Fundraising Trends in 2010s                                                                                          2020 Mega Giving Trend

The past decade: an evolution to complex systems – following                                                                                                                           Smartly choose, move and
                                                                                                                                                                                       participate
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Changing focus of fundraising
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              strategies
a moving target1)                                                                                                                                               01
                                                                                                                                                                                       Donors tended to become smart          As donors became smart, fundraising
                                                                                                                                                                                       by gathering sufficient data on non-   activities of non-profits changed
The past decade can be summed up as an “evolution to complex systems –following a moving target.”                                                             Mega Trend 1
                                                                                                                                                                                       profits to whom they wanted to         accordingly. The focus shifted from
From the early 2000s, non-profits started their fundraising activities in full swing and citizens’s donation                                                  Smart donors,            donate, comparing before making        developing new donors to managing
experience grew. In 2010s donations and fundraising were in a stable stage rather than a rapid growth. Citizens                                               changing focus of        any decision, and sometimes            existing donors and promoting major
have begun to show interest in various fields and issues. They tended to decide a donation for a somewhat                                                                              stopping their donation. Getting       gift or bequest. Corporate social
                                                                                                                                                              fundraising strategies
emotional sympathy on the one hand, and on more reasonable ground on the other.                                                                                                        smart often changes the ways of        contribution explored appropriate
                                                                                                                                                                                       donation such as deciding to donate    standards based on a company’s
As a growing number of the Millennial became interested in social participation and donation, the media and
                                                                                                                                                                                       in accordance with their belief        core value and in a partnership with
content to approach donation tended to become diverse and complex among generations. Motivations or
                                                                                                                                                                                       and values not just simply with        non-profits. This change requires
methods of donation has been varied depending on the issues that interested each generation.
                                                                                                                                                                                       sympathy, and planning methods of      more proactive communications
In addition, non-profit organizations receiving donations tended to use marketing techniques for segmented                                                                             participation as a fundraiser.         between donors and non-profits.
fundraising activities. Over the past decade, not only donors but also fundraisers got diversified, and therefore the
fundraising environment became highly competitive and complex at the same time                                                                                                                                                “When it comes to strategies like
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              active communications, I thought
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              that donors would keep donating
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              even if we do nothing, but I realized
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              now that it is not always true...”
1) This study provided dona�on and fundraising trends for the past decade from the results of indepth interviews of 16 fundraising professionals with at
   least 5 years’ expereince in the field of fundraising as well as the findings from focus-group interviews of six persons consis�ng of related researchers,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              (Interviewee 12)
   staffers and journalists.

