​Lonneke Roza is Post Doctoral Researcher & Lecturer at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. Her research focusses on (microfoundations of) Corporate Philanthropy/Corporate Citizenship. Her work is published in among others Journal of Business Ethics, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly and Voluntas. Steffen Bethmann (Phd University Heidelberg) is a Research Fellow of the Center for Philanthropy Studies of the University of Basel. He is also an organizational consultant and associated researcher of the Centro de Filantropía y Inversiones Sociales of the University Adolfo Ibañez in Santiago Chile. His area of expertise lay especially in strategies and governance of foundations as well as in the field of social innovation. Lucas Meijs is professor of Strategic Philanthropy and Volunteering at Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands). His currentresearch focuses on strategic philanthropy, volunteer/nonprofit management, corporate community involvement, and involved learning. He served two terms as first non-american co-editor in chief of Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Quarterly and was a member of the Raad voor Maatschappelijke Ontwikkeling – the official policy advisory body for the Dutch government and parliament. Georg von Schnurbein is associate professor for foundation management at the Faculty of Business and Economics and founding director of the Center for Philanthropy Studies (CEPS) at the University of Basel. He serves in several functions in boards in the field of international research on philanthropy and has co-authored the latest edition of the Swiss Foundation Code and published in several impact journals such as Nonprofit & Voluntary Sector Quarterly and European Management Journal. His research interest is on nonprofit governance, financial health of nonprofits, and impact measurement.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Challenges in Corporate Foundation Governance.- Chapter 3. Strategic in What Sense? Corporate Foundation Models in Terms of their Institutional Independence and Closeness to Core Business.- Chapter 4. Families, Firms and Philanthropy: Shareholder Foundation Responses to Competing Goals.- Chapter 5. Corporate Foundations in Europe.- Chapter 6. Corporate Foundations in the United States.- Chapter 7. Do Chinese Corporate Foundations Enhance Civil Society?.- Chapter 8. Corporate Foundations in Russia: Overview of the Sector.- Chapter 9. Corporate Foundations in Latin America.- Chapter 10. Outsourcing of Corporate Giving: What Corporations Can(’t) Gain When Using a Collective Corporate Foundation to Shape Corporate Philanthropy.- Chapter 11. The Social Impact of Corporate Citizenship Programs on their Beneficiaries and Society at Large: a Case Study.- Chapter 12. “Capturing People’s Hearts, Hands and Wallets”: Corporate Foundations as a Vehicle for Promoting Volunteering.- Chapter 13. Revisiting the Political Nature of Corporate Philanthropic Foundations – the Case of Sweden.- Chapter 14. Non-profit Organizations’ views on what Corporate Foundations are.- Chapter 15. Discussion and Conclusion.

​Lonneke Roza is Post Doctoral Researcher & Lecturer at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. Her research focusses on (microfoundations of) Corporate Philanthropy/Corporate Citizenship. Her work is published in among others Journal of Business Ethics, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly and Voluntas. Steffen Bethmann (Phd University Heidelberg) is a Research Fellow of the Center for Philanthropy Studies of the University of Basel. He is also an organizational consultant and associated researcher of the Centro de Filantropía y Inversiones Sociales of the University Adolfo Ibañez in Santiago Chile. His area of expertise lay especially in strategies and governance of foundations as well as in the field of social innovation. Lucas Meijs is professor of Strategic Philanthropy and Volunteering at Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands). His currentresearch focuses on strategic philanthropy, volunteer/nonprofit management, corporate community involvement, and involved learning. He served two terms as first non-american co-editor in chief of Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Quarterly and was a member of the Raad voor Maatschappelijke Ontwikkeling – the official policy advisory body for the Dutch government and parliament. Georg von Schnurbein is associate professor for foundation management at the Faculty of Business and Economics and founding director of the Center for Philanthropy Studies (CEPS) at the University of Basel. He serves in several functions in boards in the field of international research on philanthropy and has co-authored the latest edition of the Swiss Foundation Code and published in several impact journals such as Nonprofit & Voluntary Sector Quarterly and European Management Journal. His research interest is on nonprofit governance, financial health of nonprofits, and impact measurement.