Third Sector Landscape Study

So here's the report:
http://www.info.gov.hk/cpu/english/new.htm

What a big report (400+ pages not counting appendices); spent the whole afternoon just to print it out.

Though not a great report, but must appreciate the efforts put in by the research team. Great effort indeed. It is thankful that our bid (The Asia Foundation) didn't win - there is no way that I can manage this project on my own.

Note: The earlier Golin/Harris Study on Corporate Philanthropy in Hong Kong is still available at CPU's website.

Key findings of the Golin/Harris Study include :-

• Total charitable contributions amount to about 0.2% of GDP in Hong Kong.
  
  
• Corporate giving in Hong Kong accounts for about 10% of total giving.
  
  
• Guesstimates based on various methods for calculation suggest that corporate giving in Hong Kong currently amounts to at least HK$1.4 billion and probably reaches about HK$2.6 billion.
  
  
• Big companies give more. So do companies with large numbers of staff employed locally.
  
  
• Small and medium sized enterprises give little in cash terms, but are potentially valuable givers in terms of staff volunteer activity.
  
  
• Corporate giving among local companies is growing, especially since 1997 when more people and companies have come to regard Hong Kong as a long-term home.
  
  
• Companies are most willing to give to causes linked with education, the environment, poverty/disabled/the aged, children, and with health and medicine.
  
  
• Companies are least willing to give to causes linked with heritage, religion, culture and sports.