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                                                                                                                     Exploring effects of online media        Fundraising using new digital media
                                                                                                                     that is rapidly changing                 have produced no visible outcomes
                                                                                                                                                              yet. Also, it is hard to predict if the
                                                                                                                     One of the important changes is the      trend of distributing fundraising
                                                                                                                     emergence of online digital media.       activities across media will deepen
                                                                                                                     Digital media fundraising has been       the polarization of donation or if the
                                                                                                                     evolved from websites and portal-        use of online open source related to
                                                                                                                     based platforms into various SNS and     data analysis and marketing strategy
                                                                                                                     YouTube, a short-video platform. This    will drive the growth of small non-
                                                                                                                     changes are too quickly to define        profit organizations.
                                                                                                                     their trend hardly. Use of online
                                                                                                                     media is shown in the context of         “Th ings have changed. Digital
                                                                                                                     social change toward deauthoritarian     platforms do targeting automatically.
                                                                                                                     and horizontal relationships. The        Take Facebook for example. Now
                                                                                                                     existing massive communication           Facebook learns their logics and does
                                                                                                                     with donors at a time is moving          it for them. This enables non-profits
                                                                                                                     toward an interactive, direct, and       to do it without spending too much
                                  Using traditional media and                TV and street fundraising that          instant way of communication with        money...” (Interviewee 7)
                                  new ones at the same time                  never disappear                         segmented groups.
  02
                                  Donation and fundraising media has         Although fundraising using TV           “I n the past, everything was one-       Ads or fundraising? :
                                  been changed constantly and very           programs continue to decline, they      way in our lives. For mass media,        improving brand reputation
Mega Trend 2                      quickly. Changes in the technological      still exist because the middle-aged     we used to accept information
                                  environment gave rise to diverse           as the majority of donors are the       unidirectionally. But now in the         The media are changing rapidly.
Change in fundraising media:
                                  and new online media and caused            regular audiences of TV shows.          age of SNS, everything is about          Instead of straightforward
Following a moving target
                                  noticeable differences in the use of       Despite their triumphs and setbacks,    communication. If you talk, then I       fundraising campaigns, ads on digital
                                  media between generations. But             street fundraising have become a red    talk back, we interact each other this   media including TV commercials,
                                  non-profit fundraising organizations       ocean as new foreign and small-to-      way now. In the past, we thought         internet portal sites, various
                                  did not rely on one medium over            medium sized organizations entered
                                                                                                                     everything mass media covered            SNS, and YouTube have become
                                  the other between traditional media        the market.
                                                                                                                     was right, but now in this age of        commonplace. However, advertising
                                  and new online ones. They chose
                                                                                                                     interactiveness, audiences often         to enhance brand reputation needs
                                  media taking into account traditional      “It’s been a long time since major
                                                                                                                     raise objections or present additional   a significant amount of money, so
                                  efficiency and the growth potential        fundraising organizations stopped
                                                                                                                     information.” (Interviewee 9)            transparency can be an issue in the
                                  of a new generation altogether.            street fundraising campaigns, but
                                                                                                                                                              process.
                                                                             things have changed lately. Five
                                  “It’s amazing to see how rapidly the       years or so ago, fundraising services
                                  media are changing. Some donors            came out, and foreign organizations                                              “You can do this using ads. Today
                                  are still donating in a traditional way,   such as Greenpeace and other                                                     digital advertising is most common.
                                  while others prefer a new method.          Europe-based entities began to                                                   I mean, target ads. Assuming that
                                  But we cannot say now which one            operate in Korea, realizing that                                                 the target audience will respond to a
                                  is the right way.. Those who use this      street fundraising activities worked                                             specific issue that they are interested
                                  (traditional method) are very firm         well. Lately, the street fundraising                                             in, we continue to expose target ads
                                  in their way, but we cannot ignore         market has become a red ocean                                                    to them so that they can see our
                                  this (new method) because if we do,        like the online fundraising market.”                                             news... “ (Interviewee 7)
                                  the market will be getting smaller.”       (Interviewee 3)
                                  (Interviewee 14)

