Donation culture is an important index of the cultural level of country. Advanced countries have well-developed donation and voluntary service culture, forming mature civil society. Since a donation act is carried out by citizens' spontaneity, not by a sense of duty like a tax, it can be developed i...
Donation culture is an important index of the cultural level of country. Advanced countries have well-developed donation and voluntary service culture, forming mature civil society. Since a donation act is carried out by citizens' spontaneity, not by a sense of duty like a tax, it can be developed in society with a full of mature civil sense. Donation culture which is willing to share one's wealth and time with neighbors may play a role in true integration of society, breaking conflicts between classes.
Korea's fund raising in the past had a more negative aspect than positive aspect because of its characteristics, methods, and unreliable subjects. Although donation culture is made by citizen's voluntary participation, large-scale fund-raising activity has been made partly by force or compulsorily by the government independent of donors' intent. Government and office employees and students have donated to government-driven raising events by force and companies have also participated donation of a character of quasi-taxation. For example, a 'Peace Dam' fund-raising campaign was a representative one which a large number of people participated regardless of their intent, having a negative effect on donation culture. Furthermore, some civil groups' illegal use and untransparent operation of donation brought out citizens' unreliability to donation subjects, playing a negative role in reinforcing citizen's sense of and participation in donation.
Since institutions performing social welfare service have many various characters and different goals to pursue, when they individually raise funds, they may stress their unique need and urgency. It makes donors confused in judging what business is more important. Also, institutions leading fund-raising campaigns may consume lots of expenses and energy in preparation.
The most important problem of Korea's private welfare institutions is financial difficulties. Because their financial assistance chiefly relies on government's subsidy, it is not easy to break with government's subordination and have autonomy. In addition, there are many problems in fixing donation culture in Korean society such as legal regulation, unsatisfactory laws and systems, citizens' lack of participation, and untransparent use of donation.
The Community Chest of Korea, established in 1998 with these problems, is one of methods to structuralize residents' systematic and continuous participation in private social welfare institutions. Its main goal is to develop effective financial resources through donation in order to meet community residents' desire and avoid above-mentioned problems. It also intends to raise funds instead of social welfare institutions and distribute donation in a proper ways.
Since the need of collective fund raising in community has become increased, the Community Chest of Korea may revitalize community residents' voluntary service activity, may complement overlap and ommission of individual fund-raising service, enhancing rationality, and may develop and induce creative and high-level social welfare programs.
Accordingly, this study intends to review general characteristics of the Community Chest of Korea from an internal angle such as concept, characteristics, social functions, theoretical backgrounds of its objectives and need, history, structure, and methods for raising and distribution, and examine its external environment factors based on these internal factors. In order to achieve this purpose, this study divided internal factors into system, structure, operation, fund raising, distribution, and publicity, examined their problems, and finally presented revitalization methods. Also, this study explored external factors-related issues, compared to other countries' methods for collective fund raising, and presented improvement methods.
Donation culture is an important index of the cultural level of country. Advanced countries have well-developed donation and voluntary service culture, forming mature civil society. Since a donation act is carried out by citizens' spontaneity, not by a sense of duty like a tax, it can be developed in society with a full of mature civil sense. Donation culture which is willing to share one's wealth and time with neighbors may play a role in true integration of society, breaking conflicts between classes.
Korea's fund raising in the past had a more negative aspect than positive aspect because of its characteristics, methods, and unreliable subjects. Although donation culture is made by citizen's voluntary participation, large-scale fund-raising activity has been made partly by force or compulsorily by the government independent of donors' intent. Government and office employees and students have donated to government-driven raising events by force and companies have also participated donation of a character of quasi-taxation. For example, a 'Peace Dam' fund-raising campaign was a representative one which a large number of people participated regardless of their intent, having a negative effect on donation culture. Furthermore, some civil groups' illegal use and untransparent operation of donation brought out citizens' unreliability to donation subjects, playing a negative role in reinforcing citizen's sense of and participation in donation.
Since institutions performing social welfare service have many various characters and different goals to pursue, when they individually raise funds, they may stress their unique need and urgency. It makes donors confused in judging what business is more important. Also, institutions leading fund-raising campaigns may consume lots of expenses and energy in preparation.
The most important problem of Korea's private welfare institutions is financial difficulties. Because their financial assistance chiefly relies on government's subsidy, it is not easy to break with government's subordination and have autonomy. In addition, there are many problems in fixing donation culture in Korean society such as legal regulation, unsatisfactory laws and systems, citizens' lack of participation, and untransparent use of donation.
The Community Chest of Korea, established in 1998 with these problems, is one of methods to structuralize residents' systematic and continuous participation in private social welfare institutions. Its main goal is to develop effective financial resources through donation in order to meet community residents' desire and avoid above-mentioned problems. It also intends to raise funds instead of social welfare institutions and distribute donation in a proper ways.
Since the need of collective fund raising in community has become increased, the Community Chest of Korea may revitalize community residents' voluntary service activity, may complement overlap and ommission of individual fund-raising service, enhancing rationality, and may develop and induce creative and high-level social welfare programs.
Accordingly, this study intends to review general characteristics of the Community Chest of Korea from an internal angle such as concept, characteristics, social functions, theoretical backgrounds of its objectives and need, history, structure, and methods for raising and distribution, and examine its external environment factors based on these internal factors. In order to achieve this purpose, this study divided internal factors into system, structure, operation, fund raising, distribution, and publicity, examined their problems, and finally presented revitalization methods. Also, this study explored external factors-related issues, compared to other countries' methods for collective fund raising, and presented improvement methods.
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