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Challenges in Corporate Foundation Governance.- Chapter 3. Strategic in What Sense? Corporate Foundation Models in Terms of their Institutional Independence and Closeness to Core Business.- Chapter 4. Families, Firms and Philanthropy: Shareholder Foundation Responses to Competing Goals.- Chapter 5. Corporate Foundations in Europe.- Chapter 6. Corporate Foundations in the United States.- Chapter 7. Do Chinese Corporate Foundations Enhance Civil Society?.- Chapter 8. Corporate Foundations in Russia: Overview of the Sector.- Chapter 9. Corporate Foundations in Latin America.- Chapter 10. Outsourcing of Corporate Giving: What Corporations Can(’t) Gain When Using a Collective Corporate Foundation to Shape Corporate Philanthropy.- Chapter 11. The Social Impact of Corporate Citizenship Programs on their Beneficiaries and Society at Large: a Case Study.- Chapter 12. “Capturing People’s Hearts, Hands and Wallets”: Corporate Foundations as a Vehicle for Promoting Volunteering.- Chapter 13. Revisiting the Political Nature of Corporate Philanthropic Foundations – the Case of Sweden.- Chapter 14. Non-profit Organizations’ views on what Corporate Foundations are.- Chapter 15. Discussion and Conclusion.

​Lonneke Roza is Post Doctoral Researcher & Lecturer at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. Her research focusses on (microfoundations of) Corporate Philanthropy/Corporate Citizenship. Her work is published in among others Journal of Business Ethics, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly and Voluntas. Steffen Bethmann (Phd University Heidelberg) is a Research Fellow of the Center for Philanthropy Studies of the University of Basel. He is also an organizational consultant and associated researcher of the Centro de Filantropía y Inversiones Sociales of the University Adolfo Ibañez in Santiago Chile. His area of expertise lay especially in strategies and governance of foundations as well as in the field of social innovation. Lucas Meijs is professor of Strategic Philanthropy and Volunteering at Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands). His currentresearch focuses on strategic philanthropy, volunteer/nonprofit management, corporate community involvement, and involved learning. He served two terms as first non-american co-editor in chief of Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Quarterly and was a member of the Raad voor Maatschappelijke Ontwikkeling – the official policy advisory body for the Dutch government and parliament. Georg von Schnurbein is associate professor for foundation management at the Faculty of Business and Economics and founding director of the Center for Philanthropy Studies (CEPS) at the University of Basel. He serves in several functions in boards in the field of international research on philanthropy and has co-authored the latest edition of the Swiss Foundation Code and published in several impact journals such as Nonprofit & Voluntary Sector Quarterly and European Management Journal. His research interest is on nonprofit governance, financial health of nonprofits, and impact measurement.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Challenges in Corporate Foundation Governance.- Chapter 3. Strategic in What Sense? Corporate Foundation Models in Terms of their Institutional Independence and Closeness to Core Business.- Chapter 4. Families, Firms and Philanthropy: Shareholder Foundation Responses to Competing Goals.- Chapter 5. Corporate Foundations in Europe.- Chapter 6. Corporate Foundations in the United States.- Chapter 7. Do Chinese Corporate Foundations Enhance Civil Society?.- Chapter 8. Corporate Foundations in Russia: Overview of the Sector.- Chapter 9. Corporate Foundations in Latin America.- Chapter 10. Outsourcing of Corporate Giving: What Corporations Can(’t) Gain When Using a Collective Corporate Foundation to Shape Corporate Philanthropy.- Chapter 11. The Social Impact of Corporate Citizenship Programs on their Beneficiaries and Society at Large: a Case Study.- Chapter 12. “Capturing People’s Hearts, Hands and Wallets”: Corporate Foundations as a Vehicle for Promoting Volunteering.- Chapter 13. Revisiting the Political Nature of Corporate Philanthropic Foundations – the Case of Sweden.- Chapter 14. Non-profit Organizations’ views on what Corporate Foundations are.- Chapter 15. Discussion and Conclusion.