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                                                                                                                                Consumption of Goods :                       an interactive communication
                                                                                                                                Strategies considering                       between donors and non-profits,
                                                                                                                                generational characteristics?                which enables donors to present
                                                                                                                                                                             their opinions actively, not one-
                                                                                                                                In the late 2010s, interest in donation      way communication by fundraising
                                                                                                                                by purchasing Goods targeting the            organizations
                                                                                                                                Millennial generation increased.
                                                                                                                                These are in the context of the              Making contact points with
                                                                                                                                growth of sale and consumption               celebrities : Efforts to turn into
                                                                                                                                of public goods, especially various          fundraising content
                                                                                                                                online crowd funding for ethical
                                                                                                                                consumption.                                 In regards to the promotion
                                                                                                                                                                             and fundraising of organizations
                                                                                                                                “As Wadiz and other crowd funding            receiving donations, the influence
                                                                                                                                platforms based on reward are                of celebrities like entertainers and
                                                                                                                                growing fast, extensive efforts              creators operating one-person
                                                                                                                                are underway for merchandise                 channels in various online media
                                                                                                                                development. But, they are not for           or influencers is increasing. When
                                         Content that best suits targets                Poverty porn :                          regular donation, but for temporary          combining activities of celebrities
                                                                                        Tiring but still being used
  03                                                                                                                            one.” (Interviewee 6)                        and donations, a careful approach
                                                                                                                                                                             is needed to forge a reliable
                                         The targeting criteria for potential           Regarding the so-called poverty
                                                                                                                                Goods trend is expanding across              relationship between them
                                         donors have become diverse                     pornography that is most frequently
Mega Trend 3                             depending on generation, media,                seen on the fundraising scene in        all generations over time. Goods             fundraising organizations and
                                         and field of interest and sometimes            Korea, critical views and donors’       marketing for fundraising are more           make contact points between their
Change in fundraising content :          co m p l ex w i t h t h e s e c r i te r i a   fatigue level of it have continued      likely to become a success if they can       activities and donations.
Finding a bow fit to the                 convergent. Identical fundraising              to grow, hinting at the possibility     deliver a story about a fundraising
                                         content is produced in a manner that           of change. But this is a still useful   entity’s reputation and programs it offer.   “Fundraisers are considering to combine
moving target
                                         best suits the media or target group.          means to induce sympathy and                                                         donation and popular YouTubers. They
                                                                                        make them willing to donate, so still   “Every product is not a simple               are sometimes a bit vulgar but funny. If
The past decade was a journey            “Producing the content fit to the age          widely used.
                                                                                                                                product. They have their own stories         we make it, then it will be a new market.”
for finding a bow fit to fast moving     group and channel is very important.
                                                                                                                                in it.” (Interviewee 10)                     (interviewee 4)
target. That was exploring the best      The optimization has been complete             “Many people say they don’t want
content for target groups with           with time by working on it continuously        to see anymore children depicted
                                         over the past 10 years, 11 years, and          so miserably to attract people’s        Various participatory fundraising            Evolving TV fundraising :
taking into account various factors                                                                                             campaigns                                    Combination of different types
                                         12 years.” (Interviewee 16)                    attention. They mean they feel
such as generational gaps and                                                                                                                                                of content
                                                                                        uncomfortable about such fundraising
changes in the media.                    This change in content has been                method.” (Interviewee 13)               Donors’ participation in various
                                         sped up as online fundraising                                                          events increased not to mention              TV fundraising in the later 2010s
                                         platforms on portal sites began to                                                     cash donations. In particular,               tended to combine variety shows
                                         develop a variety of content ranging                                                   Icebucket Challenge that went viral          or current affairs programs with
                                         from charity donation to sharing of                                                    rapidly via SNS in 2014 showed how           donation. This focuses on new social
                                         social issues and funding for Goods
                                                                                                                                effective the P2P(Person to Person)          issues going beyond traditional
                                         enabling ethical consumption.
                                                                                                                                fundraising method using the                 charity issues. Linking influential
                                         In the meantime, many funding
                                         organizations copied similar content                                                   content of participation and online          TV shows and donation requires
                                         of each other, raising the possibility                                                 networks of individuals can be.              continued efforts to build a
                                         of copyright issues regarding the                                                                                                   relationship and faithful activities of
                                         fundraising content.                                                                   Recent participatory content pursues         organizations.

