Abstract

This chapter considers what we know, and what we might like to know about corporate philanthropy (CP) and community engagement (CE). This concern for corporate support cannot be underestimated. Giving may be increasing, but so too are nonprofit (NP) numbers and traditional government funding is waning. Currently corporate giving represents only a fraction of the funds feeding the NP sector and developing explicit ties with business is needed for nonprofit organizations (NPOs) to survive (Andreasen 2006).