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EVALUATING THE ROLE OF THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA - AN EMPIRICAL STUDY تقييم دور الجمعيات الخيرية في المملكة العربية السعودية – دراسة ميدانية |
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Business Administration |
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Arabic |
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The objective of this study – which was conducted in two phases – was to survey all Charity Organizations in Saudi Arabia. Specifically, we looked at their managerial practices, how they raise funds, and how they are spending them ( utilization ). In addition, we tried to find out the views of the donors and/or sponsors, as well as the recipients ( the beneficiaries ) towards these charity organizations.
The first phase of the study covered the "Literature Review". We tried to look at all studies, references, and articles that were available which relate to Charity Organizations. We classified the findings into 5 categories or group :
The First Group : Articles that relate to concepts, goals, and importance of charity work. In addition, in this group, we looked at how charity organizations attract volunteers to assist them in their activities.
The Second Group : Articles that covered the current role(s) that charity organizations play in curing social, economic, and medical problems.
The Third Group : Articles that looked at the sources of income for charity organizations, and how they are raising funds.
The Fourth Group : The role of Government Agencies, and the private sector in supporting charity organizations.
The Fifth Group : The challenges that are facing charity organizations in Saudi Arabia, and the strategies that can be utilized to overcome them.
In the Second Phase of the study 3 questionnaires were prepared in order to conduct the empirical part. The first questionnaire was given to the top management of each charity organization, the second one was given to the donors, and the third was given to the beneficiaries. A sample of 69 managers, 105 donors, and 111 beneficiaries was gathered. After gathering the data and analyzing it, the following are the major findings :
1. The golden era of Charity Organizations in the Kingdom ( in terms of size of donations ) was between 1400 – 1410 H.
2. Charity Organizations in Saudi Arabia have been hurt in many ways after 9/11.
3. In most of the cases the activities of Charity Organizations are restricted to the cities or villages that they are residing. Most of them have less than 5 branches.
4. The primary sources of income for these Charity Organizations are: donations, financial assistant from the Ministry of Social Affairs, and membership fees, respectively.
5. The most common methods for raising funds are : personal visits for donors, membership, advertisements, and mail, respectively. Modern techniques such as the internet are rarely used.
6. Most charity organization support between 1000 – 5000 families.
7. Supporting orphants, widows, elderly, and handicapped are the most common activities.
8. Less than 100 companies represent the primary source of income for charity organizations. Meanwhile, less than 500 individual donors support each charity organization.
9. Both top management and donors agree about :
a) The need for charity organizations to develop their administrative and financial systems
b) The need to use more creative techniques in fund raising.
c) To increase the level of participation of women as volunteers in supporting charity organizations.
10. Top managers of charity organizations have stronger views than donors about :
a) The need to attract more companies from the private sector to support them
b) The need to have more authority and flexibility in managing their organizations.
c) The need to attract more volunteers so they can reduce operating cost.
11. Donors for charity organizations have stronger views than top managers about :
a) the need for Charity Organizations to upgrade (or develop ) the skills of its exiting board members and other workers through extensive training. |
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1425 AH
2005 AD |
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Monday, November 9, 2009 |
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Researchers
| عصام حسن كوثر | Kawther, . Esam H. | Investigator | Doctorate | |
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