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                                        Ethical consumption into                   Click ‘Like’, ‘Share’ ‘Retweet’,       “Not only fundraising organizations            Diverse fundraising organizations,
                                        donation                                   and ‘Regram’                           but also grassroots fundraising                Emergence of another fundraising
  04                                                                                                                      activities through businesses, social          market
                                        Ethical consumption spreading              Along with the trend of ethical        enterprises, and social cooperatives
                                        across generations tend to be              consumption, clicking ‘Like,’          will spread fast in various areas.”            As a growing number of donors             A growing number of influential
Mega Trend 4                            perceived as donation over time.           ‘Retweet,’ or ‘Regram’ to support      (interviewee 3)
                                                                                                                                                                         show much interest in various issues      INGOs (international NGOs) such as
                                        There are a variety of ethical             social issues and deliver various                                                     from basic social welfare issues to       Greenpeace, Oxfam, and WWF (World
Extended concept of donation            consumptions raging from the               content on SNS or online platforms     Sponsorship for children in other
                                                                                                                                                                         various social and environmental          Wildlife Fund) have opened their
                                        purchase of pro-fit products that          is also thought to be a form of        countries replaced by domestic
                                                                                                                                                                         issues such as air pollution with fine    branches and offices in Korea. They
                                        donate part of their profits to the        donation.                              programs : Compassion & Sewol ferry
Development of various fundraising                                                                                                                                       dust, heat wave, animal rights, and       tend to focus on fundraising and
                                        purchase of goods or services in the
media and content serves to extend                                                                                                                                       historical issues, which are hard to be   promotion rather than on projects.
                                        social economic sectors aimed at                                                  After an explosive growth with
the concept of donation in diverse      social value, and the consumption                                                                                                included in the area of social welfare,
                                                                                                                          sponsorship programs for overseas
forms. This extended donation           of goods produced in an ethical                                                                                                  has been a growth momentum for            “Many foreign NGOs give more
                                                                                                                          c h i l d re n , d o n at i o n s b e ca m e
activities play a role in increasing    manner, which are not directly                                                                                                   a new fundraising market of the civil     weight to fundraising and promotion
                                                                                                                          sluggish following ‘Sinking of MV
citizens’ interest in donation and      related to charitable donations.                                                                                                 society sector different from the         in Korea. But globally they are doing a
                                                                                                                          Sewol’ in 2014. Due to the subdued
provide an opportunity for them to                                                                                                                                       traditional philanthropy sector.          wide variety of activities, which have
                                                                                                                          social atmosphere in the country,
                                        If you buy a product, it can be an                                                                                                                                         a strong impact...” (Interviewee 6)
participate in donation more easily                                                                                       fundraising organizations could not
                                        impact investment. The product                                                                                                   “In the past, the focus was on
without burdun.                         is made of recylced materials like                                                stage active campaigns, and interest
                                                                                                                                                                         welfare, but now it is on something
                                        an ecobag made of leftover pieces                                                 in chidren and youths in Korea was
                                                                                                                                                                         like environment, disposable
                                        of cloth and fabric made of waste                                                 not converted to a concrete far
                                                                                                                                                                         products, plastics, Styrofoam,
                                        plastics. It’s like Patagonia. Actually,                                          reaching fundraising issue such as
                                                                                                                                                                         climate change, and fine dust... In
                                        it’s not a direct donation, but if you                                            sponsorship for children overseas.
                                                                                                                                                                         fact, in the past, people thought they
                                        buy these products, it means you
                                        take part in saving the earth, which                                                                                             were not to do with welfare, people
                                                                                                                          Growing competition and
                                        is very meaningful. You consume a                                                                                                with disabilities, or poverty, but now
                                                                                                                          polarization : Large organizations
                                        product, not donate, but it makes                                                                                                they think its’ all about themselves.”
                                                                                                                          and small organizations, and the
                                        you very proud to be part of the                                                                                                 (Interviewee 14)
                                                                                                                          polarization between the Capital
                                        cause.” (interview 8)
                                                                                                                          area and other regions

                                                                                                                          Competition among large fundraising
                                        Sluggish fundraising market                Appearance of various problem-         organizations in the philanthropy
                                                                                   solving methods :                      sector has become fierce. Also,
     05                                 Donation has slowed down since the         Blurring sector boundaries             the polarization between large
                                        ‘Sinking of MV Sewol’ in 2014. This is                                            fundraising organizations with the
                                        because donors’ attention began to         Growth of the social economy sector    changing media and the capacity
Mega Trend 5                            change due to domestic issues, but         including social enterprises and       of using technology and small ones
                                        corresponding donation content was         cooperatives and small grassroots      and between the Capital area and
Stagnant but complex                    not developed. On the other hand,          organizations in communities to        other regions facing decreasing
fundraising markets                     amid growing reasonable choice of          solve problems in everyday life,       populations and worsening economy
                                        donation and liquidity of donors, the      increasingly blurring boundaries
                                                                                                                          is every deepening.
                                        number of loyal donors engaging in a       between for-profit and non-profit
In the past decase, donations           single non-profit fundraiser dropped.      organizations, and gradual expansion
became sluggish, but the donation                                                  of the social welfare system has
and fundraising environment has         “There are not many loyal donors           weakened the awareness about the
become complex as shown in the          anymore. Donors are now easily             importance of non-profit fundraising
                                        moving to one fundraising entity to        organiztions as the subject to solve
diversified interest of donors and
                                        another. They quit donating to an          social problems.
organizations receiving donations.      entity and pick another one they like
                                        anytime....” (interviewee 16)

