Developing fundraising mechanisms to secure financial resources needed for community welfare research.

2024 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21K01953
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 08020:Social welfare-related
• Research Institution: Tohoku Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: MASUKO Tadashi 東北学院大学, 地域総合学部, 教授 (80332980)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 金 美辰 大妻女子大学, 人間関係学部, 教授 (30517222)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-04-01 – 2025-03-31
• Keywords: インフォーマルセクター / 地域福祉 / 活動資金 / ファンドレイジング / ボランティア活動

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The operating funds for informal sector activities in Japan that carry out community welfare activities are in an unstable situation, heavily reliant on subsidies from local governments and organizations. On the other hand, in Denmark, known as a welfare state, under the 'Volunteer Charter,' the national and local governments financially support citizens' volunteer activities to develop them. Furthermore, because informal sector organizations actively work to secure their own funds, achieving a balanced mix of membership fees, business revenue, donations, and subsidies/grants, what is needed for stable funding in Japanese community welfare is the establishment of a public subsidy system and the creation of mechanisms for organizations themselves to secure business revenue.

Free Research Field

地域福祉

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

地域福祉の研究領域では、対人援助や間接援助におけるソーシャルワークの援助技術の方法論に関する研究がほとんどで、地域福祉活動を支える重要な財源の確保に関する研究はほとんどなされてこなかった。地域福祉のあり方を財政的側面からアプローチしようとする点で本研究は学術的に独自性が高く、地域福祉研究の新たなイノベーションに結びつくとともに、日本のみならずグローバル化が進展するなかにあって諸外国の地域福祉の実践にも見地を示すものであり創造性の高い研究になりうる。