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Encyclopedia > Gifts in kind
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Gifts in kind (GIK) is a kind of charitable giving in which, instead of giving money to buy needed goods and services, the goods and services themselves are given. GIK has several advantages over monetary giving: Image File history File links Wiki_letter_w. ... This article refers to the act of selfless giving, and organizations which facilitate selfless giving. ...

  • Donated goods are much less susceptible to becoming graft.
  • The goods themselves would often end up as landfill. GIK provides a means, particularly for corporations, of doing social good with things that would otherwise be a liability.

In the last few years, a great deal of attention has been given in the humanitarian community to GIK. Organisations like GlobalHand have been established to help people who have things to donate find qualified recipients who need them. In broad terms, political corruption is the misuse of public (governmental) power for illegitimate, usually secret, private advantage. ... Landfill is a waste disposal site for the deposit of the waste onto or into land (i. ...


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