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PART 3 Reflecting Giving and Fundraising Trends in 2010s                                                                                2020 Mega Giving Trend

                                                                                                                                                                     Systematic fundraising                   Commercialization of non-profit
                                                                                                                                                                                                              fundraising?
                                                                                                                              07                                     Making well-organized fundraising
                                                                                                                                                                     workwas possible through not only        Recruitment of professionals from
                                                                                                                                                                     the growth of the fundraising and        the for-profit sector has resulted in
                                                                                                                            Mega Trend 7                             donor management workforce               the influx of corporate culture that
                                                                                                                                                                     but also the segmentation of             stresses quantitative outcome and
                                                                                                                            Establishing fundraising                 duties into marketing requiring          led to a conflict with non-profit values
                                                                                                                            system, confronting nonprofit            expertises, promotion, face-to-          in some cases. Due to the emphasis
                                                                                                                            identity                                 face fundraising, and digital-based      on the cost-efficiency of fundraising,
                                                                                                                                                                     campaign. In the meantime, the           in particular, key fundraising tasks
                                                                                                                                                                     generalization of marketing was the      were quickly entrusted to outside
                                                                                                                            Over the past decade, changes            most noticeable change, but was a        commercial service providers. As a
                                                                                                                            in the donation and fundraising          cause of the polarization between        result, in the areas related to non-
                                           Long-term impact of negative              Passive and individual response        environment have led to                  large organizations and smaller ones,    profits’ fundraising activities directly
                                           events
   06                                                                                                                       organizational changes such as           because it was costly.                   or indirectly such as fundraising
                                                                                                                            systematic fundraising activities and                                             consulting, face-to-face fundraising,
                                           In 2017, Molar daddy Lee Yeong            Non-profits have made diverse
                                                                                                                                                                     “It seems that marketing has been        marketing and PR, and donor
                                           Hak and New Hope Seed scandal             efforts individually to improve        commercialization of non-profit
                                                                                                                                                                     strengthened a lot. Put simply, they     management, many commercial
Mega Trend 6                               and media coverage about internal         transparency, and this has helped      fundraising activities. This, in turn,
                                                                                                                                                                     spend huge money on it now. Of           partners began to emerge, creating a
                                           issues of non-profit fundraising          change the perception of ordinary      has provided an opportunity for          course, marketing existed before, too,   market.
Transparency:                              organizations resulted in negative        citizens about transparency.           fundraising workers to think about
                                           awareness about the non-profit            However, when a specific issue                                                  but they use marketing now more
A gigantic mountain                                                                                                         their identity.                          meticulously and strategically than      Well-established fundraising
                                           sector in the general public and          occurred in reality, fundraising
with many trails                           a decrease in funds raised. But           organizations mostly kept a distance                                            before. And they spend some money        activities, but with the problem
                                           some point out that it was not            from it intentionally and responded                                             now. Taken together, I think all this    of identity
                                           these negative events themselves          somewhat passively or did nothing,                                              has made marketing of each channel
Over the past, the issue of
                                           but the non-profit sector’s lack          and there was no joint response in                                              far better.” (Interviewee 2)             Active activities of non-profits have
transparency was like a montain for
                                           of effort to provide concrete and         the non-profit sector.                                                                                                   helped generalize the concept
non-profits to overcome.                   clear information about fundraising                                                                                                                                of donation in Korea and spread
Despite various efforts made on            activities that brought about this        Attitudes of donors are changing,                                                                                        positive awareness about non-profit
the part of the government and             negative awareness.                       but the government still does not                                                                                        organizations receiving donations
civil society, transparency is still an                                              understand the non-profit sector                                                                                         themselves and their activities
important issue.                           “I want to ask if non-profits worked                                                                                                                               among citizens. However, the
                                           together to explain and provide           Due to their lack of understanding                                                                                       growing trend of commercialization
                                           correct information whenever bad          of situations of the non-profit                                                                                          and oursourcing trend of fundraising,
                                           news about non-profits came out.          sector, the government’s system or                                                                                       essential questions have been raised
                                           I don’t think they did. They could        regulation for transparency violates                                                                                     regarding the identity of non-profit
                                           explain easily, but they just covered     the autonomy of the non-profit                                                                                           fundraising, such as what makes
                                           up.” (Interviewee 7)                      sector or causes situations that                                                                                         fundraising necessary and whether
                                                                                     could pose a threat to the survival                                                                                      it is commerical or non-profit.
                                                                                     of small non-profits. In addition,
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Sometimes, there are concerns
                                                                                     controversies over transparency
                                                                                                                                                                                                              that fundraising with a focus on
                                                                                     are likely to make donors believe
                                                                                                                                                                                                              quantitative results may worsen
                                                                                     without any reasonable ground
                                                                                                                                                                                                              social issues instead of solving them.
                                                                                     that large fundraising organizations
                                                                                     will be transparent, speeding up
                                                                                     polarization. Nevertheless, donors                                                                                       “Actually, I think that thoughtless
                                                                                     are growingly expressing their                                                                                           fundraising may be not right. It may
                                                                                     interest in reasonable project                                                                                           make things worsening. I came to
                                                                                     performance rather than wasteless                                                                                        think about deeply why I have to do
                                                                                     use of finnancial resources.                                                                                             fundraising.” (Interviewee 6)

