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    The Tzedakah Lab at Teachers College, Columbia University is led by Professor Noah D. Drezner. The Lab’s mission is found in its name. Tzedakah (‎צדקה‎ ze·DAH·kah) is a Hebrew word with its closest translation to philanthropy. The word comes from the same root as the word Tzedek (צדק‎ righteousness, fairness, or justice). Our premise for the research and work of the Lab is that philanthropy can be motivated by and help pursue social justice.

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    • Identity-based Philanthropy
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    Members of the Tzedakah Lab team continue to develop and refine theories of donor motivations and prosocial behavior development. Through this theoretically driven work, we strive to create practitioner-relevant scholarship that informs research and practice. Our multidisciplinary work, using sociological and social-psychology frameworks in particular, addresses the theoretical gap in the literature.

     

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    The Tzedakah Lab team is actively engaged the dissemination of other’s work to scholars and scholar-practitioners in order to create a vibrant scholarly and practitioner community. To do so, the Lab is home to several resources including the academic journal, Philanthropy & Education, the Association of Study of Higher Education’s (ASHE) group Scholars of Philanthropy in Higher Education (SoPHiE), the Palgrave book series Philanthropy and Education, a literature database for scholars and practitioners named PETRA (Philanthropy Education Translational Research Archive.

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    • Alumni Census Project
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    Research-practice partnerships are mutually beneficial collaborations that promote the production of evidence-informed practice. The Tzedakah Lab welcomes research-practice partnerships with institutions of higher education. These partnerships can take short- and long-term forms. Possible partnerships are through our Alumni Census Project and customized Institutional Workshops.

     

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What Motivates Alumni Donors?

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Published Wednesday, Nov 4, 2015

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