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Reading big and deep changes                   2020 Mega Giving Trend

                                         2020 Mega
Reading big and deep
             changes

                                         Giving Trend

                                                               PART 4
                                                         Predicting Giving and Fundraising
                                                        Trends of the Coming Decade, 2020s

                                                                01 [Mega Trend 1] Personal and social values that come together

                                                                02 [Mega Trend 2] Managing a horizontal relationship in a smart way

                                                                03 [Mega Trend 3] Locating the confluence over the blurry boundary

                                                                                    between nonprofits and profits

                                                                04 [Mega Trend 4] Stabilized fundraising markets, however polarizing

                                                                                    fundraising capabilities

                                                                05 [Mega Trend 5] Finding a social role in complex system

                                                                06 [Mega Trend 6] Going over the mountain of transparency

                                                                07 [Mega Trend 7] Cooperation of the whole sector built on individual efforts
PART 4 Predicting Giving and Fundraising Trends of the Coming Decade, 2020s                                                                            2020 Mega Giving Trend

The next 10 years: finding way in complex systems - back to                                                                                                                 Convergence of activities of non-
                                                                                                                                                                            profits and corporate management
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Accelerating industrialization of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      fundraising
the basics                                                                                                                           03                                     techniques
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Using outside partners for
                                                                                                                                                                            As commercial management                  fundraising of non-profits will be
The next 10 years will be an era of ‘finding way in complex systems.’ In this era, donors will think about ‘for what               Mega Trend 3                             techniques are more widely used           more widespread and generalized.
and how to donate’ over the course of expressing themselves in the very complex stage before them, while non-                                                               for fundraising than before, it           But as this is in line with raising
profit fundraising organizations will think about fundamental questions such as ‘for what and how to fundraise’in                  Locating the confluence over             is likely that the polarization of        questions about fundamental
                                                                                                                                   the blurry boundary between              fundraising markets may deepen            identity of fundraising and their role
order to adapt themselves to changes in donors and the environment.
                                                                                                                                   nonprofits and profits                   due to organizational capabilities.       in society, it is likely to become an
                                                                                                                                                                            But given the trends of social and        important challenge in minimizing
                                                                                                                                   As activities of non-profits and those   technological changes such as the         side effects that may occur in the
                                               Combining fun or taste                    Combination of consumption
                                                                                                                                   of commerical organizations are          development of online platforms           process of for-profit organization
                                               and meaning                               and donation
   01                                                                                                                              getting similar over time, and the       that support one-person enterprises       providing fundraising services and
                                               The term ‘funation’, a combination        Convergence of different types            act of donation is being combined to     or small organizations, information       establishing fundamental identity
                                               of fun and donation, shows that           of content, when combined with            consumption for donors themselves,       sharing based on data analytics,          as a non-profit organization. Also,
Mega Trend 1                                   providing an opportunity of fun           individuals’ acts of consumption          convergence of two different             and provision of affordable analytic      the industrialization process of
                                               participation has become the key to       showing social value, can become          sectors of for-profit and non-profit     framework, it is also likely for small-   fundraising may cause the issue of
Personal and social values                     making people donate.                     more sophisticated. Especially, as        will become stronger and more            sized new organizations to find a         transparency in terms of spending.
that come together                             Not only ‘fun’ participation, but         activities of social enterprises or       comprehensive.                           niche and create a new model.
Choosing a media and content for               combining donors’ ‘areas of interest,’    commercial organizations pursuing
donation means combining different             ‘taste’ and ‘lifestyle’ with the          public values are on the rise, this can                                            Expading the for-profit business of       For-profit organizations combining
values of individuals or diverse               meaning of donation will become           be done more precisely.                                                            non-profit organizations                  public activities with business
issues with donation, and this will be         more widespread and diverse.
expanded all the more.                                                                                                                                                      Continued growth of social economy        It is predicted that a growing number
                                                                                                                                                                            is predicted to stimulate commercial      of corporations carry out activities to
                                                                                                                                                                            business actitivities of fundraising      create social value with enormous
                                               All important donors :                    Adding emotion to smart media                                                      organizations with non-profit             resources and expertise in a far more
                                               Building a relationship with donors                                                                                          identity. For-profit business of          non-profit fashion than non-profits
   02                                          smartly                                   In the next decade when new                                                        fundraising organizations will take       and thereby promote their brand
                                                                                         millennials will become a major                                                    various forms including operating         image. As this may make people
                                               As a ‘horizontal relationship’            donor group, it is necessary to                                                    an independent social enterprise or       see the act of consuming products
Mega Trend 2                                   is important in donation and              pay attention to trends related to                                                 social cooperative and sale of goods      of businesses as an act of donation,
                                               fundraising, more weight will be          using various content based on                                                     for profit. Expansion of for-profit       making it hard to discriminate it from
Managing a horizontal                          given to non-profits respecting and       smart technologies such as a donor                                                 business will result in even faster       activities of non-profits, there will
relationship in a smart way                    accepting donors’ opinions through        management program based on                                                        change in the concept of donation         be a growing concern about how to
In deauthorized society where everyone         an interactive communication              bigdata analytics, use of artificial                                               and much more efforts to turn social      show the difference of non-profits.
uses digital media easily and horizontal       with them and understanding and           intelligence like Alexa and Siri, and                                              impact or value into the value of
relationships are universal, the non-          utilizing the nature of the media and     individualized fundraising campaigns                                               capital.
profit organization’s business and             information of all donors regardless      by citizens using online networks
                                               of the amount of donation. It             or platforms. In addition to the use
fundraising activities are also difficult to
                                               will be more important to obtain          of such smart technologies, how
gurantee its exclusive expertise. In this
                                               and analyze information on not            to bring out basically good human
situation, it is likely that the importance    only potential donors’ general            intention or emotion will be at
and meaning of a ‘relationship’                characteristics but also their personal   the core of fundraising. Also, basic
between people grow bigger.                    interest, taste and behavior patterns     principles of fundraising such as
                                               and to develop concrete strategies        disclosure of correct information,
                                               based thereon.                            transparent use of donations, and
                                                                                         creation of differentiated social value
                                                                                         will become more important than
                                                                                         ever before.

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